Posts for "General"

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…

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…

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…

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…

Posted at 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 at 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 at 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…

Posted at August 07, 2023

I saw the Barbie movie on Saturday. It was creative and silly, and did a better job wrestling with the whole Barbie thing than I’d expected…

Posted at May 05, 2023

I went to another concert! This time it was Men I Trust at the Orpheum, with opening act Kylie V. It was packed, and the crowd was positive…

Posted at May 04, 2023

A friend got me a portrait of myself as a pirate for my birthday. I think it’s pretty darn awesome. I love the expression. There’s a cheery…