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  • 2017 in Review

    2017 is generally regarded as a bad year, but for me, it was fine. Time moved on from last year‘s celebrity death apocalypse to threats of actual apocalypse, but personally, I managed to avoid any direct effects. I can’t pretend that Canada is immune from the growing evil in the United States, yet it hasn’t manifested…

  • Two Thousand and Sixteen

    Everyone is saying 2016 was a bad year, but my controversial, contrarian opinion is that: 2016 was good. I started a new job that kicks ass, moved forward with my writing (get my new book The Arborist), and most importantly, avoided anything terrible happening directly to me. Much of the “bad year” sentiment comes from…

  • The Ephemeral Cloud

    I’ve been a proponent of trusting the cloud for a long time, but I’m starting to rethink that trust. “The cloud” is a murky term, but what I mean by it here is: leaving your shit with someone else. Your files, your music, your movies, your everything…if it’s not physically stored somewhere in your home,…