This is incredibly cool:

I feel like I used to just... wake up? Sometimes slowly, sometimes faster, but asleep-then-awake. Now I flounder to wakefulness as if from the bottom of silty pond, choking on mud, thrashing through reeds, floundering to the surface, exhausted when I get there. Anyway, how's your Tuesday going?

I didn't manage to find what I was looking for yesterday but I spent the afternoon wandering downtown Toronto in perfect September weather so I'm in no way unhappy with how the my day turned out.

Got to taste-test a flourless chocolate cake and I don't like to brag but my skillset was perfect for that kind of task.

Peach season is always great but this year it was especially delicious. I've lost count of how many baskets of peaches came through my kitchen. Which is fair: none of them were here very long.

If you're looking for weekend plans...

Went to a ball game last night. Lots of fun but I'm not fond of this new habit of booing when the opposing team makes a great play. C'mon.

@augursociety.bsky.social #AugurMicros2025

Slightly diminish a book: Jules Verne's Around the World in Eighty-Seven Days

Funny how you can be friends with someone for 20 years and still be surprised to learn how many times they were arrested as a teen. Ah, youth.

Tomorrow!

I've hit the age where the I send most my back-to-school best wishes to friends who are professors rather than students. Huh.

Youngest nephew sent a photo of his new residence room: the furniture is still the same. EXACTLY the same.

I made peach and blueberry crisp yesterday and had it for dinner. And breakfast, because I'm a grownup and no one can stop me.

We're heading into Labour Day weekend. Already. Can I post a complaint to management?

Mom had abdominal surgery less than 3 weeks ago. She's doing amazingly well, eagerly planning her return to the gym. It's both inspiring and intimidating.

Tomorrow!

I'm reasonably careful when it comes to comparing grocery prices. Except when it comes to wild blueberries. Doesn't matter how much the tiny container costs: that tangy deliciousness will be mine.

Once again, since it always bears repeating: strikes represent executive failure, not worker greed.

Someone in my dream made a pun so bad I immediately woke up in self defence.

Think if we flew a giant chamois cloth around we could absorb some of the water from the air? Then, I dunno, wring it out somewhere it's needed? Physics will probably say no but it's a nice daydream.

Helped a stranger wrest the base of an infant car carrier off its base and got to hear him gush about his incredible new baby girl. 10/10 start to the day.

Something I learned while diligently making smoothies: I'm not really a smoothie kind of person.

Cheering on a friend running an IronMan and good gods, people are capable of incredible feats. I mean not me, but other people.

Liked the new SUPERMAN. Random thoughts: -A DC movie with both light and colour, how novel -Rich white guys with fragile egos cause so many problems -Sadly, they have leagues of eager, active cheerleaders -In a crisis, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO DIE should take precedence

Age verification? I used poste restante.

Local billboard for the Ontario Line boasts 'From here to downtown in 25 minutes!' At that exact spot, I: -was on a bus -amidst construction -in late rush hour -needed to connect to the subway -and STILL made it downtown in 20 minutes. So. Not quite the flex you think it is, Metrolinx.

It's 08:45. Housemate is completing a triathlon. I managed to get out of my PJs, so honours about even, I'd say.

Now it's tomorrow!

Wired: taking a baking course and ending up with amazing treats. Inspired: having a FRIEND take the baking course and ending up with amazing treats.

Biidaasige Park -- and indeed, the entire waterfront reconstruction project -- is testament that the City is capable of both incredible vision and exceptional execution.

I always forget how good bbq brisket is until someone puts in on my plate. In my defence, it's not something you cook for one. In my prosecution, it's brisket. I should know better.

Tomorrow! 2pm! Join us!

I have a new, more-efficient AC unit, a stack of unread books, and no work until a late afternoon meeting. Gonna be a good day.

Eeesh, the air's bad out there today. Breathe carefully, friends. Preferably through a filter.

An art fair is an amazing way to combat despair at the state of the world. Yes, bad stuff is happening and some people are unredeemable assholes. But look at the splendour we're capable of. All that talent, all that vision, all that carefully cultivated skill: that's us too.

Bought a couple pairs of shorts off the men's rack and you wouldn't BELIEVE how much stuff fits in the pockets. I'm annoyed at the system but personally delighted: look, my phone and Blistex and wallet and earphones and tissue and...

Lookit!

Youngest nephew will attend my alma mater. I had wonderful years there, hope he does too. But also: what the actual hell?! How is he old enough to go to university when it feels like I was just there?

Yeah, it really is the @#$% humidity.

A day to celebrate successful revolution against tyranny seems remarkably on point at the moment.

Gonna bike more than a couple km for the first time in almost a year. Tomorrow Me: I apologize in advance for how you're going to feel.

Feeling more grimly patriotic than celebratory today. But also determined to work (and vote) in ways that make this country more caring and inclusive as well as stronger. #HappyCanadaDay 🇨🇦

Happy Pride, everyone! We're so glad you're here.

Gonna attend the first concert at the new Rogers Stadium which is DEFINITELY NOT the Rogers Centre downtown, what kind of idiot would mistake the two, aha ha ha... er.

That disconcerting moment when the Gatorade tastes really good and you realize what that means.

The news from NYC: wonderful! The news from Toronto: also not bad. www.blogto.com/city/2025/06...

For those new to Toronto: Lake Ontario is still Very Cold. Sure, it's climbed to survivable temperatures, but a high of 13C isn't optimal for swimming fun-times. The sand, on the other hand, will feel like lava. So I guess it all balances out...?

Was out and unconnected yesterday. Checked in this morning and GODS FUCKING DAMMIT.