Thank you to all the musicians, artists, cartoonists, comics, songwriters, poets and other creative folk making things that bring so much joy in these troubled times. I can’t do any of that.

I've been thinking about him all morning. I wish more than anything I could talk with him just one more time, tell him what a wonderful man he was and how much he meant to me. Happy Heavenly Father’s Day, Pops.

I do so enjoy VIP auditoriums at Cineplex! Here with my wife to see The Devil Wears Prada 2, which was good but not as compelling and fun as the original. Wouldja believe the chicken tenders, popcorn, strawberry cheesecake, plus wine and coconut rum, came to nearly 80 bucks?!? #filmsky #moviesky

It's nice there are so many fellow bus riders thoughtful enough to talk on their cell without the use of earbuds, or with the phone call on speaker. I wouldn't want to miss one scintillating second of their inane and superficial conversations.

Very little time this week to watch full-length flicks, so contenting myself with some amazing short films. #LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched #filmsky #moviesky

New epic #nerdrock from acclaimed #nerdy band @krakennotstirred.bsky.social just arrived at my doorstep! Along with a sticker, a guitar pick, and a super cute astronaut-shaped USB drive with their brilliant previous album Songs From a Pale Blue Dot. Ready to geek out! #musicsky #geeky #Kickstarter

"It's not your job to keep movie theatres open, it's our job to make things that make it worth you coming out." - Ryan Gosling And this is the film to do it. Pure cinema. My god, what an experience. #filmsky #moviesky

About to enjoy my first movie using my new CineClub membership! (And my first D-Box movie too!) I watched the short quite randomly a week ago and the ending freaked me out enough that I’ve been desperate to watch the feature. #Backrooms

ICYMI, my story "CanLit Book Club" was shortlisted in the @mgliterary.bsky.social short-fiction contest recently. Read it here. (This story hasn't pissed anybody off yet, that I know of. Vaguely disappointing. It implies my satire wasn't vicious enough.) www.moonlitgetaway.com/new-fiction/...

First time seeing La Dolce Vita and I got to see it on the big screen! Absolutely extraordinary film, I was knocked out by how good it is. Thanks to @letterboxd.social for the free tickets! #filmsky #moviesky #Fellini

Um omg…I just won a free one-year CineClub membership! #filmsky #moviesky

I’m not much a fan of caramel but this is surprisingly tasty.

After a long and stressful week, my wife asked me if we had any cake. Sadly, we didn’t. So I swung by a bakery and picked up this strawberry cake with lemon frosting. Her birthday is in a couple weeks so I asked the baker to write Happy Early Birthday Barb ❤️ on it. She was delighted. 😊

I’m finally at that point where I’m declining to go to shows or events based on the time it finishes. The show *finishes* at 11pm?! I plan to be in my toasty jammies in bed by then!

Took in another Canadian film last night! #TheBeardedGirl was terrific fun with some great performances. Congrats to director Jody Wilson! And thanks for treating us to an insightful Q&A too. #filmsky #moviesky

Snoop Dogg as a nature documentary narrator? Yes please!

Think carefully before you spring for a dollar store phone charger.

My new favourite thing! If you’ve ever had a Halifax donair, with all its sweet garlicky goodness, you’ll understand why this has captured my heart so fully!

“May the 4th be with you.” — Ellen Ripley (Back to the Future)

I knew the Sam the Record Man sign hadn’t been destroyed but I never knew what had become of it until yesterday. And there it is! Fond memories flooded back of perusing the enormous array of music when I first moved to Toronto in the mid 90s. Nostalgia felt all warm & squishy seeing the old sign. 🥰

Toronto premiere, baby! #bluefox #tourettes #filmsky #moviesky

Found an unopened jar of creamed honey at the back of the cupboard. I know it’s still good and just needs a good stir, but blleeeccchh!

I don’t mean to brag, but two people recently told me that our Tasha is one of the best behaved dogs in our building. And one of them (a non dog owner) said she’s his favourite dog! 🐶❤️ #dogsky #dogsofbluesky

Our watch for yesterday’s #NationalCanadianFilmDay: Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person (2023) This little film is so much fun! It’s surprisingly funny, touching, charming, and a very different kind of vampire movie. I highly recommend it! #filmsky #moviesky

Free films all across Canada on Wednesday!!! #filmsky #moviesky #Canada #NCFD #NationalCanadianFilmDay canfilmday.ca/attend-an-ev...

