Where you will find my (documented) thoughts, worries, concerns, and issues
A personal archive of writing, stories, and notes
This has been my humble (virtual) home for over 35 years, posting events and musings and more than a few rants. It’s gone through so many evolutions over that time that it’s perchance a bit messy, and you might find some dead links or even a few bits of old code that included pictures. I’m slowly revamping this site to clean all that out, so please bear with me while you look around.
Recent writing
Today would have been when Alberta would set our clocks back one hour, falling into Standard Time until the spring. It was the one time change we all liked, because we got an extra hour of rest. Spring time change was, …
2026, you’ve been a colossal prick. Dolly Parton, Tim Curry, Catherine O’Hara, Walter Koenig, Sass Jordan, Gloria Steinem, Peter Cullen, Sam Neill, Chuck Norris, Robert Duvall. And you still won’t take …
Oh, how I wish this was solely about geography. The Continental Divide is so much simpler, the Snow Dome so much more interesting. But, no. We’re going to talk about political divides. Even … gasp! … …
Update 23 October 2026 The counting is finally done. This is how you waste serious amounts of money: by running a pointless referendum that takes over four days to count. And it doesn’t even get validated until …
Today, I had the privilege of meeting with author Robert J. Sawyer, as a service of the Alexandra Writer’s Centre Society, where Mr. Sawyer is our current writer-in-residence. And that means I got to ask him to …
I mean, it’s not, not really. We’ve got a pie-shaped backyard (it’s massive) and some lovely trees, but … oh, my days, so much that we have to do back there and I’ve ignored nearly all of …
Last December, Monkey got her first real (aka on-the-record, and taxable) job with the PetSmart over by Chinook. It’s out-of-the-way from our house and from the University, which is really its single biggest issue …
Today, I start my 26th job in my career. It’s been a long, interesting road, and I’m sure I have some fun discoveries yet to come … plus a hope or two (but we’ll leave those as surprises). …
Keep smilin’, keep shinin’ Knowing you can always count on me for sure That’s what friends are for That’s What Friends Are For, as sung by Dionne Warwick, Elton John, Gladys Knight, and Stevie …
A bit of context for anyone reading this a few years down the road and the present has (as usual) faded into the fuzziness of propaganda, revisionist history, or simply forgetfulness: We’re currently in a trade war …