Weekly Report
The Week in Summary: * Fairly slow week all things considered. I finished a book, preordered Crusader Kings IV's new season pass (because I am a Paradox shill), got lots of errands done (bicycle is ready for when the snow fully melts), and worked on a new household budget
Weekly Report
The Week in Summary: * Let's start with the elephant in the room. Canada and the United States finally entered into a trade war this week. With the signing of the Canada–United States Free Trade Agreement in 1988, continental free trade has defined US-Canadian economic relations and it
naturejournal
Where: Inglewood Bird Sanctuary When: March 2nd 2025 (Mid-Morning) Highlight: Dancing Northern Flickers and the Mimicry of European Starlings Taylor and I decided to visit one of our favourite local parks, Inglewood Bird Sanctuary, to begin our nature outings for the new year. We had tried to visit last week,
Weekly Report
The Week in Summary: * Let's talk about the weather, but more specifically, the climate. Putting aside the bone-chilling cold snap that kicked off February, our winter has been very mild. As we move into March, daytime temperatures have been absurdly warm relative to what we expect this time
Weekly Report
The Week in Summary: * Let's start with a milestone! I have posted a weekly report for every week of the past year. The first weekly report was for February 19th - 25th. It's amazing how different life is today from last year. The only constant in
Weekly Report
The Week in Summary: * The work week had one novelty: the Calgary City Teachers Convention. The team and I prepared for and hosted our spaces for professional development opportunities for local teachers. It was a nice break for the usual, but it was too sedentary for me at times. * For
Weekly Report
The Week in Summary: * I returned back to work after being away for the last couple weeks. My new medication made it a lot easier to focus on my day-to-day tasks. My greetings and workshops with school groups were a lot more organized and concise, without losing any of my
Weekly Report
The Week in Summary: * Given recent challenges with my mental health, my work gave me grace and provided me time to recover over the course of this week. In the last week, Taylor and I have made tremendous changes to our lifestyle that have changed our well being for the
video games
The initial release of No Man’s Sky was disastrous in nearly every conceivable way (review bombings, an investigation, and even death threats). But in a story of resilience for the ages, the team’s post-launch development has been nothing short of a redemption arc, because rather than taking the
Weekly Report
The Week in Summary: * Let me start by saying that this was an exceptionally difficult week for myself. In combination with being sick with the flu and a nervous breakdown that's been building for awhile, I also made the decision to quit habitual cannabis use (which I have
Weekly Report
The Week in Summary: * Amid an otherwise normal and eventful week for myself, the news was anything but normal. For starters, Team Canada worked towards a national response to President-Elect Trump's looming economic tariffs against Canada. As our federal, provincial, and territorial leadership scrambled, Premier Danielle Smith refused
video games
Every run in DayZ starts with scarcity in a hostile world. Like many survival games, your starting gear is limited. For DayZ, this might involve ratted clothing, bandages, and a knife (if you are lucky). In any case, given the hostility of this post-apocalyptic land, any attempt at self-preservation requires