2022-11-13: Word came down last week that full-time WFH is over and that we are expected to be in-person in the …
2022-11-12: Spent the morning geocaching until my battery ran out. Now recharging, figuratively and literally.
2022-11-12: Have you ever seen such a display of feline excellence?
2022-11-11: Married to this one for 25 years today. I think I’ll keep her.
2022-11-10: It’s my anniversary so do I sing Every Day Is Halloween by Ministry? (It’s our song.)
2022-11-10: Thinking of getting myself throw out of the karaoke bar by doing some Pink Floyd.
2022-11-09: Seeing today’s secret word first thing this morning injected a fragment of a lyric into my …
2022-11-08: The consensus micro.blog today is that the moon is mysterious and is not to be trusted. // @jean …
2022-11-07: I have promised myself a dozen times that I will stop paying attention to the trash fire over at The …
2022-11-06: I had planned on biking over to Echo Beach to take a photo when the sun went down and then quoting …
2022-11-06: Excellent results today for Arsenal, Chelsea, ManU, Liverpool, and Tottenham. Football, bloody hell. …
2022-11-05: I’m not exempt from the march of time, so I try to make sure to do stretching exercises after …
2022-11-04: I almost admire the way that the little monsters are able to come up with a new form of chaos to …
2022-11-03: We should start an emotional support group for all the other mBers whose kids are just about to get …
2022-11-02: A feast fit for a family of three! (The kid doesn’t particularly like tomato sauce so she gets pesto …
2022-11-01: I’ve put the Other Place into timeout due to all the drama, so I figure I should be paying …
2022-10-30: The kid asked for pumpkin pie so pumpkin pie she shall have! 🎃
2022-10-20: I go downstairs for three minutes to refill my coffee mug…
2022-06-10: The shift supervisor has arrived.
2022-04-25: tap tap
2022-01-02: 💉💉💉
2021-12-30: Chilling with the bun.
2021-10-28: A new bike lane is being installed on the street next to my apartment. 😍
2021-10-21: We are here to tell you the terrible secrets of space.
2021-10-20: My final live game from the Before Times. Canada v Cuba, Sept 2019.
2021-10-19: Family portrait via Yayoi Kusama’s Infinity Room.
2021-10-18: I believe the exhibit is finished.
2021-10-17: Memories of geocaching in Florida nearly 11 years ago. (GCPZRG for those who celebrate.)
2021-10-16: An actual date night!
2021-10-15: Ethereal.
2021-10-14: When you’re parked on the ferry and an industrial tractor pulls up in the lane next to you.
2021-10-13: Always glad to have some assistance on my GitHub issues.
2021-10-12: Patch panel legend.
2021-10-11: Fort.
2021-10-10: Maybe my last swim for the year.
2021-10-09: Hello.
2021-10-08: Six and a half hours of long-weekend traffic to get to the cottage but this is a fine reward.
2021-09-25: This fly is having a bad day.
2021-09-07: Incoming!
2021-08-04: The product I work on in my day job scored the coveted “Most hated” award in its category in the …
2021-06-12: Ranibow Sprimkle.
2021-06-05: Stand in the place where you are.
2021-06-01: My morning, a summary.
2021-05-13: End of evening stroll… moon.
2021-05-13: Start of evening stroll… check out the last of the cherry blossoms.
2021-05-10: Which one is the crisis-of-faith emoji?
2021-05-10: I spent Friday afternoon working on a side project adjacent to my main job. I blinked and it was …
2021-05-08: I have folded one half of one shirt.
2021-04-25: Picnic time.
2021-03-26: 🏴
2021-03-14: The reason for the season. 🥧
2021-03-11: Update: The storm has come and gone.
2021-03-11: Looks like weather is coming.
2021-02-07: We used to eat about two packages a week of these but they’ve consistently been out of stock since …
2021-02-06: Canda v Cuba — the final sporting event I attended in the Before Times.
2021-02-05: Every time I try to practise.
2021-02-04: Thursday is takeout day and I had a brilliant plan to get lasagne from the local family-style …
2021-02-03: The most comfortable way to watch LOTR.
2021-02-02: We had a set of four of these mugs when I was a kid but never used them because they were “too …
2021-02-01: GOOD MORNING. MY BOWL IS EMPTY.
