On the ebbing of persuasive debate
I got a job this past May working at the LCBO — Liquor Control Board of Ontario; the only place you can (legally) get booze in the province, though you ca...
Category: science
The dual realities of not wearing a mask
In the last number of months I’ve been seeing more people not wearing masks when they’re grocery or furniture shopping. To clarify: Toronto holds th...
Finally kicking Spotify to the curb
I’ve been mulling over what to do for a (more) ethical music streaming service for a while, largely writing about it here after already noodling on it for...
Guess who doesn’t have Covid-19
Go on, I’ll give you three guesses. … Nope. … Wrong again. … … really? Um… no. Guys, it’s me. You’re terrible at...
Happy belated Pencil Day!
My friend, confidant, sometime tabletop game designing/spitballing partner, and all-around best bud told me earlier this week that the following day, March 30th...
I hit the magic number
Hmm? What’s that you say?“Congratulations”? Oh… oh, I see… thanks, but no, this isn’t a good thing. I haven’t won the ...
Monarch emergence time lapse
My wife decided to try out her time lapse video option on a couple of monarch emergences today. It’s cool to watch it happen anyway, but in the time lapse...
Monarchs are imminent
Somewhere between about 8-15 days, the monarch chrysalis goes from green to blue to finally clear, like in the photo here. That stage means they’re going ...
Monarchs are cool
Off and on for a couple of years, we’ve raised monarch butterflies from eggs to first flight. It’s really cool to see. There’s something satis...