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Two more reasons why MLP:FIM is awesome
Presented for your enjoyment. All content of course the property of The Hub and the creators of the show. In my previous post on My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic (and don’t worry, this blog is...
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Graham’s Quackers
I still have my first teddy bear. He is an auburn koala named Ozzy, and while his original ribbon is long-gone and his snow-white tummy has greyed over nearly four decades, he’s still in huggable...
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These are the bricks you’re looking for
A few weeks ago, an episode of The Simpsons took a poke at Lego, criticizing the volume of licensed Lego products and charging that the world’s favourite building toy is no longer about individual...
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Twenty Five
Nothing can prepare you for the news that your father is gone. It doesn’t matter if it’s expected, the inevitable conclusion of a long terminal illness, or sudden, like the turn of a page. You are...
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Hail, ye olde Commodore
Ready. That’s what my Commodore VIC-20 told me every time I flipped it on. No “Press Ctrl+Alt+Del” or any other series of commands to get things moving. Just Ready. Ready for what seemed like the...
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Life has no cheat codes
Up-up-down-down-left-right-left-right-A-B-start. If you’re a gamer of any kind, you’ve probably entered that or similar combinations of buttons into your controller, seeking to enable invincibility,...
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Johnny, we hardly knew ye
I feel as though I have been writing a lot of tribute pieces lately, both for people I’ve known and those whose stories have come to me through the perpetual tide of information that is our 21st...
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Lego minifigures, why so serious?
This fascinating article from last week illuminated an otherwise unnoticed fact – that over the last few decades, the faces printed on Lego minifigures have been getting steadily more angry and...
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Talking about My Next Generation
Lately, I’ve been watching Star Trek again. Or more to the point, I’ve been watching The Next Generation on Netflix, that is, when I’m not working, writing, taking media courses or running copious...
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Catch: A story of fathers and sons
This is my unsuccessful entry for the 2014 CBC Nonfiction Short Story Contest. Their loss is your gain. Please to enjoy. Late afternoon, and amber light from a cloudless sky is mirrored in thousands...
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