Category: real life
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One Thousand Posts
This is my one thousandth post here.1 With every post at a few hundred words, that is several textbooks’ worth of rambling. When I invented blogging circa 1995, I never thought it would go this far. Of course, blogging has also taken a step back. We now have a word for a whole category of…
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The Best Most Listened-To Albums of 2011
I use Last.fm to keep track of all the music I listen to, and every year I like to look back and see which music I listened to most, then post the top 10 here for all to see and judge. I’ve bolded ten albums throughout these lists. Call these my consciously chosen top 10,…
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Both Halves of the Occu-pie Taste Like Crap
I have mixed feelings about the occupy movement. On one hand: London’s leadership is now officially the the douchiest in Canada. Last night, after a warning Tuesday morning, police descended on Victoria Park to steal the tents of the people who had been living there for the last two weeks. They were within their rights…