• Faith, Hope and Carnage

    Faith, Hope and Carnage

    Nick Cave & Seán O’Hagan, 2022 My introduction to Nick Cave was 1997’s The Boatman’s Call with his band The Bad Seeds and I dug it but never really listened to much of his other stuff. I’d heard him name dropped here and there and I think I maybe caught some of the press surrounding…

  • Drafting

    Drafting

    From time to time I miss the old school tactile feel of drawing and drafting. I still do some of it for various projects around the house but much of the time it’s more just freehand sketch type stuff in notebooks for smaller projects. Dimensional drawings to get cut and materials lists and the like.…

  • Riding Out The Skaz Loop

    Riding Out The Skaz Loop

    I recently finished reading A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life by George Saunders and really enjoyed it. I highlighted a few sections and have had them rolling around in my head, most notably on some recent bike rides. I’ve been…

  • The Devil is in the Details

    The Devil is in the Details

    When I bought this Surly Steamroller from Chris it had Panaracer Gravel Kings on it and they held up very well – but like all tires, eventually wore out. As such I was resolved to just get another set and when looking for pricing online – oh, how about that – they come in yellow.

  • Single Shot

    Single Shot

    Over the past few weeks I’ve been going through this site as well as all my paper journals and digitizing everything into my Apple Notes app. It has been an enjoyable, interesting, and at times, comical experience. If you have any access to who you were 25+ years ago in the form of writing or…

  • Montréal, August 2024