I promised myself that I’d do a deeper dive on my note-taking and study habits, so here’s a very quick brain dump on how I make sense of what I read. Very large caveat: lately I have been seriously struggling. I get so bogged down in tools and methods (thanks, ADD brain 😒) that I…
Category: miscellaneous
🤷🏾♀️ Privacy vs Convenience: My Move Away from Google Revisited
This Ask Metafilter thread about some recent changes to Google’s search results has me thinking about a post I wrote six years ago. I moved away from Google for email, search, and document creation, and I offered suggestions on how you might make a similar move. At the time I recommended using DuckDuckGo, something I…
The Most Beautiful Part of Your Body Is Where It’s Headed
The week is over, I have a four day weekend, and it’s unseasonably chilly in Vancouver. The roller coaster that was this week was full of peaks, valleys, and loop-de-loops, but at this particular moment, it feels good. Onward. Here are a few things I shared this week: Going Home With Ocean Vuong – an…
Is This Thing On?
“It’s been years since I’ve blogged regularly. Let’s see if I start again now. (I might. It’s a good warm-up for writing and I’m looking forward to being a writer again.)” @neilhimself I am trying the same, a regular blogging practice, which in hopes will get me writing daily. — Ms. Jen (@msjen) May 4,…
What’s The Buzz, Tell Me What’s-a-Happening
This space has been very quiet for a while now. I make no apologies for that as I often go through periods where I don’t write anything for months. A few weeks ago, I decided to try deleting all entries that were published before 2011, but instead I managed to delete all of my entries…
Possible Future Careers
Explosives technician Race car driver Cupcake tester Minor deity Professional cynic Gabourey Sidibe’s body double Lawn flamingo