2021-01-29: Update: My wife informs me that today is the 25th anniversary of the episode in question and that I …
2021-01-29: I am somewhat worried by my daughter’s delight at absolutely terrible TV. She is currently …
2021-01-13: Miz 14: “I could never get into Twilight. They say it has a love triangle but it’s …
2021-01-12: Big shoutout to Spotify Daily Mix #2, which is just full of 100% awesome today.
2021-01-09: I finally broke down and declared podcast bankruptcy. With no commute for the past nine months or …
2021-01-08: An important day in a father’s life is when he first introduces his daughter to Maurice Lamarche’s …
2021-01-04: The dregs of the Christmas cookies.
2020-12-31: As if 2020 didn’t have enough to answer for, I’ve somehow managed to earworm myself with …
2020-12-28: We ran out of cat fud over the break. I went out this morning to get a new bag of the special …
2020-12-13: Me two hours ago: At least there’s no way Arsenal can screw up a home game against Burnley. ⚽️
2020-12-12: Whose brilliant idea was it for me to do Advent Of Code this year? 👨🏻💻
2020-11-07: Jeeves and Wooster at the kid’s request. A glass of bubbly because, well, you know. It’s going to be …
2020-11-06: My wife stalks the cheap Irish Real Estate blogs because hey, dare to dream. She sent me a link to a …
2020-11-05: I really love what Joe Willock brings to the Arsenal. He wants the ball, he wants to move forward. …
2020-11-04: THE END IS NEAR. REPENT!
2020-11-03: The neighbourhood Christmas tree went up today.
2020-11-03: Signed out of all my social media feeds today (except for this one) to avoid the dreaded doomscroll. …
2020-10-20: Tom Lehrer released all his lyrics into the public domain! tomlehrersongs.com 🎶
2020-10-12: The trickiest part of homemade cranberry sauce is getting the lines to come out right. Happy …
2020-10-06: Gutted to hear about Eddie Van Halen. VH was not particularly my cup of tea, although I did see them …
2020-10-06: The kid is sitting around watching Hartnell-era episodes of Doctor Who. 📺
2020-09-19: “How is it possible to boil a jelly and forget to add sugar?” I hear you ask. Well, it turns out …
2020-09-19: Today I made a batch of grape jelly and a batch of crabapple jelly and screwed them both up beyond …
2020-09-10: First day of high school today for the kid. Angst from having to find a (mostly) new set of friends. …
2020-08-18: I might be getting close to the point where I need new boots.
2020-07-21: Anybody who thinks counting sheep is a good way to get to sleep has never slept next to a field of …
2020-07-20: This means I probably won’t see the comet tonight, but it’s a pretty great show in its own right.
2020-07-13: It’s hard to say whether I’m more impressed by my friend getting an op-ed in the NYT or …
2020-06-25: So many words I don’t want to see in close proximity to each other.
2020-06-10: Loving the attention to detail that went into this Intro To Python course I’m taking.
2020-05-23: I read an excerpt from this in a magazine and it hit me like a bolt of lightning. In its own …
2020-05-22: Donald Knuth is the King of the Yak Shavers. He was writing the definitive reference work for …
2020-05-21: I don’t read a lot of travelogues, but here’s my second of the week. He’s a guitarist for a local …
2020-05-20: Sometimes old books raise more questions than they answer. For example: what was I doing on the …
2020-05-20: Humorous books typically land somewhere between “wry” and “droll”. This one had me gasping for air.
2020-05-19: Grabbing the top item from the pile next to my bed… This is Bill Bryson’s travel diary from …
2020-05-18: The sign of a good cookbook is that the pages are covered with food stains. 📚
2020-05-17: Roses are red, trilliums are white. I’m skipping violet day, as is my right. 🤍
2020-05-16: Morning moon. 🟣
2020-05-15: Lockdown means not being here. I’m missing it more than I anticipated. 💙
2020-05-14: Who remembers sports? 🟢⚽️
2020-05-13: Food for Canadians. 🟡
2020-05-12: When you’re overtired and fake words are a lot more hilarious than real words. 🟠
2020-05-11: I seem to have lost the ability to post photos. This one is from Sunlit.
2020-05-11: A pint of red ale from my final trip to the pub during the Before Times.
2020-05-11: A pint of red ale, from my final trip to the pub during the Before Times.
2020-05-11: Cherry blossoms are finally here!
2020-05-10: It’s not true. He didn’t come anywhere near my tabloids.
