Last week I was given the opportunity to attend a social media preview of Egypt: The Time of Pharaohs at the Royal BC Museum. It's a great exhibit, and I highly recommend you go and visit before its last day on December 31, 2018. If you'd like to see some of my favourite items from... Continue Reading →
Weird shit part 5
I've had to be way too serious today, so I need to inject some levity into the day. And so, here's another weird shit instalment. A.k.a. my life in pictures. OMG look! This occupancy modelling book looks just like the Dungeons and Dragons... Continue Reading →
A piece of toast, a coat hook and a spoon walk into a bar
Have you ever seen a face in your toast? Or a drunken octopus in your coat hook? Or a spoon on Mars? If so, that's pareidolia, a phenomenon whereby our minds find a pattern in the random. There are many examples of it, and most are a great source of amusement. And of course it's... Continue Reading →
How to camera trap your kids
Our Siamese cat vanished from our yard a month ago. We've put up posters all over the neighbourhood. We've talked to what feels like everyone in this city. We have an ad in the paper. I can be found walking around streets in the dark with a flashlight, shaking a bag of kitty treats, and... Continue Reading →