166 Writerly Posts Tagged diary
Me, myself, and I: the personal side of the blog.

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Jun 6, 25 100 hours on an e-bike
Jun 3, 25 Fentanyl might be invincible
May 20, 25 Hot croissants and yeast farts
May 13, 25 Project Try Everything: some actual good news for once
Jan 5, 25 A morning of electronica for all
Feb 21, 24 Be still, my beating heart! The challenge of relaxing enough for a cardiac CT scan
Nov 4, 23 Twenty years of marriage
Sep 14, 22 25 years of mediocre but extremely enthusiastic ultimate: a memoir
Oct 2, 21 Key-pat panics
Aug 27, 21 Vegan baking adventure
Jul 25, 21 On the “legitimacy” of vaccine hesitancy
Jul 17, 21 The time for hesitation is over
Jul 2, 21 Whip it real good: the actual distance record for a dog catching a flying disc
May 24, 21 Cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome
May 20, 21 Weird chronic illness versus weird COVID vaccine side effects
Feb 5, 21 The essence of addiction
Jan 5, 21 It’s alive!
Dec 14, 20 I don’t know what COVID test result I want
Jul 22, 20 Tonsil worms
Jul 22, 20 Tonsil stone symptoms that don’t get much attention
Jul 11, 20 Faking It
May 31, 20 The coyotes won’t scare
Jun 9, 19 Go see Booksmart
Mar 8, 19 Exciting night of ultimate
Feb 25, 19 Hi from Christie! An impressive coincidence
Dec 28, 18 Moat eel
Nov 28, 18 Astrology book in science book display
Nov 8, 18 Reached a huge long-term fitness goal
Oct 27, 18 Thinking hard is cheap
Oct 27, 18 The yoo-hoo bird’s exotic identity
Sep 13, 18 My bizarre Amway experience, 25 years ago
Jul 17, 18 Corpse-flower viewing and private orientation
Jun 13, 18 Exercise: vampire or muse?
Apr 20, 18 Mystery victory
Mar 12, 18 Dying with a sense of humour
Mar 1, 18 Lost and found
Feb 22, 18 Three odd entries in the Gym Diaries
Jan 15, 18 Chronic Pain and Tragic Irony: I started out helping people with chronic pain and now I have it
Jan 3, 18 You call that a head shot?!
Dec 15, 17 Pilot tries to make a funny example of me by confiscating my iPhone
Sep 15, 17 So this happened: hunting Pokemon for 1000km
Jun 30, 17 Dear Excessively Polite Drivers
Jun 17, 17 Silly pet names
Jan 20, 17 Meat minimalism
Dec 1, 16 What White Privilege? What Male Privilege?
Nov 7, 16 A 1.2 muffin run
Nov 7, 16 The illusion of knowing
Sep 17, 16 iPhone “delivery”
Sep 12, 16 A Story of Benzodiazepine Withdrawal Gone Horribly Wrong
Jul 23, 16 A memorable evening with Steve Martin
Apr 8, 16 A better activity tracking app for Apple Watch
Mar 18, 16 Cali young and old
Mar 7, 16 Cold or flu? There’s no way to know
Jan 12, 16 Paul is feeling relieved
Oct 19, 15 A rock in my throat: The story of a terrible tonsil stone
Jun 26, 15 The ultimate learning curve
Jun 22, 15 A breakdown of trust in science
Jun 3, 15 The virtualization of life
Apr 14, 15 You’re overthinking this
Apr 12, 15 Laundry-pile-on-bed-looks-like-my-dead-cat illusion
Apr 4, 15 A Manuka Honey Moment
Mar 17, 15 Metal fragments in Kraft Dinner
Mar 6, 15 Several days off coffee now
Jan 13, 15 Dressing up for working at home
Nov 14, 14 Teach the controversy
Oct 30, 14 Nice DYAC moment
Oct 2, 14 Three good memorization tips
Sep 2, 14 Hyperlapse
Sep 2, 14 Berry nice stretching routine
Aug 26, 14 Exploring Spanish Banks
Aug 26, 14 Test pants
Aug 26, 14 More and better ultimate all the time
Jul 4, 14 The usual porcupine sex analogy
Jul 3, 14 Getting looked off
Jul 2, 14 Not even light can escape a black cat!