2020-05-09: Don’t throw your junk in my backyard, my backyard, my backyard. Don’t throw your junk in …
2020-05-08: “Is it about my cube?” – Montgomery Burns 💬 My wife and I are always quoting …
2020-05-07: I … am rarely happier than when spending an entire day programming my computer to perform …
2020-05-06: Clear is better than clever. – Rob Pike.
2020-05-06: Back in the Before Times I put holds on a few books from my local library. I’ve had three of …
2020-05-05: These are small, but the ones out there are far away. The kid has been interested in her Irish …
2020-05-04: Live long and prosper. (ancient Vulcan curse) 🖖💬
2020-05-01: Spoiler: It’s at least as excruciating as it sounds.
2020-05-01: Me: Could today possibly get any worse? My manager: Remember that today is the deadline for …
2020-05-01: Today is canceled.
2020-04-28: I think I’ve convinced myself that I’m doing better than I actually am.
2020-04-18: That’s a lot of frosting.
2020-04-15: My local grocery store’s ambient playlist is typically 80s retro. Today, perhaps to encourage people …
2020-03-28: The day of reckoning is nearly upon us.
2020-03-23: Stocking up on the essentials before the lockdown gets tightened another notch tomorrow. 🍺
2020-03-21: I just spent $100 to have my neighbourhood coffee shop deliver 5lbs of beans to me. Strange days.
2020-03-17: I might get salty about my employer from time to time, but after reading DHH’s thread about …
2020-03-15: Went in to the office this afternoon and grabbed everything I will need to work from home for the …
2020-03-14: Me: Spouse: Is that a recipe for custard pie I see? Me: no. Spouse: Are you sure? I’m certain I saw …
2020-03-14: I had planned on visiting my mom this weekend. She lives in an old folk’s home and they have …
2020-03-13: Obligatory photo of the TP aisle. 🦠
2020-03-12: Current status.
2020-02-27: Oh, Arsenal. ⚽️
2020-02-23: My wife and daughter are watching “Spock’s Brain”.
2020-02-06: MizC’s Science Fair project. Testing techniques for dealing with invasive plant species. Covering …
2020-02-05: World hide and seek champion.
2020-02-04: Favourite spot.
2020-02-03: Here’s the original. (Banksy, 2010). Using a flash usually ruins a photo but I thought in this case …
2020-02-03: Reflecting on a reflection.
2020-02-02: Superb owl Sunday.
2020-02-01: At the DMV.
2020-01-25: The whole house smells of Parmesan from these biscuits I made for a Robbie Burns party we’re going …
2020-01-15: BROWN PAPER PACKAGES TIED UP WITH STRINGS.
2020-01-15: I keep forgetting that Laibach did the entire Sound of Music soundtrack and then every little once …
2020-01-12: Oopsie.
2020-01-10: -.– -.– –.. ♫
2019-12-28: I moved away from the suburb where I grew up nearly 35 years ago. When I visit my mom and go for a …
2019-12-26: Helping my wife with her latest project.
2019-12-25: Merry Christmas from Toronto.
2019-12-23: At Crate & Barrel, trying to not buy All The Things for myself.
2019-12-22: Festive apple pie. 🥧 (America’s Test Kitchen recipe, which was uncharacteristically straightforward …
2019-12-16: When you have 15 minutes to get to the train station and you know it takes 9 minutes by bike and you …
2019-12-10: Cosmovivageniparahystopolis.
2019-12-07: When the pad thai place says your takeout order will be a half hour but there’s a brew pub showing …
2019-12-05: Just reading this story about the abusive corporate culture at Away nearly gave me an anxiety …
2019-12-02: ”‘A Day At The Races’ is my favourite Marx Brothers movie. But it has blackface in …
2019-12-01: 😢
2019-11-30: It’s been tough trying to integrate the word of the day into a post without it sounding cheesy, but …
2019-11-29: Real Thanksgiving was a month ago but all the people posting pictures of their Thanksgiving pies …
2019-11-28: My doctor takes the protection of his private property very seriously.
