2012 annual report: mobile
Did last year’s trend of consuming less media and consuming more wine & food continue in 2012? Yes. Did it maybe accelerate a little? Probably. Am I okay with this? […]
Monthly Archives: December 2012
Best songs of 2012
With the same warning label that I applied to my best-albums-of-the-year post, here are my 20 favourite songs from 2012: Alabama Shakes . “Hold On” Allo Darlin’ . “Europe” Amanda […]
Best movies of 2012
Just to be very clear, this is an incomplete list since we haven’t yet seen Zero Dark Thirty, Moonrise Kingdom, The Sessions, Skyfall, Lincoln, Django Unchained, Looper, This Is Not a Film, The Invisible War, Chasing Ice, Monsieur Lazhar, The Loved Ones, Ai […]
Best albums of 2012
In alphabetical order only: Allo Darlin’ . Europe Cloud Nothings . Attack On Memory Godspeed You! Black Emperor . Allelujah! Don’t Bend! Ascend! Japandroids . Celebration Rock Low . C’mon […]
“You have poor social skills”
We’ve been on vacation for a week now, and it’s been a damn good one. I’ve already posted pictures summarizing our time on my family’s farm: basically, it was lots […]
A summary of our vacation so far, part II
A summary of our vacation so far
Fists with your toes.
As I type this I’m watching Die Hard (imdb), full of pizza and Great Lakes Winter Ale, finally getting into the holiday spirit. Work is done for 2012, my bag […]
Abdij St. Sixtus
Last night: a much-needed break from unpacking, watching the news about carnage in a Connecticut school, and limping around on a broken toe. Our real estate agent sent us off […]
Moving on up (or, more accurately, slightly lower)
We’re in. 95% of our stuff made the move to the new condo today. Just a few last lingering things to come down, and then all the work begins to […]
Skirl | Dan Dickinson 