Everything is phases
I realized about a decade ago that everything happens in phases. This may come across as old news to some — “the only constant is that everything ch...
Category: whatnot
Update to the confusion about my height
(… and other headlines you’ve never read before…) You ever have one of those “ah-HA!” moments when you realize something that you ...
Wait, I’m HOW tall?
A month ago I went for a medical exam to look at booking a minor operation, and in the pre-exam they check everyone’s height and weight and blood pressure...
The streak is dead. Long live the streak.
As I picked up my ebook again this morning, I realized that I was continuing to read from right where I’d left off… two days ago. I cast my mind bac...
Writing less, more
I recently read this (short!) post advising–with good reason–that people should write shorter stuff but more often. It struck a chord with me. I do,...
What I read this month
It’s been a busy month of hunting things down for the reno and running around and picking up and dropping off and meeting and stress and calls and emails ...
Whole home renos: Not for the fainthearted or busy
You know what the world doesn’t need more of?Kinds of faucets. There are, I can say without risk of hyperbole, about nine and a half quintillion kinds of ...
U.S. pharmaceutical ads be like…
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 co...
A new look for the joint
Regulars here may notice that I freshened up the site with a new look. What do you think? Gone are the bulky header photo (on every page, which was an… in...
Revisiting old good stuff, looking forward to new good stuff
Back in March of this year, I was bemoaning the fact that our Good Stuff jar was to that point sitting empty. And that was right at the start of what has become...