There has been an outcropping of the Shetland Islands in my life of late: Lisa’s midway through reading Storm Pegs, and I fell down a NorthLink Ferries rabbit hole, including learning about the ...

More generally, Kelly is right that we are not practiced nor particulary good, as a rule, at being kindees. “Not being a burden” is held as a high virtue. “I don’t want to put you out,” is a frequent ...

Longtime readers may recall that I first encountered Gregory nine years ago, courtesy of an advertorial reference from the ...

Seven years ago I wired up my RSS reader, FreshRSS, so that every time I “favourites” a post, it would create a record of that here on this blog. I took a detour from FreshRSS for several years, but I ...

From the official rules for the Tim Hortons Roll Up the Rim to Win Contest (PDF): ...