I love butter tarts. That’s not an overstatement. If anything, it’s downplaying it. I love butter tarts like I love few other things in life. You can take my ice cream. You can take my chocolate. You can take my cookies and my cakes and buttercream icing. You can take a great many sweet treats…
Back on track! I managed to get through a good bit more this month than any other recent month, which feels pretty good in and of itself, even if what I read wasn’t all fantastic. Here’s how it shook out: ReadChildren of the Fox – Kevin SandsThe Books of Magic – Writer: Neil Gaiman; Art:…
*Warning: Here there be spoilers* My wife and I have always loved the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) movies. The writing, the acting, the visual quality… from Iron Man in 2008 to Avengers: Endgame in 2019, we liked some movies more than others, but all ranged from good to great. The MCU TV shows that started…
I’ve talked previously about how I listen when I get Signs from, for lack of a less new-agey term, the universe. And… well… they’re happening again. To the point of this post, there are significant indications that I’m on the wrong track with my writing. As regular readers of my posts are aware, I’ve been…
Occasionally, a question strikes me that I can’t quite shake. Not just the big ones that will often occur to us — Why are we here? How are we here? If energy can’t be created or destroyed, what went bang in the Big Bang? — but way, way smaller. Hence part of the irritation: How…
Another month, and again feeling like there was not enough read. This, to quote The Mandalorian, is the way. Here’s how it broke down: ReadWhy We Get Sick: The hidden epidemic at the root of most chronic diseases — and how to fight it – Benjamin Bikman, PhD Started and stoppedThe Carlin Home Companion –…
It occurred to me that I’ve recently made a few changes that were explicitly, albeit perhaps uncharacteristically, for my own good. I hunted down a couple of meditation apps to help remind me to take some time out to just sit for a bit and be still. Not still like I can be when I’m…
It’s not often I read a book that makes me drastically rethink things. This was one of them. If you’d rather skip a summary of the book, just jump down to the TL;DR bit at the bottom of this post. If you’d like some insight into the sometimes deep dive biological science it covers, read…
Short and sweet, to the point where it’s not even worth it to write it in list form: I finally finished Telling Lies for Fun & Profit by Lawrence Block, and just started A Carlin Home Companion, Kelly Carlin’s autobiography about growing up as the only child of comedy legend George Carlin. So far it’s…
As with my lists of favourite books I read year to year, I’ve also recently been doing an annual list of favourite songs I added to various playlists. Rather than do a separate top ten for every playlist I added to — top ten drumming songs, top ten songs for quick-paced walks, top ten songs…