Posts for "General"

Posted on 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…

Posted on 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…

Posted on 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…

Posted on 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…

Posted on 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…

Posted on 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…

Posted on 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…

Posted on November 07, 2023

Hey, more books. Exclusively from the Ring of Fire series this time. I should branch out. 1637: The Volga Rules, by Eric Flint, Gorg Huff…

Posted on August 21, 2023

I saw the Cure! I have some friends who are fans, so we went to their show in Vancouver back in early June. I knew two things about the Cure…

Posted on August 13, 2023

Ring of Fire III, by Eric Flint and others It’s another story collection. As I said in my tweet: It wasn’t bad, but I liked the first two…