Swine Cat
This is Poe the Cat. He is a dick. His nickname is Mungbrain the Cat. He believes he was in a movie once (he was not) and that he played…
Everything Else Drawer
Eleven weeks
The view from the cafeteria looks out over Calgary’s wide valley basin. I watched the sun rise on one side this morning and now watch the sun begin to set…
To every taxation year, there must come an end
I do not believe in making “new year” resolutions. I do not celebrate the ushering in of a new year until spring. Yet with this taxation year coming to an…
A list
Things #PrincessSassypants is afraid of: Leaves Certain kinds of paper The poop bag holder (that’s shaped like a bone) My skirt Little pieces of dust bunnies Her own farts The…
It’s like there’s a different word for everything
What’s that word for “I think I touched your boob completely inadvertently; I meant to give you a good ol’ chuck on the shoulder”? I’m sure there is one. There…
A time to sow, a time to reap
I have a love-hate-ambivalent-hate-hate-love relationship with my garden. With the ACT of gardening. I think it’s probably also indicative of my parenting style, which pretty much makes me a terrible…
An ancient archived post
Here is my new favourite post I have ever made on my blog, ever. In the history of things I have posted on my blog. In going through an old…
DIY instructable for DIY guides
After seeing the sock tutorial posted yesterday, an insightful viewer requested a subsequent DIY guide focussed on how to make DIY guides. Since the Internet was CLEARLY correct in recommending…
The Guider’s Guide to Guides or, Sock DIY Tutorial
Another thing the Internets have taught me about how to come up with ideas is that readers of blogs fully enjoy being told what to do. Which is to say,…
Top [nouns] that [verb phrase]
I am entirely out of ideas of what to write for this blog. In fact, since you’re a captive audience, I will also tell you that my other writing is…
Comin’ Through the Rye
Time becomes irrelevant when you exist in a fog. You note its passing, later stay up all night with crushing guilt over what you should have done and how you…
Limited Time
Do you have a toddler or an Elderly Resident in your home? Are you worried about those nasty Sharp Corners on coffee tables? Well, worry no more! New and improved*…
Blowin’ in the Wind
I think I’ve mentioned once or twice that we’re having renos done. Our renos involve not having our washing machine and dryer hooked up, and we’ve been without them for…
One of these things…
As I was Driving, I was Pondering. And what I was Pondering is this: if we can liken western Canada to Winterfell*, and I think we can, can we then…
S.M.R.T
At the beginning of the school year, The Captain came home after classes one day and announced at the dinner table that one of the things they’ll be doing this…
I don’t exist when you don’t see me
He wonders if she can see him. Perhaps if he showed up to the restaurant she was at with her lover, she would just look right past him and not…
They’ll hurt me bad; they do it all the time
He’s nervous when he sees her. He doesn’t know what to say, whether she wants him to talk to her or whether she figures he’d be better off crawling in…
Colour everywhere
I think of David often, and I find myself missing him at the strangest times. Although he knew he was ill, my uncle took his own life with a shotgun.…
Content with content?
Once upon a time, there was a young man who loved ponies. Nobody thought this was odd because there wasn’t a gender-specific expectation related to the love of diminutive equines.…