My buttermilk is expired but I'm making a big thing of biscuits and freezing most. Because BUTTERMILK BISCUITS. I will toughen up. It'll be fine. Tangy!

Listening to piano as I clean my home. Flashbacks to Sarajevo. It was the only place I ever showed up in & prolonged my stay — from 3 weeks to 7 weeks. I stayed on a hillside & passed a performing arts school to get to town. Every day, I’d hear opera, violin, piano from windows. I walked slower.

Don’t watch Pluribus when you’re getting close to deadline on a draft is my advice. One of the best pilot episodes ever?

This is my ‘hood & is long overdue. I support the use of the •stupid• parking lots being turned into considerately-designed highrises — but I also demand protecting places like EMILY CARR’S HOUSE, for God’s sake. It’s the oldest neighbourhood in Western Canada. We should protect it too. #yyj

One of my “things” I can’t handle is people who whisper and interrupt things. Like, it physically stresses me out to the point of wanting to scream. The scene in the middle of episode 2 of The Studio is making me mental. I want to choke Rogen. Ha.

The Studio’s just gonna be a who’s who of Canadian Hollywood, isn’t it? Now Sarah Polley in ep 2. We got ripped off. She had such a bad experience around the era she made the movie Go!, she left Hollywood. If you’ve never seen it, it’s one of my fave ‘90s movies. But Canadians grew up with her.

I haven’t laughed so loudly watching anything ages. I keep pausing The Studio. I never met Seth but he was in high school with friends & well-liked. I’ve been proud, as a Canadian, that he stands up for his beliefs. The Emmys blacklisted him from preventing for this, so he had to WIN instead.

And here it is -> "Little Man" by the aforementioned Art Blakey, and featuring both Wynton and Branford Marsalis in the lineup. youtu.be/vCW2dOreCbQ?...

I went from “meh I dunno what to eat” to eating all the things and now I am way full. I caramelized a little Serrano chili and onion before scrambling some eggs in and adding black beans at the end — one of my favourite ways to eat eggs. Hashbrowns with garlic & rosemary, toast, bacon.

Not a Shapiro fan, but good on him. Still, I can’t see him speak and not think he’s White Obama. The ripped-off cadence is so conspicuous.

If they ever do a Gordon Lightfoot biopic, Bryan Cranston is the man for the job.

Big fan of the Studio just 5 minutes in if Seth Rogen’s already called Woody Allen a pervert. Beautiful.

One way to save $ on breakfasts if you like hashbrowns is to make em from potatoes. If you can get a 10lb bag of spuds for $5, often doable this time of year, you can turn half into hashbrowns to freeze— Peel. Cube them. Parboil in boiling water maybe 3-4 minutes. Strain. Cool. 🍜🍽️

A heads up for artists: there's a persistent "experienced art dealer" scam account(s) that keeps popping up. It has followed me a few times in the last couple of days, with a new user name, but the same bio each time.

This is not a good look, Saskatchewan.

I am realizing that my intense new chapter of self growth means I have zero inspiration for cooking. With counselling and group therapy all at once, that’s over 3 hours a week, let alone anything I’m doing myself. But my brain is fully engaged and cooking is hard!

Today, we honour generations of First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Peoples who have served with courage. From the War of 1812 to Afghanistan, Indigenous veterans shaped Canada’s military history—yet many returned to discrimination. Lest we forget.

Is this supposed to be erotic?

Wonder what kind of cancellations occurred for the NYT after Douthat’s column. I’m still so fucking mad about that.

It's a good day.

Vancouverites remember the Captain.

The French language 🔥

Insomnia, Robertson’s posthumously released follow-up to his first memoir, goes deep into his growing relationship with Hollywood and his splintering one with his Band mate Levon Helm.

Giggling so hard.

Blue Seal ice cream is a brand that was created by Americans in Okinawa to boost morale and give post-WWII soldiers a familiar taste of home in 1948. It was not available to the Okinawan public until 1963 and was not available outside Okinawa until 2009.