2019-11-27: A popular TIL topic is that Corinthian Leather is a made-up marketing term and that the leather …
2019-11-26: Granola. 3c whole rolled oats, 1½c mixed nuts and seeds, ¼c brown sugar, ⅓c maple syrup, splash …
2019-11-25: 25 days in and I finally twig to the fact that @macgenie is going to secure her mbnov pin by virtue …
2019-11-24: I used to watch the Grey Cup every year. I have very fond memories of going to my uncle’s …
2019-11-24: Let’s go Bombers! 🍁🏈
2019-11-23: Another: A woebegone horse walks into a bar…
2019-11-23: A. Because they don’t know the words! Woebefall anyone who doesn’t get this classic dad …
2019-11-22: Q. Why do hummingbirds hum?
2019-11-21: Which brings me to Malcolm Gladwell. He’s made his fortune from being “well, …
2019-11-21: One of the things I’ve worked really hard on in my life is to not be the “well …
2019-11-20: The second I get up from my desk…
2019-11-19: Hopefully the flurry of Mourinho-to-Spurs rumours means the flurry of Mourinho-to-Arsenal rumours …
2019-11-18: I’m trying to build some discipline so I’m not sitting at the computer five minutes …
2019-11-17: Superb Pileated woodpeckers spotted on Superb Owl Sunday.
2019-11-16: I had an mbnov anxiety dream last night. I dreamed that I hadn’t used the magic word one day during …
2019-11-15: Somewhere in the murky depths of my brain a neuron fired and made me check the YouTube for …
2019-11-14: Toronto Christmas Market starts today. I’m not saying that having 650000 people visit my …
2019-11-13: I am trying to enforce a “no work after hours” regimen on myself. But I found a nasty …
2019-11-12: Don Cherry. What can you say except for “what a maroon”. If he had the sense to stay in …
2019-11-11: 💩🚀☀️ #doncherry
2019-11-10: Well done to Seattle. They were clearly the better team on the day. ⚽️ TFC overperformed to get …
2019-11-10: She’s put up with me for 22 years.
2019-11-09: I’m cold and there are wolves after me! – The Simpsons 9F22 “Cape Feare” …
2019-11-08: Putting the star on the top of the tree is serious business.
2019-11-08: TFW you can’t decide whether your fake spam number is from Toronto or New Zealand.
2019-11-07: The day of the first snowfall is always a frightening time to be on the road. This poor commuter got …
2019-11-06: Shopping lists are probably my favourite type of found item. (I’m kind of fascinated about what …
2019-11-05: “I don’t like to compete or talk street, street, street…” …
2019-11-04: #okboomer: Mean or not mean? (I’m GenX so natually I’m ignored and thus excluded from …
2019-11-04: I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone convert a social path into a real path before.
2019-11-03: My fancy soda crackers came out a little puffier than expected.
2019-11-02: The end of Daylight Savings time means I’ll be biking home in the dark starting Monday. …
2019-11-01: The key to good sourdough is not having 60ml of cold unfed starter when you want to start baking.
2019-11-01: Another Friday night when I remember I wanted to make sourdough bread in the morning but neglected …
2019-10-31: You can’t get the secret pin unless you say pumpkin! Now, I give you one more guess.
2019-10-30: TFW you support Arsenal and Arsenal are going to sack the manager and you see “Mourinho” …
2019-10-27: It’s starting to look like that NZ-Wales final I had predicted is less likely than it was this …
2019-10-25: Special thanks to the CBC morning show for getting the Baby Shark song stuck in my head.
2019-10-24: It turns out that some people really don’t like it when you put “How To” in your …
2019-10-22: Gloomy.
2019-10-21: Let’s do this thing.
2019-10-18: On my bike this morning, I caught myself sitting at a stop sign waiting for it to turn green. I …
2019-10-14: The first slice of pie is never pretty. Happy Thanksgiving!
2019-10-12: A bit of just what the doctor ordered.
2019-10-03: She’s a teenager today. (And still gives us that “you guys are such dorks” look.) Bestest of …
2019-09-24: An acrobatic reminder of the upcoming climate strike.
2019-09-14: 2019 is not a total garbage fire after all! www.thefarside.com
2019-09-10: The new Apple Watch looks the most interesting of the new stuff. But I can’t help but recall that …
2019-09-09: Tfw when you’re re-reading old emails so you can remember why a particular feature was …
2019-09-07: Good seats for the first half at least. #CANCUB ⚽️
2019-09-07: BI. AN. CA. 🎾
2019-09-02: Made this weekend: Peach jam Vanilla ice cream Bread Peach pie Tomato sauce Plus half a half bushel …
2019-09-02: Homemade peach pie washed down with some homemade vanilla ice cream. 🥧🍨
2019-08-25: Arise, Sir Ben. 🏏
2019-08-24: Turns out you get as much help unpacking after vacation as you get packing before vacation.
