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Did you hear about the bird that flew into the restaurant?
My day started early, 5:00 a.m. early, when my phone made a bloop to tell me that an update was available for some such something. I have a new phone and I haven’t figured out how to silence it during...
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Help keep the Island in pizza...
As we embark on our deliriously tourist-free summer here on the Island, let us remember that if we want delicious wood-fired pizza to be ever at the ready, we need to step up and take the place of the...
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Dark Mode
I have largely ignored the move to offer “dark mode” on computers and mobile devices. I got inspired by the post Dark Mode Support in WebKit, and its demonstration of how easy it is to add dark mode...
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Spiracles
I found myself this morning in the odd position of dancing, Career Opportunities-style1, through the aisles of Sobeys, to the song Spiracles, by the German duo COMA. I challenge you to put it in your...
View ArticleI Evan Rachel would love to...
A verse from Rufus Wainwright’s You Ain’t Big (emphasis mine):You ain’t big if you’re little in Texas Don’t know who are who you are unless you made it in Lawrence, KansasWait a minute, Lawrence,...
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It's Bike Week
It’s Bike Week in Charlottetown. In our case this is about celebrating cycling, not celebrating motorcycling as it is to the south (I once called a cottage on Lake Winnipesaukee to inquire about a...
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They say it's your birthday
I celebrated Catherine’s 30th, 40th, and 50th birthdays with her; today would have been her 57th.Her 30th was momentous: we were young and wild and free, and had landed on Prince Edward Island just a...
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I have become a huge Phoebe Bridgers fanboy. She released a new album yesterday, Punisher. I love it.When the speed kicks in I go to the store for nothing And walk right by The house where you lived...
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Home Improvement
One of the curious psychological effects of grief is that I am moved to accomplish household tasks that were either long-uncompleted or which I would have actively opposed while Catherine was alive....
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6 feet apart is more than you think...
We hosted the monthly Pen Night in our back yard tonight, our first non-Zoom meeting since February. I wanted to make sure we did it right, so I got out the measuring tape and ensured that there was 6...
View Article"Unrecognisable casualties of the growth cult"
I look forward to the arrival of the Dense Discovery email newsletter each week.I am particularly fond of the subject line of this week’s issue:Unrecognisable casualties of the growth cultAlthough it...
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It’s not the ink
From Indie Magonomics, written by Kai Brach, just arrived in the post from Heftwerk in Berlin, a reminder that printing in colour isn’t expensive because ink is expensive, it’s expensive because of...
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Fiero has Pepper
Fiero, our hot pepper plant, has sprouted an actual pepper!GardeningFiero
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The films of Anna Kendrick, reshot with Anna McGoldrick.That’s either a Popalopalots sketch or a Steven Garitty blog post, I can’t decide which.
View Article“Most Islanders have no time for masks or social distancing”
My friend Allan Rankin is back in the Eastern Graphic after a long hiatus. This week he writes about the devil-may-care attitude of many Islanders toward masks and distancing, echoing feelings I’ve...
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Muggy Bicycle Loop
Early in the pandemic times, I noticed a small growth on my temple that, given the general sense of entropy in the air, was cause for concern. I made an appointment at my family doctor last week, and...
View Article"That's right, all the fanciest Dijon Ketchup"
When you walk into Shoppers Drug Mart pharmacies you are immediately confronted by the cosmetics counter, where the staff are obviously instructed to greet you warmly. I always say hello, and then make...
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