Next, I suppose you’d have to verify your age before you can even use the toaster.

The left side of these earbuds got knocked off my head yesterday and disappeared down a storm drain. This is now my third pair of wireless earbuds that’s been rendered useless. I’m so done with these darn things. #musicsky

@kinolorber.com sure knows how to take my money! #filmsky #moviesky #physicalmedia

The performer who hit the hardest (to me) a couple nights ago at Free Times Cafe was David B Archibald. The man’s voice cut through the noisy din and immediately silenced everyone. His passionate delivery and pain-filled words held everyone’s attention 100%. #musicsky #livemusic youtu.be/YJIvw8qhwis

Been AGES since I’ve watched/listened to live music at the Free Times Cafe! #livemusic #musicsky #TorontoHaunts

It took maybe a year and a half to make our way through this insanely huge Law & Order box set but we’re finally finished! It’s not really my bag, though it is a good show. I was happy we were finally done until wifey reminded me there’s 4 or 5 more seasons of the revival series. Ho boy. #TVsky

Toronto premiere, baby! 😎

National Canadian Film Day is back on April 15 with 2,000 free screenings across Canada and 150 more in 49 countries worldwide. Margaret Atwood, Sarah Polley, Colm Feore, and dozens more are involved. Free movies, everywhere, for everyone. zurl.co/dv1F8

I know I shouldn’t laugh at other people’s pain, but this makes me giggle like an idiot. (SO much better with sou

This brilliant and wonderful geek of a song came on randomly a week ago and it got stuck in my head and I’ve played it at least a couple dozen times since then and now I present it to you. You’re welcome. #WeirdAl #WeirdAlYankovic #Yoda #musicsky youtu.be/-IUMCyAR6U0

I didn’t realize it WAS a secret.

That colour! That beautiful colour! 😋 Yeah, I bought it. Beautiful taste too.

My @criterion.bsky.social order arrived! Thanks for draining my wallet and filling my soul, #Criterion! #filmsky #moviesky

Toronto premiere, baby! #PhotonFilmsCan #HolyDaysTheMovie #NatBoltt

My newest plan for losing weight…twinkies!

Excellent goings-on for my birthday: mango cream cake, apple pie cider (?!?), two excellent films chosen to watch, and a pile of The Walking Dead comics as a gift from my wife! Not pictured is the mac & Gouda cheese I made that we scarfed down!

Toronto premiere, baby! #VVSFilms #TelefilmCanada #MayaAndSamar

What the heck? I don’t have any AirTags. And my phone can’t connect to it so I don’t know what I can do next. Am I being tracked by someone maybe?

Omigosh omigosh omigosh! More Firefly would be so shiny!!! #keepflying #TVsky #Firefly #Serenity #CaptainTightpants #browncoats youtube.com/shorts/gfK-s...

Respond to this with an image from a movie that always cheers you up, but don't name the movie. Just share an image.

I’ve avoided anchovies all my life but the waitress raved so hard about The Godmother pizza (tomato, Calabrian chili, pecorino romano, alessia anchovy, stracciatella & olive oil) that I had to give it a whirl. Colour me surprised…I liked it a lot! #foodsky #PianoPiano #TorontoEats #greatfood

We had the good fortune to watch The Surrogate yesterday at @crowstheatre.bsky.social! A wonderful time, with an intriguing premise, twists and turns, highly motivated characters, and passionate performances. Running until March 29, I highly recommend seeing this show! #theatre #TorontoTheatre

This looks like fun. Therapy-set-to-music type of fun, but fun nonetheless. #PinkFloyd #TheWall #greatmusic #musicsky

My sleep doctor advised me to lose 10lbs over the next 3mo. No problem. Sweets, no problem. Same w reducing how much I eat during the day & cutting back on portion size for meals. It’s the exercising more that’s proving to be a motivational headache.

Reminder for #Toronto book lovers that this is happening tomorrow. And I'll share a little secret about this event... I've been told that if I sell at least ten books tomorrow, they'll let me stock a few copies in the store for a while. Do drop by and say hey. #CanLit #books #booksky #fiction