Song of the day, 19 October 2026

I spent the past few days at Gamehole Con where I ran 3 Call of Cthulhu scenarios. Many died and lots of sanity points were lost. So I am in the mood for some Lovecraft-inspired sounds.

Willow got a new blanket

...and enjoys lying on it to bask in the sun.

Hooman! I am looking at you!

Casting shadows

Walk away from the tyranny of convenience

A couple fine podcasts for your listening delectation:

The first is entitled "The Joy of Walking" from BBC radio's The Documentary. It's partly about how the simple act of going for a walk has multiple benefits to stories such as one about a doctor who has integrated walks with patients into their healthcare regimen.

The second is from CBC's Ideas podcast - "The inconvenient truth about convenience culture". An interesting jeremiad against the onrush of AI and the concept of letting machines do everything for us, generally speaking.

It looks at the view that embrace of convenience is a progressive one, one that indicates you welcome the future which, by definition, is better than the present. There's also the proposition that convenience is anti-human, essentially, but also incredibly difficult to opt out of.

Lots of food for thought.

Song of the day, 9 October 2026

While I haven't given the new Son Volt the proper listening to that it deserves, the lead off track is an instant classic.

A cat and her toys

Song of the day, 8 October 2026

Since I and my music movie watching pal went to see Queen Budapest last night on the IMAX, today it's some Queen.

Booties

Cooking up a storm, continued

I am not going to have to cook for a few days now. In addition to the bread and clafoutis, I also made a quiche this past weekend.

A simple one, really - ham, cheddar, and onion.

It turned out well and I made sure to garnish it for my ladyfriend.

A friend of my lady's is Ukrainian and she brought over some homemade borscht for us.

It was excellent! I'd never had borscht with beans in it before.

Last night I baked a porketta from Fraboni's and there's plenty of leftovers so I am taking a few days off from cooking outside of making coffee, tea, and perhaps toast.

Pounce!