It is a sunny April day in Fort St John, and the airport is playing Christmas carols.

At least once during each trip home, I’m reminded that Sugar Jones was a thing.

It's today, today!

Sir, you can’t park there.

So interesting landing at Fort St John airport just now and hearing everyone’s phones go off with the Emergency Alert for the landslide evacuation as they turned on their phones.

I am Sun Running for the first time in a loooooong time

Mmm petrichor

Oh boy, the Vancouver Sun Run website currently has two different versions of the start line map with very different start times for some of the divisions. 😬

Like any job, there are frustrations to be had with mine, but I do kind of love the surprises each day holds. today's, for example: "now, what tastefully homoerotic photo shall I place next to our former First Lady for this header image?" consequence.net/2026/04/jill...

Holy shit, I have NEVER been more excited for a movie.

Wanna see if I should make more #HeatedRivalry stuff, so it's all buy three, get one free. Automatic code at checkout. Sale ends Sunday! Tell your fellow loonatics. loxythemaker.com/collections/...

A toss-up between Bambi, Carrie or Porky's...

Over on my Instagram (erin_braincandy), I’m selling a bunch of my husband’s and my extensive collection of Fluevog shoes. Neither of us work in an office anymore, and they’re literally just gathering dust.

Obviously I read this headline as, “Paddington 4: Escape From New York’ Reboot in the Works and it’s fair to say I’m slightly disappointed now

Again, if you have a Substack, the best time to switch away was months ago -- but today's the second best time.

“In my 37 years in the travel industry, I have never seen anything like what the Canadians have pulled off,” Amir Eylon, President and CEO of Longwoods International, told Forbes.

My Letterboxd review of You, Me & Tuscany, which I watched in a nearly-empty theatre, except for one dude who I'm pretty sure just snuck in to take a nap.

Just saw You, Me & Tuscany is a packed theater and it was so fun! A proper rom com. Halle and Rege Jean both need to keep making romantic comedies. They were in their element. The supporting cast was phenomenal. Go see it!

interesting that when a movie with female protagonists does poorly the response is to cancel upcoming projects with female protagonists and when a movie with female protagonists is a huge hit the response is to cancel upcoming projects with female protagonists

Well, that's disgusting. I just unsubscribed from the Story Summit writer community.

Splashdown!

According to the Cineplex website, I'm going to be the only person at the 1:30pm matinee, so that's not great.

Wildfire burning ‘out of control’ in B.C.’s Thompson-Okanagan region

Games like darts, billiards, bowling and chess completely give away what's going on. The ONLY reason to segregate these sports by sex in the first place is because men cannot emotionally handle losing to women. The ONLY reason to lock out trans people is bigotry.

It might be ineligible for the Emmys, but HEATED RIVALRY is a Peabody finalist!

Reposting for the evening crowd...

I got an email today from Expedia promoting 10% off hotels for the Vancouver matches of FIFA 2026. Meanwhile, this is the view from my apartment…

when the host country openly tells visitors it doesn't want them while the organising body thinks this is 2006 Germany and acts like everyone who wants a ticket must complete a 15 stage challenge course to earn one, the result tends to suck for everyone else

Today is Rex Manning Day, a holiday from the film Empire Records, which remains at its core a movie about resistance against corporate greed at the expense of people and art now more than ever, in our fight against ai and its many harms to humanity, we must DAMN THE MAN, and SAVE THE EMPIRE!

Seems impossible, but it's true!

My mom called me during dinner. First she asked for help figuring out how to print an email so she can take it to her accountant. And then she tells me about a family friend’s heart attack. Why is she like this?!?!

LA28’s presale ticket drop for locals pisses off all of LA. Sunday was my window to sign in for the privilege of seeing what wasn’t available, or what was so far out of my price range it might as well have been cordoned off behind a gold rope and glass. www.latimes.com/california/s...

Hey, do you know anyone in Vancouver who's 55+ & wants to get more confident cycling? (Beginners welcome!) $100 for 6 sessions of small group lessons Tuesday afternoons at Trout Lake April 21-May 26. (Subsidy available) More info here: share.google/t8dvcE5B4YsV...

Presuming the world doesn't end before then, I'm taking myself to a matinee of You, Me & Tuscany on Friday, at the International Village Cineplex (aka Tinseltown) if any Vancouver friends want to join me.

If countries really gave a shit about anything they would boycott the World Cup.

My Sunday night movie club is watching Heathers (1989) tonight. I haven't seen this in waaaaaaay too many years.

Remember when Dan Quayle misspelled a word and it was the end of his political career?

Another good day to remind people about using Alt Text when posting screenshots.

I think a lot of Bluesky users are in the demographic of “people who simply will stop using social media entirely if all the text-based social platforms that aren’t run by unrepentant Nazis (like this one) go away,” myself very much included

Any Vancouver friends like / want to try LMNT electrolytes? The husband bought a Costco pack, but then decided they're too salty for him.

Orcas in Burrard Inlet right now!!!

Is today a holiday for most people? Or is it Monday?

This image of home just came down from the Artemis II crew. Taken after their translunar injection burn, there are aurorae at top right and lower left, and zodiacal light at lower right. Credit: NASA/Reid Wiseman

we took Ms Norwood around back and shot her in the head with a gun. she didn't bleed, she simply stood there, dumbfounded, with a gaping wound in her forehead. as the light left her eyes, she was making 56k modem noises with her mouth anyway like and subscribe and follow Particle6 for more updates

I have this idea of doing a monthly bee id guide (The Bee-ther Report?) but I can't do this month without mentioning the most common bee you'll see out there

I HATE that when US news interrupts the Canadian feed of Survivor, they air clips of Border Security. Just put on some National Film Board clips or something until whatever is happening is over.

Is it weird that my initial thoughts upon seeing the scrolling notice that Survivor was going to be updated for a live news event were, in order: 1. oh no, did Artemis II blow up? 2. oh fuck off, is the US President gonna interrupt Survivor to babble about how he's somehow responsible for Artemis?

can't believe I have to say this, but PSA, the tortoise is not dead, I repeat, the tortoise is not dead

Say 'Billie Eilish Boomerang Idol' one more time. I dare you! I double dare you, motherfucker!

That's when I started crying.