That only took 46 years
For the first time in my life I’ve bought a car. I managed without one for a very long time — always living downtown, usually near wherever I worked, taking […]
Category Archives: Me
9/11/21
It’s kind of hard to believe it’s been twenty years. Really intense, indelible memories have a way of shortening time, I guess. I still remember my colleague Dom standing up […]
Time for a change
I don’t talk much about work on here, but it’s not really a secret that I’ve spent my entire career — save a two-year stint in software which ended not […]
Comparing my discretionary spending pre- and post-COVID
[Cross-posted from LinkedIn, with some revisions] Prompted by my colleague Kat’s post “How COVID-19 changed my spending habits“, I decided to piggyback on her idea. Here’s what I found. [But first, the […]
Riverside → Leslieville
A couple months ago I wrote about buying a house. It had a sixty day close, so the math says we’re moving this week. The sale officially closed Monday, and […]
The ‘ton
It’s been nearly five months since I got the Peloton. I mentioned a week after getting it that I was worried I’d get bored of it, but I haven’t yet. […]
Ausgang
This week saw more excursions, including our first visit to a patio — Chez Nous, to be specific. It was nice to finally sit outside, sip some cool wine, and…talk […]
Baby steps
Slowly, I am re-entering the world outside the loft. Last Saturday we walked into the east to meet a friend and drink Rorschach beers in a (very brown) Woodbine Park. […]
The News
Growing up we had at least three (maybe more?) newspaper subscriptions. We got the Halifax Chronicle-Herald, the Amherst Daily News, and the local weekly, the Citizen. This last is obviously […]
COVID-19: Part the Last (for now)
So yeah: not to jinx anything, but just as life is slowly returning to a semblance of normal, so shall my posts. Or at least my post titles. Patios are […]
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