Writer, Dabbler In Things
I realized some years ago that I had long preferred to not touch up my photos. I would sometimes need to–cropping is not uncommon to lop off bits distracting from the focus, of course; and I knew that certain photo printing services (remember those, fellow old people?) would tend to print a bit dark compared … Read more
Following the unprecedented Kickstarter campaign success with Exploding Kittens, the same crew published Unstable Unicorns. Here, each player is trying to build up a “stable” of a winning number of unicorns and/or unicorn-type creatures from their hand–totalling either six or seven, depending on number of players–while trying to prevent others from doing the same. Each … Read more
Back in March of this year, I was bemoaning the fact that our Good Stuff jar was to that point sitting empty. And that was right at the start of what has become nine months (and counting) of pandemic isolation, having to stay away from family and friends and… well, really, anyone and everyone other … Read more
2020 was a terrible year in way too many respects, so it was a pleasure to be blessed with enough time to escape from it into books as often as I did. Despite the time needed for the kiddo’s online schooling, and my striving to do more self-improvement and write more this year, while being … Read more
It was an unexpectedly bountiful month to wrap a banner year in reading. It certainly wasn’t without its passes and disappointments–five books started and stopped? Ugh.–but there was plenty of enjoyment to be found as well. READTen Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now – Jaron LanierHorizon – Scott WesterfeldThe Subtle Art of … Read more
To pair with my first year of keeping a song list–which includes every song my family and I added to our own various playlists through the year–I figured I’d do a top ten list of my favourites from those additions. Note that these aren’t necessarily new songs, but are new to me. Turn up your … Read more
This year I decided to make a new playlist that was comprised of all of the songs I added in 2020 to other playlists. It didn’t matter if it was to my Shower Tunes list, my Work Commute list (which are one in the same other than the latter has more swearing in it because … Read more
The latest in our growing collection of games originally for older players that have been geared down for kids is this Scooby-Doo-ized version of Betrayal at House on the Hill. The original game has the players as a group of adventurers searching in and around an old mansion, revealing randomized, modular tiles and aspects to … Read more
There are times I’m struck by unexpectedly gorgeous art, be it a photograph or illustration or painting, as well as other arts, like writing. I’m not sure who initially took this photo–I saw it on Mastodon and it seems to have initially come from making rounds on Twitter–so I unfortunately can’t give credit where it’s … Read more
I recently had a minor epiphany. Or perhaps not so minor. My wife is a teacher and has regular report cards due, which is always a slog in the household: She’s barely keeping her nose up out of the added work that’s on top of the plenty of work she normally has. It’s a couple … Read more