2019-08-23: Marina Hyde: “There is a world for their daughters, hopefully insulated from men like their …
2019-08-22: It’s day 1 back home after a week in Ireland and I endorse every observation in this post by …
2019-08-22: Update: ✅ Remember to drive on right. ❎ Remember my car doesn’t have a clutch.
2019-08-22: I still remember all my passwords so clearly my vacation was not long enough.
2019-08-18: Went to church this morning at Kilmore Cathedral, Co Cavan, Ireland. My maternal grandmother was …
2019-08-13: Obligatory Eiffel Tower selfie. 🇫🇷
2019-08-08: Patio pints in the shadow of Versailles.
2019-08-06: When you’re on the red-eye vs when you’re recovering from the red-eye.
2019-08-04: Airport tofu curry.
2019-06-16: Kid and I hopped on our bikes and hit the local farmers market. I got a couple of quarts of …
2019-06-16: We have figured out how to stop the cat from shedding.
2019-06-13: RAPTORS 🦖🏀
2019-06-09: Raising her right.
2019-06-06: Oh, Windies. 🏏
2019-05-28: Q. How can you tell that a computer programmer is extoverted? A. They look at your shoes when …
2019-05-25: Current earworm: @theweeklyreview theme song. 🎵🤪
2019-05-24: 🎵 oh-2-1 3-4 🎵
2019-05-22: Spring = ramps = yum.
2019-05-19: Breakfast.
2019-05-17: My mandatory Application Security training is off to a great start.
2019-05-11: (At farmers market) Guy with amazingly punchable face: “Maybe I’ll have some nice organic cyanide. …
2019-05-08: Three Kinds of Programmers, by Carl M. Johnson. I don’t think I’ve ever read a taxonomy …
2019-05-07: Planted 35 years ago, planted this weekend.
2019-05-05: April showers bring mayflies.
2019-05-04: Happy Cinco de Cuatro everyone!
2019-04-28: The usurious fee I pay for this tax software every year clearly does not go towards hiring UI …
2019-04-18: Wood ducks don’t seem like they’re real.
2019-04-05: I just got an email from my employer demanding details of the process by which I broke the nightly …
2019-03-25: My employer has not sent me to a conference since … ever … so I reached into my pocket …
2019-03-25: Feeding the chickadees at Pinery Park.
2019-03-20: Current status.
2019-03-17: Detail from Tom Thomson, Rapids on Muskoka River. He would take these cedar boards out on expedition …
2019-03-13: I still can’t believe that Jacob Rees-Mogg is a real person.
2019-03-07: “[S]he’s basically a hat that’s become a sentient being.” If you love Murdoch Mysteries …
2019-03-05: My oven was repaired today after having been busted for over a month so I christened it in the …
2019-03-05: If laughing at Real Madrid’s woes is wrong, I don’t ever want to be right. ⚽️ (Last …
2019-03-03: Who can guess where the cat’s new favourite hiding spot is?
2019-03-01: World’s No 1 bridge player suspended after failing a drugs test.
2019-02-27: Looks like I’ll be working from home today.
2019-02-24: This pie is good for a whole year.
2019-02-10: Laundry folding is not going quite as well as could be hoped.
2019-02-08: (Oven has been broken for three weeks. Repair guy has come and gone twice without fixing anything. …
2019-02-01: FML. Second time the repair guy has come to fix our oven and it’s still not working. …
2019-01-21: I say “sabotaaage”.
2019-01-17: I’ve been earwormed all week by Kate Bush’s “The Kick Inside”. A Kate Bush earworm is normally a …
2019-01-15: I know which shared development box I won’t be working on this morning. 12:13pm up 71 days …
2019-01-11: Me, 12:30: Finally I’ve finished all the tasks that popped up during the week so I can get to …
2019-01-07: When I’m trying to WFH.
2018-12-05: ☑️ Well, actually, it’s not that rapey if you understand the social context (1/73) …
2018-12-02: ☑️ Thank God it’s them instead of you. #xmasfromhell
2018-12-02: First Sunday of Advent so it’s officially Holiday Playlist hell whenever I’m out shopping. (Songs …