Losing weight

I’ve had a lifelong issue with being heavier than I’d like. Probably heavier than is healthy, though I read some time ago that people who have about 10% more weight than their BMI suggests they should be tend to be healthier and live longer. Oh, and did I read that it turns out the BMI…

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Squirrels like cookies

We found out a new thing recently. I kind of spoiled it in the header (and also that photo), but just act like you don’t know anyway for the big reveal: Squirrels like cookies. Or at least, oatmeal raisin cookies. I picked some up this weekend and added it to the coffee table Jackie had…

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Tough gig

I am perhaps dating myself when I admit that we have a land line phone in our house. It was initially a safety net, because Jackie and I were with a lacklustre cell phone service–I won’t say the company name for not wanting to ruffle any legal feathers, but let’s just say it rhymes with…

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Screen-X can go away

My wife and I saw Spider-Man: Far From Home yesterday. It was good (although for this movie-goer’s money, not as good as Spider-Man: Homecoming), but the problem I had with it wasn’t so much the movie as the theatre itself. Jackie can’t watch 3D movies. They play with her head too much. So I’ve long…

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Go fly a kite

I’ve found that there are things that I liked doing as a kid that, for whatever reason, I totally forgot about ever enjoying and then rediscovered them accidentally decades later. Flying kites is one of those things. Some years back, my family and I were at one of our many nearby parks that border Lake…

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Take care of yourself

Five or six years ago, my back went out. I’d had occasional issues with it in the past, where it would be sore, or tweak a bit and I’d maybe need to pop a couple of Advil and an ice pack or heating pack and take it easy for a while. The soreness may sometimes…

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Read this book

I don’t generally like non-fiction. I’ve just always preferred the worlds that fiction can take me to over (what I’ve read of) what non-fiction does for me. I’ve recently had a couple of notable exceptions to that, however. The Library Book by Susan Orlean is one of them. At its core, it tells the story…

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Gaming less is working. Ish.

As I previously mentioned I may try, I’m foregoing playing games on my phone this month in favour of trying to get more productive feats accomplished. I’m currently just over a week into it. My thoughts, in no particular order: It was initially easier than I thoughtMy usual daily game, Marvel PuzzleQuest, is one which…

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