House fires and blank slates
One of my friends likes to say, “Nothing like a house fire to ease into simplifying.” Reading a book about clutter-busting and also finding something I printed about clutter, I Continue Reading →
Category Archives: commentary
One Local’s Heresy
Full disclosure, that local is me. What’s my heresy? That I am not all that sad about the decline in tourism in recent years. I am a little sad that Continue Reading →
Get stuff, Help people
Right now there are some bundles of digital things out there worth buying for a good cause: 1. Humble Bundle #3 — you get 5 games (that work on almost Continue Reading →
Friday Fun: Secret Life of Toys
One of my most favourite Flickr groups is The Secret Life of Toys. Many of these photos include clever captions and show off toys that may be custom made or Continue Reading →
Sesame Street Mashup
Sesame Street debuted the year I was born. I loved Snuffleuppagus so much that one year that doll was the only thing I wanted for Christmas and when I didn’t Continue Reading →
No Sympathy Here
Unless you were out of the country, you probably heard about the riots following game 7 of the Stanley Cup in Vancouver. A handfull of asshats did a lot of Continue Reading →
Cirque de Glue Gun
Cirque du Soleil wasn’t the only circus act in town last night — Iconocraft had all the makings of a 3-ring circus plus carnie sideshow. When I volunteered I really Continue Reading →
Actions speak louder than mouseclicks
Yesterday an update showed up in my twitter feed that I retweeted without hesitation: It had been retweeted by another friend and seemed a reasonable request so I immediately passed Continue Reading →
Safe Disposal of Old Makeup
I don’t wear a lot of makeup — to the point that I pretty much have to buy new mascara any time I want to wear it because the old Continue Reading →
Blasphemy vs. The Rapture
There’s a whole lot of hoopla this week over tomorrow’s pending Rapture as proclaimed by Rev. Harold Camping who, even though he is telling the world that the rapture is Continue Reading →