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I post new content every second week or so — usually nothing too serious; and often downright silly. I figure life is short, so we might as well laugh when we can. 🙂
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AI’d
There’s been a lot in the news lately about Artificial Intelligence and how AI is disrupting the writing and publishing industry. When AI-written “stories” first appeared a couple of years ago, authors scoffed. AI-generated stories were bad. Really bad. Whew, nothing to worry about. But… We didn’t know that the creators of AI had scraped…
Twit-ish Bitch
After months of unusually mild weather, winter finally decided to kick our soft wimpy West-Coast rumps last week. The rest of Canada plunged into deep-freeze temperatures of -30°C to -50°C (-22°F to -58°F), and here on temperate Vancouver Island, we went down to -10°C (14°F). But I really like to sit outside every morning and drink…
Wardrobe Dysfunction
I was tempted to title this post “Wardrobe Malfunction”, but my compulsive desire for accuracy prevented me: I haven’t (recently, anyway) flashed any inappropriate body parts to an unsuspecting audience. But my wardrobe is definitely function-impaired. I’ve mentioned before that I hate dressing up, and my wardrobe reflects that. Fortunately, I don’t really care; except…
Stand and Deliver
Hi everyone – Something weird is going on with WordPress this morning, and all my site settings are messed up. Please excuse the oddball appearance – WordPress is working on it! * Last year my doctor recommended that I get an Apple watch so I could track my heart rate while they investigated me for…
More Kitchen Capers
I’m generally a competent cook and baker, but lately the culinary cockups have come thick and fast. As I noted in my previous post, it’s unclear whether my gastronomic gaffes are most frequently caused by: Example 1: Mozzarella cheese. I’ve never made cheese before, so I used my digital thermometer to keep the solution at…
DoughNutcase
I adore food and I like trying new recipes, but I don’t have much patience for unnecessarily fiddly instructions and I frequently get creative with ingredients. As you might guess, this creates a certain… tension, shall we say… between expectations and results. So, yeah, I’ve had my share of culinary failures. But every now and…
Ten Years Off…
You know the expression “That took ten years off my life”? I know the feeling well — I’ve had quite a few experiences that felt as though they’d shortened my life. That ‘ten years’ must be metaphorical, though; otherwise I’d be dead already. Nearly drowning at a swimming lesson (there’s irony for you), getting cornered…
Battling The Bird-Brains
A few years ago, I wrote about my battle with marauding robins in our strawberry patch. At the time I was feeling smug because I’d just finished locking the robins out with plastic netting. Fast-forward a couple of years, and the plastic netting had decayed in the sun to the point where the robins could…
T&A and Dickie-bergs, Oh My!
It’s been a while since the universe offered me any naughty news; but apparently my dry spell is over. I came across several snicker-worthy items this month. The first arrived courtesy of the normally-staid CBC: An article about a startlingly phallic iceberg, spotted and photographed by a man from (appropriately enough) Dildo, Newfoundland: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/oddly-shaped-iceberg-nl-1.6825578. I…
Army-Surplus Smarties®
Since I’ve been getting *ahem* older, I’ve been trying to avoid stereotypical ‘Oldster’ thought-patterns. It’s been an uphill battle, but I’m still holding my own. (Digression: The expression ‘holding my own’ always makes me snicker. Holding my own what, exactly?) (Wait, isn’t rambling a sign of Oldster Brain? Uh-oh.) Anyhow, despite my best efforts, I…
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