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I hate Ikea, usually

One of the least enjoyable things I can imagine doing is going to Ikea. The fact that millions of people go there “for fun” is quite beyond by comprehension. There’s almost nothing I’d rather do less. So yesterday, when we…

Today it snowed

When I was a child, the snow would reliably come each year. We’d have weeks of snow, and it would lay on the ground, thick and knee deep. Now it goes for years without snowing, but when it does come,…

Wireless headphones

I recently bought a fairly inexpensive, but pretty good (to my ears), wireless headphones. They’re the over-the-head type, not the in-ear ones. The noise cancellation is remarkable and it’s a complete revelation! They sound great. I’m not really all that…

I love where I live

If you know me, you know that I love the place where I live. However, it’s easy to forget just why you love it. I went down to the coast today with my camera and watch Santa sail in on…

I’ve joined Bluesky

I’ve not been all that happy about my continued use of X / Twitter. I’ve decided that I’m going to focus more effort into Bluesky from now on. I see this as a platform which has ethics more aligned to…

Trying something new

One of the things that I’ve noticed about myself lately is that I’m getting stale! I’m not really trying out new things. This is not a bad thing, but I had a revelation the other day that I ought to…

I love stumbling upon things, like this church

Today I decided to go for a walk. I picked a random place on the map, drove for 20 minutes and got out the car and started to walk. I stumbled upon a church, walked up the path and pushed…

I’m not that house proud

I’m not normally house proud. I can cope with a fairly high level of mess and chaos. However, today, I decided that I was going to do a huge tidy up. Root and branch. Top to bottom. You know what,…

Modern life is technologically remarkable

I’m sitting here, writing on a laptop. The innards of this machine are utterly remarkable. The things going on in there as I type, and the miracle of the manufacturing of it, are mind-numbing. I’m going to hit publish in…

Paris

My family just went on a, somewhat impromptu, trip to Paris over the last few days. To say that I love Paris would be an enormous understatement. I think that it’s profoundly wonderful in so many ways. The architecture, the…

Happy day

Some days I wake up and have an enormous sense of wellbeing. Today was such a day. I'm having a happy day, and I hope that you do too.