What I’m listening to

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Since we finally made the jump to a music streaming service—I was a steadfast CD purchaser until well after things like Apple Music and Spotify were commonplace—we’ve been (ok, I’ve been) going to town with playlists. I have one for commuting to work; there’s one for our daughter (always chasing down new songs she hears … Read more

Technology hates me and now grass does, too

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I’ve long had a love/hate relationship with technology. By which I mean, I love it and it hates me. I need to clarify at this point to those who don’t know me, or don’t know about this side of me: I don’t mean that in some cutesy way like I’d put on a dating app … Read more

First lawn mowing of the year

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I don’t like cutting grass. It’s sweaty work, and while one can see the results of the effort (which I always prefer), I’m acutely aware the entire time that I could be doing something simultaneously more enjoyable and way less sweaty. Reading. Writing. Taking a nap. Anything shy of running or working out… But I … Read more

Police motorcyles and helmets

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Yesterday I saw a motorcycle cop pull over a taxi. I wasn’t sure what had happened, but whatever he’d done garnered the taxi driver a ticket. That event was unusual enough—I’m far more used to seeing police cruisers pulling over cars than motorcycles doing it—but what really struck me was the helmet the officer was … Read more

It’s, it’s, a posting blitz!

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All of today’s posts (and more) occurred to me just today. It’s not lost on me that I’ve gone months (eek!) without adding much to this site, which is supposed to be increasingly my main place for yapping and updating would-be readers, and then have blitzed it with a few posts. Have I left Facebook … Read more

Digital vs Physical note-writing benefits

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I had an impromptu debate in my head while I was showering this morning on whether it’s better to store writing ideas and work digitally or physically. I tend to do the former. While full writing on a phone is far from ideal—I’m pretty quick on a full, or even consed, keyboard, but the small … Read more

Little scams

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I’ve encountered a couple of scams in the last two days that really stood out to me. It’s just weird to me that people try to pull stuff like this. First, I was at my local Canadian Tire in the Exchanges and Returns line, and a lady a few people ahead of me was trying … Read more

On changing focus

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It was a several years back that I first met Ricky Lima, an independent comic creator. He was running a seminar on creating your own comics, which offered me a teasing glimpse into how to do so. Teasing because, of course, one can’t learn everything one needs to know about making comics in a couple … Read more

The Good Stuff jar

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I’ve been intending to quit Facebook for coming up on a year. Because, as the kids these days say, reasons…

A unique high

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There are many buzzes I get at various stages of writing…