Officially disguised as a Canadian
There’s a trend on various networks to show off one’s home screen on their smart phones and / or tablets. Never being one to miss an opportunity to follow the herd, here’s my iPhone’s home screen: For good measure, here’s the second screen, because how can I get by with only two? I love folders.
Obligatory “I’m still alive” post. For microblogging, I’m on Twitter and ADN (App.net). I’m not on Facebook1. I’m on Google+ periodically. There’s Tumblr, where I lurk a bit, mainly to find lurid pictures for a friend of mine. There is a LOT of porn on Tumblr. You can also find me on Pinterest, where IContinue reading Hello, world
I checked my stats today and discovered that by far the most popular page on my website is this one: Some Rules Kids Won’t Learn in School (by Charles J. Sykes). Unfortunately, the referral URL still has the (very) old Simple PHP Blog URI, and my default .htaccess rule naturally points all 403 and 404Continue reading My most popular blog post works again
I saw a photo tonight of an empty bed next to a window, an open magazine lying on it, so I wrote down a few hundred words in a little story. Check it out.
Put up a tree. Sing a song. Celebrate the end to an interesting year. Here’s looking at 2013.
In April this year, my better half bought me a laptop I’d been wanting for a while, and was going to save up for. It was a very pleasant surprise. I’d specced it out already (without knowing the cunning plan to buy it for me), so it had a 256GB solid state drive and aContinue reading I will never buy ASUS products again
Many years ago, when I was still young and impressionable, I first read about the so-called “end of the world” Mayan Calendar thing. Depending on the source, the end was either on the 21st or 23rd of December 2012. My 36th birthday is on the 22nd of December 2012. A week from now. I don’tContinue reading The Mayans
I didn’t write about the Aurora incident. I don’t believe I’ve written much about school attacks. There was one at Parktown Boys’ High School (my alma mater) where some gunmen held boys hostage, but no one was killed. Aside from the fact that so much of the initial reporting yesterday was incorrect, which is toContinue reading Lies, damned lies, and assault rifles
A man I knew died last year from an AIDS-related illness. He contracted HIV a decade before that, and I often wonder if he just gave up the fight. His name was Ian, and he was my friend. A number of my friends has HIV. Two of them are dead so far. Get tested. KnowContinue reading World AIDS Day
[Originally posted on my Tumblr blog.] I’m at a charity fundraiser in the guise of a musical show, in which my husband is singing. When alone, as I find myself now, I people-watch. I’ve done this many times in the past, and I admittedly used to judge them. Now I just observe. It’s all theatre.Continue reading Observations