Catch-22 I recently read an article that said what a bad movie this was. Been rattling around my brain ever since. Movies have to hit the right audience at the right time. I put this one in the same vein of a cadre of "Everybody dies at the end" movies from the early 70s that had a big impact on me

One of the most captivating parts of Love Park in downtown Toronto is that the towers can reflect the light in beautiful, unnatural ways. Notice how some of the people on the benches in the foreground are lit from both the east and the west.

3 times in my life I've spent inordinate amounts of money on window coverings. So here I am trying to wash tea stains off the floor to ceiling blinds in preparation to sell the place.

People make up the weirdest excuses for continuing to travel to the States. Like there’s nothing good reason, period. “Oh well there’s this musical”. I promise you, you will survive without.

I always try to keep scale in mind with political action. This is about 3% of Italy's population. A U.S. equivalent would be ~10 million people.

On this day in 1813, the Battle of the Thames was fought near present-day Chatham-Kent, Ontario. The battle was a defeat for the British, who lost control of the Western District of Upper Canada. Indigenous leader Tecumseh was killed in the battle.

I really should be writing some important emails or cleaning my home. Instead I did a couple of mending jobs. A cottage bedspread and reusable shopping bag had both blown out a side seam. This may be all the sewing I do this year.

One of my connections to my Dad was reading Pogo so I could understand the Pogoisms he liked to quote. Miss you forever Daddy. "I carry the hose"

a dude posted to the iphone reddit saying he was returning his iphone air because the battery life couldn't stand up to his 3 hour commute, and 90% of comments were "who cares about the phone, why do you have a 3 hour commute"

What REALLY IS non-market housing, eh?

End of my first week fully back at work and I can't seem to get out of bed today. This is not a good sign.

If you need a smile-credit to @fahrlehrerbora 😆🤭

I am a Systems Administrator that is Working at Heights certified because some moron put comms racks 20' up on the wall. But I'm looking forward to my astronaut training.

For the #heatpump /solarPV/battery curious, here's a typical late September day... The brown area is us buying electricity from the grid during off peak time, at 8p/kWhr. This tops up the 13kW battery and runs a hot water cycle via the heat pump. We might also charge a car during this time. 1/

You used Chat GPT instead of a data governance tool to classify your data? Huh.

I made a house call for the St. Francis blessing of animals. Logan didn't feel up to coming all the way up to church.

I don't chew gum but I do enjoy overchewing my food.

Looking for the backup car key. Now that I'm single I have no one else to help/blame when I lose things.

Wonderful

We used to do stuff here.

I love Lucy

I used to just want to eat chocolate. Not I want to eat butter. Does that mean I'm feeling better?

With this unplugged I expect my electric bill to be significantly lower next month.

This must be Thursday. I never could get the hang of Thursdays. #cats #catpics #catsky #catsofbluesky #dontpanic

Saw a Tesla truck thingy up close last night. It certainly challenges our notions of what a car or truck should look like. It looks like something a teenager cobbled together in their backyard from odds and sods they scavenged.

It's hard work finding positivity and joy right now. I have to work for every glimmer of hope and savour every moment of peace, however brief.

The apartment is cold. Does that help me get out of bed? Only slightly. Getting up to put the tea kettle on.

Yup.

It's kind of a good thing there's a postal strike right now cuz I can't afford to be buying stuff online right now. (I don't do Amazon)

2 October? But that can mean only one thing! YES, THAT’S RIGHT! In a village in Hertfordshire, they’re marking Old Man’s Day, because it’s the 454th anniversary of Mathew Wall almost being buried, and then not being buried, because he was in fact not dead

Do you ever think about the fact that Wikipedia is the last good major website on the internet? You aren't bombarded with ads. It doesn't try to push video on you, and it doesn't redirect you to a scam site.

Interesting to think that when my parents left Canada for the UK in 1960 there was only CBC and they likely didn't own a TV. When we returned in 1965 I watched Chez Helen and Friendly Giant.

Flower on her #Hedgewatch for #wontlookwednesday . She typically looks out the window after breakfast on her way back to the bed. Have a great day. #cats #CatsOfBluesky #gato

It's not too late to start masking again It's not too late to start cleaning the air It's not too late to prioritize your long term health and the health of your community It's not too late to show solidarity with disabled and vulnerable people Disability... a minority group you can join anytime

I don't argue with ppl about feet and shoes. It's like arguing with flat-earthers. There is no such thing as breaking in shoes, for instance.

September 30 / October 1

Some of my ex's catch phrases will ring in my ears for the rest of my life whether I want it or not. Prime example "Life sucks. Get a helmet."

Royal Homes in Wingham Ontario has been in business fir over 30 years doing prefab. While they are surely profitable, they haven't exactly taken the home building industry by storm.

Oh, thanks. Now getting a flashback to menstral blood leaking through my painter pants in high school. Never bought white pants again.

Thank you. Shout it louder please. Irks me so much when a politician uses the phrase.

I just got out of the subway in the nick of time.

Hatched. Beautiful birds.

Great article the Toronto Star today on going car free. The first new car I ever bought was in my 40s, and mostly because the number of family needs in the suburbs and out of the city went up. By waiting 20 years before owning a car, I’ve saved well over a hundred thousand dollars.

A documentary set to premiere on APTN takes viewers behind the curtain into the corridors of systemic inequity – from the Indian Act to residential schools to modern-day family separation. APTN News spoke with co-directors Leena Minifie and David Paperny.

Just finished working out and there is NOTHING in my brain and it's wonderful.

I heard a radio ad on the weekend from the fossil fuel industry claiming they employ "hundreds of thousands" of Canadians. I recall a think tank report written by a labour economist published <10 years ago saying shutting down our fossil fuel industry would disrupt 18,000 jobs. Who's lying?

Any data modelers looking for a 12 month contract fully onsite role in Columbia SC? I have every recruiter on linked in hitting me up right now for this role. Lmk and I’ll send them your way!