I moved away from the suburb where I grew up nearly 35 years ago. When I visit my mom and go for a walk around the neighbourhood I pass the houses where I used to go visit my friends. But my friends aren’t there anymore and their parents aren’t there anymore.
Helping my wife with her latest project.
Merry Christmas from Toronto.
At Crate & Barrel, trying to not buy All The Things for myself.
Festive apple pie. 🥧
(America’s Test Kitchen recipe, which was uncharacteristically straightforward and unfussy.)
When you have 15 minutes to get to the train station and you know it takes 9 minutes by bike and you get to the local bikeshare dock and…
#monday
Cosmovivageniparahystopolis.
When the pad thai place says your takeout order will be a half hour but there’s a brew pub showing the hockey game next door.
Just reading this story about the abusive corporate culture at Away nearly gave me an anxiety attack. The bureaucracy at my job can be annoying but there’s a lot to be said for closing my laptop at 5.15 and not opening it until 9.15 tomorrow.
”‘A Day At The Races’ is my favourite Marx Brothers movie. But it has blackface in it! That makes me really angry!” – MizC (13)
😢
It’s been tough trying to integrate the word of the day into a post without it sounding cheesy, but that’s the point of this sort of exercise. Thanks to @macgenie and m.b for making it happen!
Real Thanksgiving was a month ago but all the people posting pictures of their Thanksgiving pies gave me a fantastic idea…
My doctor takes the protection of his private property very seriously.
A popular TIL topic is that Corinthian Leather is a made-up marketing term and that the leather actually comes from New Jersey. But a more significant one is that Corinthian Leather is “soft”, not “rich”!
Granola. 3c whole rolled oats, 1½c mixed nuts and seeds, ¼c brown sugar, ⅓c maple syrup, splash vanilla, ½tsp salt, ⅓c low-flavour oil. Mix well. Spread out thin on a parchment-lined cookie sheet. Bake 325℉ for 30 minutes. Optionally add raisins after it comes out of the oven.
25 days in and I finally twig to the fact that @macgenie is going to secure her mbnov pin by virtue of being the person who posts the word of the day every day.
I used to watch the Grey Cup every year. I have very fond memories of going to my uncle’s place and watching the classic Edmonton-Montreal matchups from the 70s. But now it’s not on free-to-air TV anymore and I refuse to give money to the cable company, so 🤷♂️🏈
Let’s go Bombers! 🍁🏈
Another: A woebegone horse walks into a bar…
A. Because they don’t know the words!
Woebefall anyone who doesn’t get this classic dad joke.
Q. Why do hummingbirds hum?
Which brings me to Malcolm Gladwell. He’s made his fortune from being “well, actually” guy and has not filled the hollow place inside where his emotional intelligence should go. And that’s why he thinks he’s clever to defend Jerry Sundusky and do things like this.
One of the things I’ve worked really hard on in my life is to not be the “well #actually” guy. As a smart nerd, it came to me easily, and I thought it made me seem impressive. As I developed some emotional intelligence, I realized that well, actually, nobody is impressed.
The second I get up from my desk…
