November is rainy season in Vancouver but it normally doesn’t rain ALL the time (every Vancouverite has a story about biblical rain, but that’s a different post). Occasionally a glorious, sunny day sneaks through the gloom. And even more occasionally a person — in this case that person is me — has the time off to enjoy it! This Friday …
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I choose gingerbread!
It was rainy with high cloud when I took this on a bike ride home. The light was gobbled up by the dark and the visability across the water was great in spite of the rain. I loved the way Science World looked.
Driving home I saw these lights and had to take a picture.
I’ve loved everything I’ve read in P. Djèlí Clark’s Dead Djinn Universe, and Ring Shout was a singular reading experience. Abeni’s Song was like a classic fairy tale with some Studio Ghibli whimsy thrown in. Enjoyable, though not a page-turner.
The story was interesting; I wanted to know the ending. For me, …
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There is at least one thing uniting a large swath of Baby Boomers, Gen X’ers, and Millennials: Saturday morning cartoons! Our go-to cartoons might be different, but we all fondly remember that glorious morning of animated goodness that only came once a week.
When I saw the Rio Theatre’s ad for “The Saturday Morning All-You-Can Cereal Cartoon Party” it was …
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Reading used to be my go-to activity when I had nothing else to do. With social media, on-demand TV, and the internet it’s harder to have nothing to do. I fell out of the habit of reading. Last year I made an effort to get back into regular reading.
It’s been wonderful. Science fiction/fantasy is much richer than I remember …
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I got this little guy at the 2025 Pinoy Festival last month. It was going to be a gift. I clipped it to my key holder so it wouldn’t get lost and, well, I don’t want to give it away! Every time I see it I smile.
I thought I was going to get rained on, but I got lucky.
