For those not into progressive metal music [glances at most family and friends] who may not have heard of the band Tool, here’s the scoop.*. When the world lost the drumming and lyric-writing brilliance of Neil Peart a few years ago, I was a bit adrift for some time about who else to look up…
The new playlist at the LCBO for this period is very blues heavy. Now listen, I like the blues just fine. At no point will I hear any blues song on the radio or streamed somewhere and wish someone would just turn it off or change it to something else.But given the choice, blues also…
September proved way better than recent months in terms of reading time. Finishing books was a whole other issue, mind you. I didn’t get through one book — not one — but hey, not for lack of trying. Check out what I started and turned out not to be my speed: Started and stoppedFablehaven –…
I’ve been pretty slammed this month — hey, when you’re still trying to work as much as you can to make up for being on strike for two weeks, and you’re still looking for other work, and your wife and kid head out of town for a week and you’ve got to take care of…
When I first joined Mastodon in 2019, it was via a server — an instance, as it’s called — named mastodon.social. In part, joining that particular instance was from being a bit overwhelmed with trying to wrap my head around what an “instance” even meant, having only been exposed up to that point to social…
I’ve been unusually stressed on a few fronts recently, and it showed over a couple of days at work when I made some… not great decisions. Not terrible, but certainly reflecting that I wasn’t on the ball. I took full responsibility for it, as I do, and came around to being a bit self-deprecating with…
I have a weird name. For those outside my family and group of friends who haven’t known me forever, the first one is pronounced “Ray” and the family name rhymes with “Yes person” (in fact, that’ll just help you pronounce it the way it would be in its native Denmark, and other Nordic countries). But…
Our union settled with the company 15 days after we went on strike. I’ve finished my first full week of being back at work and making money again, which I’d much rather do than striking.Some takeaways of what I learned or were underscored for me, being on strike for the first time: Being on the…
A better month for reading, to be sure. Sadly, many starts and stops included, but I’ll take those any day over not getting a shot at reading enough at all, as in too many other months. ReadStarter Villain – John ScalziGreen Arrow, Vol. 1: The Death & Life of Oliver Queen – Writer: Benjamin Percy,…
Everyone has their opinions. And everyone has counterpoints to certain topics of discussion. That is of course a given. But here’s a hot tip: If you’re going to share those, first make sure they at least convey what you’re trying to say and don’t inadvertently make you look bad. I recently mentioned that my union…