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As I mentioned recently, I’ve done absolutely abysmally on my goal of reading 17 books in 2017. I did managed to finish off two of the books I was reading when I wrote that last posting ((I did read a chunk more of Better Angels of Our Nature over the holidays, mostly during my flights […] →Read more
I’ve been working on my next list of “101 things to do in 1001 days” and I currently have 62 items on my list. Anyone have suggestions on things I should add? My previous lists are here. →Read more
It’s been a year since the last time that I shared my favourite tweets with you – so here are my favourite tweets for 2017! I’ve put them into a few categories (so, for example, if you aren’t interested in politics, you can skip the political ones), and added a few comments to provide context […] →Read more
My charitable giving “strategy” has typically been to wait until one of my friends is doing a fundraiser, or someone passes away and the family suggests a donation in their memory, and then to donate to those. I do have a few charities that I give to at least once a year without prompting from […] →Read more
So I’m about to post a bunch of blog postings today in my typical year-end fashion. And my blog auto-tweets all my postings (since I know that most people don’t typically go to blogs anymore unless they see it mentioned elsewhere, such as in Twitter)- and all my tweets automatically show up on Facebook (since […] →Read more
My mom found this teddy bear from my childhood and gave it to me while I was in Ontario for the holidays: My sister had one like this that was bigger – his name was Mr. Moveable Bear, because you can move his arms and legs at the at the joints ((My mom didn’t find […] →Read more
So I guess now is that time of year where I do all my year-end wrap up postings! Decided to start with one of my 2017 goals that I actually accomplished: Make 17 new foods and/or drinks that I’ve never made before. In fact, not only did I achieve this one, but I surpassed it by […] →Read more
Hey, remember that time that I went to Washington? Since I’m on holidays right now, I actually managed to put all my photos into Flickr so now I can show you some of the cool stuff I saw. I spent the lion’s share of my day that I had for sightseeing at the Smithsonian Natural […] →Read more
I hope everyone is having a lovely festive season, filled with family, friends, and lots of good food! Image Credit: Posted by Alexey Kljatov on Flickr with a Creative Commons license. →Read more
Putting aside all critiques about Uber and their various bad practices, this made me laugh tonight: →Read more