Giggling so hard.

Yep. Big fan of Pluribus. Thrilled I get a second episode in the morning.

Rhea Seeborn, the star of Pluribus, is married to her good friend’s ex-husband, who introduced them. Boy, it’s refreshing to have a series lead be a woman over 50, but making her a lesbian romance writer with a penchant for driving drunk — fuck yeah, Vince Gilligan.

Probably never eating communal donuts again.

Pluribus already has 9.1/10 on IMDB. That doesn’t happen a lot.

Kids today don’t know how lucky they are. Streaming apps, man. Used to be you’d watch a thing & you’d go “OH! It’s the guy from that other thing! What was that thing? Oh! What’s his name?” And if you were watching with friends, it became quite the to-do. For a while, we had Google when it worked.

My superpower is finding out only enough about film/TV to make me interested in it, & then tuning out EVERYTHING until I watch it. It’s pretty bizarre how seldom things are spoiled for me. Anyhow, diving into Pluribus. Forgot The Studio is also on Apple, & I am required to watch, as a Canadian.

bsky.app/profile/thel... bro

Very excited to hear people love Pluribus. I just heard about it recently and was stoked to see it. Well, I guess Apple’s making me shell out for a subscription. Tomorrow.

Second night in a row the shingles vax had me out cold by 8pm. Oof! Glad I did it before my weekend. Should settle down tomorrow.

Meanwhile, Halifax Reddit is not surprised in the least:

Simon Tatham's Portable Puzzle Collection: www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/pu...

I got shingles 4yrs ago (53). Worst, most painful experience of my life! On my face & IN my eye. Nerve pain is a beast entirely unto itself 🔥🔥🔥Pain level beyond giving birth or getting iud’s… lasted for weeks. If you’ve had chicken pox, you can get shingles…get vaccinated! You do NOT want it, ever.

Saturday is Indigenous Veterans Day. @johnbollwitt.com and I attended a workshop at MONOVA hosted by Tsawaysia Spukwus Alice Guss and got to make our own beaded poppies. It was a really special experience ❤️ There is a march from 312 Main to a wreath-laying ceremony at Victory Square in the morning

Cancelled the @nytimes.com. When asked why, I wrote: “I’m a woman. Fuck YOU. I ruined the workplace? Men ruined the world. Go fuck yourself. I’ll find some puzzles somewhere else, you fascist cock-sucking motherfuckers. Hell hath no fury like us work-place-wrecking bitches, I guess.”

woman deserves every flower there is.

'sorry, new york, but we cannot abide by this insanity and shall be going when the racism's still good.'

i have a four-day weekend because last-monday-me was a genius and said "hey now, tuesday is a holiday..." and did some rocket-science-level mathematickin' and asked for the day off, and the gods have smiled favourably. and what exciting plans do i have? very few, and it's glorious.

This sounds a bit like the prime minister is prepared to steamroll over many B.C. First Nations and the provincial government to give Alberta what it wants Or maybe he was just pandering to his audience? #bcpoli #canpoli

The FDA Wants Americans To Lose 135 Billion Pounds. Cutting Snap Is A Great First Step As A Free Weight Loss Program. By Ross Douthat

hey guys isn't it weird how they're all saying this at the same time? ignore the fact that this is now happening with Tyler Cowen, an economist who sits at the center of a sprawling system of think tanks and policy "influencers" who have been laundered into DC with both Koch and SV VC money

for your christmas shopping list, perhaps

SF Mayor Lurie is still palling around with Sam Altman btw! Altman co-chaired his transition team, and just this week: "The event started...with San Francisco mayor Daniel Lurie. The mayor praised both of the upcoming speakers [Altman and Kerr]"

my god, this week, i just can't take it. more comeuppance, please. ahahah. fuck sam altman. [he is being served a subpoena in the middle of an interview, hahahahah]