School isn’t for everyone
Brent Simmons writes about high school:I envy the people who had a nice time at school. For me it was a struggle against stupid, unfeeling power the entire time. I truly hated it. When I wasn’t in...
View ArticleTell me about your day
Ton points to K.Q. Dreger, writing about their day:It’s always fascinating to read how people really, not theoretically, go through their day.I’ve always wished writers would do that more; I’ve found...
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If I had $100
The CBC reported on counterfeit $100 bills in Summerside, and included and image provided by Summerside Police. Why, if they had what looks like a credible $100 bill, would a counterfeiter add blue and...
View Article"all the challenges are artificial"
This comment from Chuck about his son and school is worth highlighting (emphasis mine):He and I have since concluded that school was simply not challenging enough. Not just in the sense of “not...
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It wasn’t immediately clear where "there" was.
Nine years ago today, Oliver, Catherine and I spent the day by the lake at an abandoned German tuberculosis sanatorium at a festival of urban art.It was, perhaps, the zenith of our life as an...
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We Have New Fridge
The Refrigocalypse is over: Birt’s Furniture delivered our new Whirlpool fridge this morning just after 9:00 a.m., 3 days earlier than planned after I made a call earlier in the week when things went...
View Article"The heritage view was not considered!"
A trio of contrarian viewpoints caught my attention over the last month:Oatly: The New Coke (via Hacker News)Small Family Farms Aren’t the Answer (via Citizens Alliance of PEI newsletter)Small...
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O'Keefe Lake Provincial Park: The Park That Never Was
I have a passing interest in O’Keefes Lake, a freshwater lake in Queens County, Prince Edward Island, near Avondale. If you’ve ever headed out the 48 Road from Charlottetown to Cardigan, you’ve passed...
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The Bob Gray Way
A friend, let’s call him “Bob Gray,” asked for advice on the best way to cycle from UPEI across town to Riverside Drive. I gave him my suggested route:Go down the trail from UPEI to the Experimental...
View ArticleWalk to St. Peter's Island for 2020
Island Nature Trust is again organizing a walk, at low tide, to St. Peter’s Island.I absolutely loved doing this walk last year: if you’ve never done it, I highly recommend it.Act quickly: only 30...
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Pounding the Pavement
We members of the 100 Prince Street household were saddened when the 2020 edition of Island Fringe was understandably cancelled due COVID, and delighted to learn of an Island Fringe side hustle,...
View ArticleFestival of Maintenance Needs Maintenance
The Festival of Maintenance finds itself in need of maintenance:We’re now looking to hire a designer who can help us with a rebrand and get people as fired about maintenance as we are.We’re looking for...
View ArticleDr. John Epley and his Manoeuvre
Around about 6:30 a.m. this morning, with just the earlymost stirrings of the day started to make themselves known, I rolled my head in a way that seemed unremarkable as I was doing it. Until it didn’t...
View ArticleButter Compartment and Ice Cubes
Something to note about our new refrigerator: unlike every other refrigerator I’ve ever purchased, it came without “butter compartment” in the fridge section and without ice cube trays (and a shelf for...
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Tiny Sketches
Scrolling through the updated Photos app on my newly-updated-to-Catalina Mac, I came across thumbnails of the sketches I’d posted here earlier. They have a completely different quality once shrunk down...
View ArticleThe Ryanair Test
Peter Bihr writes about The Ryanair Test, suggesting that new technology be looked at through an as-if-operated-by-Ryanair lens:What would this look like in real life if it was operated by Ryanair?...
View Article“A Night at the Drive-In During a Pandemic Summer”
From Belt Magazine, A Night at the Drive-In During a Pandemic Summer: A night at the drive-in remains an attempt at unfettered escapism, if we can keep the bumper stickers out of our lines of sight and...
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Slow Streets in Charlottetown!
It isn’t ”downtown as an active transportation first district” that I called for in April, but it ain’t nothing either: Charlottetown Launching Slow Streets Initiative.The City of Charlottetown is...
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HERE
It’s Artist Trading Cards night again at Confederation Centre of the Arts this week (2017, 2018), a modified socially-distanced version without bar or snacks or entertainment, and with encouragement to...
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What does my garden grow?
I put Jackson the Tomato and Fiero the Pepper in the ground on June 3, 74 days ago.Jackson has grown and grown, to the top of the tomato cage, and has 5 tomatoes growing, of various sizes:Fiero has had...
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