Jun 30, 14 “Teaching”
Jun 29, 14 Midnight sun selfie
Jun 29, 14 Bed & Forced Breakfast Socializing
Jun 26, 14 That’s not my thigh: the chapter with some sex in it (the better to make you click, my dear)
Jun 15, 14 The ultimate discovery
Jun 14, 14 Epic food safety fail
Jun 13, 14 Sooo uncomfortable
Jun 6, 14 A real vacation
May 26, 14 Proof of progress
May 21, 14 Elite, expensive massage training: Chapter 4 of my odd success story
May 17, 14 Giger is dead
May 7, 14 Revenge of The Pig! Chapter 3 of my odd success story
Apr 28, 14 Is an expensive waterproof jacket worthwhile? How I finally learned what I needed to know about hard shell jackets by accidentally buying a good one
Apr 24, 14 The black coffee change
Apr 24, 14 The Expensive Farm: Chapter 2 of my odd success story
Apr 19, 14 Run like it’s 911
Apr 15, 14 Writer’s Dreams: Chapter 1 of my odd success story
Apr 13, 14 Sticker shock
Apr 11, 14 Beating extreme worry
Apr 10, 14 How I make a good living as a writer
Apr 3, 14 Cursed! Cosmic malice on a small scale
Mar 25, 14 Wounded!
Mar 21, 14 Basis smartwatch review: It may have more sensors, but it doesn’t seem to do much with the extra data
Mar 14, 14 29 Inches
Mar 10, 14 So crucify me, I’m an iconoclast
Feb 15, 14 What writing success means to me (and more on writing)
Feb 12, 14 Fitness mission accomplished
Feb 11, 14 Ever get the sounds of words stuck in your head?
Feb 6, 14 A sabbatical post-mortem: Finish your career in just nine weeks!
Jan 6, 14 Half way
Nov 21, 13 Uh oh, success! There are few things in life as demanding as an unexpectedly vigorous small business
Nov 16, 13 Angry Fonzie
Nov 14, 13 The too-busy brain
Nov 14, 13 The emergency preparedness challenge
Nov 14, 13 Sort of an obsessed freak
Nov 14, 13 Well, there was a squirrel
Oct 24, 13 I can’t hear you
Oct 24, 13 Honey, I’m home! But you knew that already…
Sep 3, 13 Half hour run
Aug 28, 13 The burn burns
Aug 22, 13 Unflappable
Aug 14, 13 Spartacus, Andy Whitfield, and when to worry about back pain
Aug 9, 13 Coffee-powered
Jul 24, 13 Runner’s high
Jul 24, 13 Mighty blueberry
May 17, 13 Finally: Major League Ultimate
Feb 13, 13 Finally, mostly out of pain
Jan 16, 13 Keurig Fail
Jan 8, 13 Ignoring hate mail
Nov 23, 12 Hunger cure
Nov 4, 12 The Kamakura Buddha
Oct 7, 12 I’m a professional buzzkill
Oct 2, 12 Stunning cloud delta
Sep 17, 12 Inspiring consumer activism
Aug 19, 12 Gabriola sandstone & glamour
Aug 12, 12 Muddy in PG
Aug 6, 12 Martian bandwidth
Jul 29, 12 It Figures
Jul 14, 12 Does your head tingle when you learn something cool?
Jun 27, 12 And who the hell TALKS on their phones anymore anyway?
Jun 1, 12 Cat not included
Apr 19, 12 Astronomy hobby rebooted!
Apr 15, 12 Life is rough
Apr 2, 12 How many calories is it really? The dissection and analysis of Sushi Combi B
Apr 2, 12 How I lost 25 lbs and why I couldn’t have done it without beer
Feb 26, 12 Grossly misrepresented & vilified
Feb 23, 12 School + work = oomph
Jan 2, 12 What the actual fuck, biology?
Dec 28, 11 Three days of gluttony
Nov 14, 11 An office for writing, at last!
Oct 6, 11 Skeptics, please reserve judgement about Steve Jobs’ alleged use of alternative medicine
Sep 4, 11 Returning to science fiction after a 15-year pause
Aug 5, 11 A game point, and the best life has to offer
Aug 3, 11 Best and worst of Amsterdam
Jul 15, 11 How I met my wife and she totally thought I was gay
Jun 20, 11 Cat tree gets new cat
Jun 13, 11 Curled Cali
Apr 24, 11 Wading at Buntzen
Mar 31, 11 New eyes
Feb 2, 11 Qualicum Beach sunrise
Jan 26, 11 Mega Shark vs Giant Octopus
Dec 17, 10 Ruined by offices
Dec 11, 10 Jellies
Dec 3, 10 Happiness is …
Nov 21, 10 What, Me Worry?
Oct 14, 10 Immune strength
Oct 7, 10 Pigs fly in frozen hell! Early delivery?!
Sep 26, 10 So meta!
Sep 26, 10 Marriage powers, activate!
Sep 17, 10 Big Suppla
Sep 13, 10 I has a happy