Writer, Dabbler In Things
My phone is dying. It’s a Samsung Galaxy S8, which was not quite the best one available from Samsung at the time, because I’m one of those types who balks at paying more for a phone than I would for a laptop, but it was up there. Merely the price of an average laptop. But … Read more
To say I enjoy music is a huge understatement. There is no other art that speaks to me so deeply in such a breadth of emotion. It’s more than just being greater than the sum of its parts: Whether instrumental or combined with lyrics, well done, music creates a whole other magnitude of impact. Music … Read more
Being in Canada, we get plenty of our entertainment from American sources. Sometimes on TV, that comes via American broadcasters who, of course, run American commercials. And sometimes–not often, but plenty, thanks–those ads are for pharmaceuticals. And I’m struck more often than not when those ads play, just how little of the ad time talks … Read more
There are times I’m struck by unexpectedly gorgeous art, be it a photograph or illustration or painting, as well as other arts, like writing. I’m not sure who initially took this photo–I saw it on Mastodon and it seems to have initially come from making rounds on Twitter–so I unfortunately can’t give credit where it’s … Read more
A few days ago I wrote about the personal issues I’ve dealt with of being full-to-overflowing with news and social media for years, and the peace and enjoyment I found in October in unplugging from all of that. But reality does have a nagging habit of encroaching on one’s ideals. The U.S. election was held … Read more
Today marks the last day of my month away from Twitter and Mastodon (and Tumblr, which I recently realized I was still on). What I will or won’t do with Twitter aside, I’ll likely be going back to Mastodon (and Tumblr?), just to touch base with the few people I’m connected with there and poke … Read more
I read an interesting article this week about the growing problem of using the term “guys” when referring to a group that isn’t strictly male (or that identifies as such). In brief, while there are women (and those who identify as same, or at least as not categorically male) who don’t mind being referred to … Read more
I recently wrote about my choice to take a one-month hiatus from all social media (or rather, the scant social sites I’m on these days), and how that’s almost definitely going to be more widely permanent since I’d been listening to Jaron Lanier. If you haven’t taken the time to read that post of mine, … Read more
Social Medialess October isn’t a thing. But perhaps it should be. I finally quit Facebook a handful of months back after long intending to ditch it for good. It was more problems with the company’s unethical practices than anything. (What those specific items are aren’t particularly important; suffice to say, if you do even a … Read more
**HERE THERE BE WEE SPOILERS*** I’ve was finally getting around to reading Wanderers by Chuck Wendig, and was really enjoying it but then a couple of things happened. First, the Covid-19 pandemic hit. Not full-on at first for us here in North America, as we all know, but it was clearly spreading farther and farther … Read more