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Book Club Options

Posted at March 29, 2025

It’s my turn to propose some books. Mwuahahaha! #1: When the Moon Hits Your Eye, by John Scalzi This book came out on March 24th. It’s a…

GNU Terry Pratchett

Posted at March 19, 2025

March 12th was the tenth anniversary of Terry Pratchett’s death from Alzheimer’s. He was 66. To mark the occasion, I posted a thread on…

Devours

Posted at March 16, 2025

Last weekend was the release party for Devours’ new album, Sports Car Era. My first concert of the year! Devours was the second opening act…

Ranking the Pop Girlies of 2024

Posted at February 01, 2025

Pop music had a banger 2024. In particular, female pop stars had a moment: Chappell Roan and Sabrina Carpenter went from unknowns to…

New PC

Posted at January 18, 2025

I finally pulled the trigger on getting a new computer. Between the (foolish) GST holiday and worries that the incoming Trump presidency…

Book Book Book

Posted at December 25, 2024

I’ve been trying to put together this post for about eleven months! Wyvern’s Spur, by Kate Novak and Jeff Grubb (reread) I reread this last…

Skytrain Construction

Posted at October 29, 2024

This video about the new Skytrain extension out to Langley showed up in my feed today: It’s neat to see progress being made, even if we’re…

The Day After

Posted at October 21, 2024

I wrote this yesterday on Discord. It took a lot of effort, but I managed to avoid bringing up the Socreds. Election day! I’m going to rant…

Vancouver-West End Candidates

Posted at October 09, 2024

It’s election season here in BC. Tonight was the All Candidates Meeting at the West End Community Centre, so I went there after work to hear…

Definitely Not a Post about Books

Posted at December 30, 2023

Bringing 2023 to a close! Scott Pilgrim, by Bryan Lee O’Malley (reread) By some strange coincidence, I reread the books after watching the…