Tag: december-ish

  • these things are

    these things are

    What object will forever remind you of 2025? One object? No. How about ten objects from the past year. Memories are not so simple these days. In no particular order… The Kobo eReader I bought mid-year to replace my aging Kindle marked a defiantly buy-Canadian shift away from giving all my money to American billionaires,

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  • unreal asia

    unreal asia

    Did you travel in 2025? In 1998 I went to Europe for the first time.  Until that moment of stepping off the plane and riding the train into London’s Victoria Station with my giant backpack over my shoulder, Europe was an abstraction in my head. It was this place I had heard about over and

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  • actually right

    actually right

    What was your biggest achievement of the last year? Here it is again. I find I’m often getting tired of writing about my professional pursuits. And after all, sitting here penning out another post telling you all about them and how great it is going with the tech jobs is the so-called “right” answer. I’m

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  • purposefully lost

    purposefully lost

    Compared to this time last year are you more lost or found? In accordance with the current theme and title of this blog, I will remind you that “not all who wander are lost” [J.R.R. Tolkien]. However, I did kickstart this blog back to life in the early months of this year and landed on

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  • ask me again next year

    ask me again next year

    Compared to this time last year are you happier or sadder? At the end of this month it will have been exactly two and a half years since I left that stable job and set out on an adventure of random and self employment. Two. And a half. Years. It was a story of burnout

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