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Mimi has been sick for over a month now, her incontinence laying her low for hours at a time, our house undergoing waves of spot cleaning and stained laundry. She's had multiple examinations and an ultrasound revealing several "moderately prominent mid-abdominal lymph nodes", so she may have "chronic inflammatory enteropathy" (CIE, updated term of IBD). This past week we've had her on hydrolyzed food, prednisolone, and vitamin shots, and are really hoping this passes.  Myself I have been pushed to my limit scrubbing floors, wiping walls and wet-vac'ing carpets and furniture. The problem, for us, is that when she has a BM her instinct is to run, run, and keep running, leaving a trail of evidence for us to find in the morning, like a violent crime scene, only instead of blood it's a sticky, stinky brown goo. Last weekend we camped with some friends at Presqu'ile provincial park, a short vacation soured by our car getting stranded with a dead batter...

These are not just my favourite but are also the YouTube channels I'd like to promote. I mean, they are rather good and I think you'd enjoy them but they probably haven't come across everyone's feed. Comedy/Entertainment Any Austin https://www.youtube.com/@any_austin Austin imagines life inside various video games using statistics, surveys, and attention to small details. Gentle, relaxing fun. KVN AUST https://www.youtube.com/@KVNAUST KVN explores YouTube's "recycle bin" videos -- videos that aren't recommended and have nearly zero views. Many of them are extremely personal and are a reminder of the grungy, dingy humanity of the early internet. The closest thing to time travel at your fingertips. Memoria https://www.youtube.com/@MemoriaMatters Mem plays not-so-popular games -- sometimes retro, sometimes horror -- and gives an entertaining, thoughtful commentary. Great atmosphere, good times. People Make Games https://www.youtube.com/@PeopleMakeGame...

I do keep wanting to write something, I really do. And so many somethings happen and, well, time, it just kinda goes, you know? I mean, what is my little corner compared to the thunderous rumblings that is going on right now, the death, the destruction, the waves of misery being flung about, waves that are slowly returning to us, a tsunami of restrictions, of scarcity, of blowback. It seems our little ship of fools is careening towards the precipice with no end in sight. I fairly wail for our children, I truly do. My daily routine is much the same as ever, though I have found some time to read some books this year. Namely, I have wholly enjoyed Ferdia Lennon's Glorious Exploits , a story of two Syracusans who recruit some Athenian prisoners into performing the play  Medea . The main character starts as a bit of a nasty prick but does find in himself some shreds of selflessness, some true benevolence, by the end. A short tragedy/comedy but manages to ride the gamut of themes you...