Writer, Dabbler In Things
My family and I finally cleaned out my mother’s storage locker this past summer. She’s still living but in a long-term care facility for the foreseeable future, so hasn’t had, and won’t have need or for pretty much any of the stored material. And among the many (many, many) old school items saved there (much … Read more
Back in February, Steven Lawson, a gent I follow on Mastodon, had a brainstorm to start up a Monochrome March movement. The idea, as he put it, was for anyone interested in participating to post monochrome photos that were newly taken. I immediately knew I was going to join in. I told him that I … Read more
My wife is a teacher and my teen is of course a student, which means that come the end of every school year, they’re suddenly around home a lot more and we do a lot more together. And that’s sincerely great. But… It also makes for a couple of months of busyness above and beyond … Read more
I went to my first Fan Expo yesterday and managed to get in one seminar led by experienced panellists. The second seminar was a bust because, whether by some miscommunication from the staff or some other reason — we were told by a staff member that the location of the seminar had changed at some … Read more
*Reporting Live From Fan Expo Canada 2025* After years of considering going to Fan Expo, we finally decided the time was right to do it. It’s one of the largest travelling conventions in the world for fandom of (sometimes overlapping) TV shows, movies of every stripe, comics, books, video games, table top games, and more. … Read more
Today I was flashing back to a TV show idea that I’d gotten a few years back. It was about a single dad (I’m a dad) of a young girl, who has to get back into the workforce after years at home raising the kid (as I did), who in a bit of desperation for … Read more
I recently checked out this article that was linked from Mastodon (my sole social media presence) and it’s a pretty quick read, if you’re interested: https://glassalmanac.com/netflix-disney-and-prime-video-are-too-expensive-and-full-of-ads-users-are-turning-back-to-illegal-methods/ Here’s my thing: For decades, I’ve been — and I’m still — not a piracy guy. To me, someone who worked on something and would like to make money … Read more
I came across Amie McNee’s name not long ago, via boosted social media images of her inspirational quotes talking about being brave and bold and free with your art, whatever form that may take. I more recently heard that she had written this book and I put it on hold at the library ASAP. Shortly … Read more
For those not familiar with what a chaos symbol is, here’s a basic version of one: The idea of it is that, being chaos, it’s as likely to go in any direction as any other. I’m realizing that there are (I daresay increasingly frequent) times when it really feels like my brain is doing exactly … Read more
It’s no secret among family and friends that my income has been… let’s call it “tight” for a while. I’m ready, willing and able to do what I need to to pay bills and get food on the table. But I’m torn among thoughts of finding other work even if it’s for less hourly money … Read more