Posts for "General"
New PC
Posted at January 18, 2025I 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, 2024I’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, 2024This 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, 2024I 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, 2024It’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, 2023Bringing 2023 to a close! Scott Pilgrim, by Bryan Lee O’Malley (reread) By some strange coincidence, I reread the books after watching the…
Yet More Books
Posted at November 07, 2023Hey, more books. Exclusively from the Ring of Fire series this time. I should branch out. 1637: The Volga Rules, by Eric Flint, Gorg Huff…
The Cure
Posted at August 21, 2023I 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…
Bizzooks
Posted at August 13, 2023Ring 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…
Barbie
Posted at August 07, 2023I 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…