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December 2016

Freak not-raining and not-freezing at the same time weather = first bike ride in a month. Can I get the video done today? Probably not, but at least I'll have one more up before New Year's.

Sat, 2016/12/24 - 1:19pm

[Gothic BC] Yule Log Lady

Fri, 2016/12/23 - 1:08am

http://www.gothic.bc.ca/loglady

Press F11 to go full-screen to really enjoy.


In hindsight, I could have walked from 70th to 41st on Granville faster than it took the bus this morning.

Mon, 2016/12/19 - 10:57am

One in a Million

Tue, 2016/12/13 - 4:25pm

In Classical times, being "one in a million" at something meant having about 170 peers in that field, spread out all over a world that took months or years to traverse such that the chances of directly interacting or competing with one was next to none. Even by the Renaissance, when "one in a million" meant about 500 peers, it remains remarkable that, for example Leonardo Da Vinci and Michelangelo interacted and had a direct rivalry.


Social(media) Faux Pas

Sun, 2016/12/11 - 1:22pm

No one noticed when I quit LinkedIn months ago. But everyone lost their minds Friday when I purged my Facebook account. No one seemed to notice that no one was unfriended from any other social media site I am active on... Pinterest, Instragram, G+, YouTube, Ello, etc. and no one was removed from any of the Facebook groups and pages where I am an admin. I still have the same e-mail addresses I've had for decades. I still have the same phone number I've had for 14 years, which, incidentally is listed and my name is not a secret.

*sigh*


I Need Feminism Because:

Sat, 2016/12/10 - 1:30pm

#ineedfeminismbecause I have emotions. I should not be called "a 12-year old", "weak", "a fag" or "pathetic" whenever I have an emotional reaction that is not anger, and treated like a monster if I do get angry, even though I haven't actually struck anyone in anger since I was ten years old.


Do not listen to the sort of person who aggrandises themself by empowering one person's insecurities in order to cause misery in someone else.

Fri, 2016/12/09 - 11:01pm