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Activity Goals for 2026

Posted at February 01, 2026

Month 6 000 steps Cycling Exercise Reading Movies January 9 days 1 day 10 days 18 days 0 Late last year I made a post about morning walks…

Austra

Posted at January 30, 2026

This was unexpected. Some friends had tickets to a concert at the Rickshaw tonight, but one of them was feeling sick. My friend asked if I…

Samia - Bovine Excision

Posted at January 29, 2026

This is such a strange song. The lyrics are inscrutable. The verses have different music for the first two lines versus the second two…

Spanish Love Songs - Brave Faces, Everyone

Posted at January 25, 2026

The band Spanish Love Songs is neither Spanish, nor do they sing love songs. They’re an LA punk rock band, and their 2020 album Brave Faces…

Men I (Continue to) Trust

Posted at January 19, 2026

My first concert of 2026! We went to see Men I Trust, who played two shows at the Vogue last night. We went to the first one, and leaving a…

Thoughts on Tomes - The Fall of Book Editing

Posted at January 12, 2026

Video #1 argues that publishing has an issue with developmental editing. Video #2 follows up with more detail about developmental editing is…

Year In Review: 2025

Posted at December 30, 2025

I’m doing this early, for once. Personal Deets It’s been a strange year. There’s so much going on politically that I’ll just name check…

What We Love: The Holiday

Posted at December 27, 2025

There’s an endless discussion about what counts as a Christmas movie. Does it have to be about Christmas, like Home Alone? What about movies…

East Van Panto: West Van Story

Posted at December 22, 2025

OK, I just explained pantos. Moving on! Holly’s the daughter of an evil real estate developer (boo!) in West Vancouver. Her mother-father…

What's a Panto?

Posted at December 22, 2025

I’ve talked about pantomimes before, but I spent most of my life knowing absolutely nothing about them. Here’s my attempt to explain what…