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In brief 🩲 * If you’re not really a pet person the road to becoming one can be tough. * My wife Vic adores hot drinks but tends to lose them faster than she drinks them. I am the hot-drink support guy in our relationship. * There’ll be no newsletter next week,

Doogie Howser, M.D. had all the answers I watched a lot of Doogie Howser, M.D. as a kid. My favourite part of each episode was when he sat down at his computer to compose a digital diary entry. The white cursor would blink on that blue screen and

In brief 🩲 * Not all time can be valuable, and it’s probably important to waste some time * Trying not to waste water might make your hot drinks taste weird * A teacher who takes students to a waste treatment plant for science certainly must have all the answers * Maybe video games

In brief 🩲 * Is it better if things change, or stay the same? * Listen to Notes from a small house II, the latest podcast for your ears * Or you can read Notes from a small house II, if you prefer using eyes * If you show off too much it will come

Dirty miracles of the lost and found There’s a unique form of frustration reserved for when you misplace something that you are adamant should be there. The scenario which confounds me the most is that of the disappearing stationery: a pencil or eraser falls from my desk, lands at

🎙️Today: A wee preamble about the universe, the latest podcast featuring notes from a small house, plus: has all the life already been lived? Your own universe When you hear the word “universe” what comes to mind? The dominant definition refers to the infinite expanse of outer space, to everything:

📚Editorial note: I’ve use “diary” and “journal” interchangeably here. Both are the end result of a hopeful person scribbling down the events of one day so that someone may look back with interest on a future day. King of the journal David Sedaris is king of the journal. I’