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while i'm living in my parents's house, i've been experimenting with where and when and how i can film videos. this chatty update was one of those experiments, sitting at the open patio door while it was raining, but the light was so good!

the vancouver goldeneyes lost their first game after the olympic break, and instead of hearing "golden" by harry styles as we exited pacific coliseum, they played "i'll believe in anything" by wolf parade. the song is the centrepiece of the climactic mome…

It's been a while, but I finally made a new zine: tea at night, about the ritual of coffee in the morning, a pot of tea at night.

if you've been wondering where all your internet friends have been, you can blame the queer hockey show. i knew this show was coming (when you're canadian, and you like hockey, and ppl know you're into gay romance, they're gonna let you know), but i didn't

Tara Klager from Providence Lane Homestead interviewed me for her newsletter.

The Magic of Pockets turns 3 YEARS OLD this month, and a brand new Canadian edition, with a brand new cover, is out now. more to come, promise, but i finally drew this alignment chart i had written up for fun, while i was finishing the book in 2022. tag y…

The complete truth, before reconciliation.

Editing Modernity by Dean Irvine this is what i was going to study for my master’s degree. this book could’ve been my thesis. what a treat that i get to read it now, and i didn’t have to write it.

it's time for another sunday zine jam to start!

it's way easier than opening a new website, logging in because it's been too long, deciding on a post title, and then writing something that feels worthy. and when you're ready to publish, ghost (the name of my publishing software, not an apparition haunt…

the pockets you've always deserved My book is coming out—again!

Noah Wyle is on Alan Alda's podcast today.

Why can I write on Tumblr, but not on my blog?

I had been trying to make a zine a week, but procrastinating, as usual.

But Vanity Fair is out here giving me a heart attack with their headline: Alan Alda at 89: A Legend on The Four Seasons, Life With Parkinson’s, M*A*S*H, and Carol Burnett What’s the strangest question anyone has ever asked you?