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8r4d Something is afoot in the empty lot across from my office. I suspect the construction of a #snow #maze is in the works.

Monday the 5th of December, 2022, in mid-morning.

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Writing Desk | 2¾ years ago

Microfiction or microstories are bits of #writing exercises that are meant to stretch the creative muscles. I'm having a creative December, so I'm gonna be posting lots of art and words and other related stuff. With my microstories I like the idea of committing to a work for 30 minutes and fleshing out a story in 200-300 words and then moving on. And forcing myself to do it from a random prompt makes it so that I don't write 30 stories about time travelling robots. Today's is kind of an allegory for a kid stumbling onto social media. See a theme here?

➚ nvl-grm - Wilderness Lost

Friday the 2nd of December, 2022, during prime time.

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High School | 2¾ years ago

8r4d A proud dad secretly snaps a photo as the Kid and her cast come back on stage for a bow. #thekid #theater

Thursday the 1st of December, 2022, around lunch-ish.

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Writing Desk | 2¾ years ago

For my #creativeadvent challenge I've got a list of daily creative chores to do for the first twenty four days of December. While you're scarfing little chocolates from your advent calendars, I'll be #writing #painting and #posting. This is your feed for that. Like for today, I did the first of my December #microfiction posts linked below:

➚ nvl-grm - Holiday in Europa

Thursday the 1st of December, 2022, in the morning.

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Online | 2¾ years ago

As the year wraps up I’ve dabbled in what I’m (right now) calling the addict’s last puff on the drug known as corporate social media. And as we creep into 2023 when I need to think less about the moral and ethical impact of my high technology use, I can spend more time thinking about and writing about my low tech fun, fire, food and cast iron cooking, right? I've written a short little post about that here:

➚ when they go high (tech) we go low (tech) - Cast Iron Guy

Thursday the 1st of December, 2022, in the morning.

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Da Bus | 2¾ years ago

8r4d Reluctant transit buddies this morning.

Wednesday the 30th of November, 2022, in the morning.

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My Kitchen | 2¾ years ago

It’s been a couple weeks since we got back from our trip to Manhattan. While my daughter loved Broadway, I really got into the food, in particular hunting down a couple good bagel bakeries and sampling their authentic wares. Of course, this left me yearning for some New York back home, and wondering if I could replicate them in my own kitchen. Check out the recipe:

➚ Sourdough Bagels, New York Style - Cast Iron Guy

Monday the 28th of November, 2022, in the late morning.

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New York City | 2¾ years ago

Another video from my New York files, this time a quick scan of the many views and sights we saw in the Big Apple.

Sunday the 27th of November, 2022, at the dinner hour.

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Online | 2¾ years ago

I've been cautiously dipping my toe into the (decidedly non-corporate) fediverse of social media by spinning up an account on Mastodon. It has been an interesting week watching the platform soak up Twitters migrants this past week, including yours truly. Come follow me:

➚ Brad (@8r4d@mstdn.ca) - Mastodon Canada

Sunday the 27th of November, 2022, before dinner.

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New York City | 2¾ years ago

Another short video from our New York trip earlier this month, this one featuring the kid and some of her adventuring highlights.

Sunday the 27th of November, 2022, in the late afternoon.

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New York City | 2¾ years ago

A couple weeks back we took a short trip to New York City. I took about 30 minutes worth of footage on my phone, but I put together a much shorter sampling here.

Sunday the 27th of November, 2022, deep after noon.

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NYC | 2¾ years ago

8r4d I put together a little video from a few seconds of the thirty minutes of footage I took in NYC. It's over on Youtube and when I upgrade this site to let me embed videos maybe I'll repost it. For now though, you need to click the link:

➚ New York 2022 - YouTube

Sunday the 27th of November, 2022, deep after noon.

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Universe 6B45z | 2¾ years ago

8r4d It was rain-snowing this morning downtown and we got a rainbow... in November. The simulation is officially glitching.

Friday the 25th of November, 2022, posted after lunch.

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Coding Chair | 2¾ years ago

I've been feeding my coding hunger lately and I propped up some old gaming library stuff that I wrote a few years ago, updating it as a standalone puzzle game. It's now a little crossword clue type game posted at the link below. Each day it randomly creates a new puzzle to solve. Five words, scrambled into bite-sized chunks, and you need to build the words and try to solve all five to win. Give it a try and let me know what you think.

➚ FiveBreak

Friday the 25th of November, 2022, in the morning.

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Stantec Tower | 2¾ years ago

8r4d And not that this view from my office is ever really bad, but at 730am it is pretty glorious seeing the tallest towers in the city alive and all lit.

Friday the 25th of November, 2022, at breakfast.

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Downtown YEG | 2¾ years ago

8r4d I don't like the lack of daylight during this deepest part of the equinox adjacent season, but I do like walking through downtown at 730am when everything is glowing.

Friday the 25th of November, 2022, at breakfast.

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Home | 2¾ years ago

8r4d Now that vacation is over, the holiday season is upon us, and with the lovely warm(ish) weather today I hung the #christmas lights up on the house. I'm not the first on the block but officially I think I'll leave them dark until December first.

Sunday the 20th of November, 2022, before dinner.

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Rec Center | 2¾ years ago

8r4d Sunday Runday? Almost. My days of confinement to the track and treadmill at the rec center might be ending soon. The physiotherapy efforts to rehab my #kneehab are improving my prospects of running outdoors again soon. I mean, that ice and #snow are gonna be serious factors to consider, but maybe when those sidewalks are a little more clear I'll be a little less injured.

Sunday the 20th of November, 2022, before dinner.

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Beijing Beijing | 2¾ years ago

8r4d Stuffed after a full afternoon and evening out celebrating the wedding of one of my running crew and his new bride, followed by a full multi-course Chinese dinner with every kind of seafood imaginable. None of us will need to eat for a week!

Saturday the 19th of November, 2022, posted before bed.

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At Home Again | 2¾ years ago

If you enjoy reading accounts of travel then it's really too bad that I'm not going to post scans of my paper travel journal anywhere anytime soon. On the other hand, I started jotting down some thoughts over at my adventures blog, starting with a post I wrote literally from my phone while on layover at the Toronto airport on our way home:

➚ Travel: New York in November - Cast Iron Guy

Friday the 18th of November, 2022, in mid-morning.

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Coding Chair | 2¾ years ago

See those stars? They're new here and work a bit like hearts or likes or kudos, except every post can have a maximum of just 10 before it fills up with love, and there's nothing stopping you from giving all ten of those stars yourself because it's all anonymous and no one, not even me, will know. (One is fine, too tho!)

Thursday the 17th of November, 2022, deep after noon.

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Back Home | 2¾ years ago

8r4d Back home after a full (no, FULL) day of traveling, New York to Toronto (with a seven hour layover) and back to Edmonton and falling into bed just before midnight local, I was awake at 5am this morning, feeling like 7am NYC time, and pulled out one of my souvenirs even as my #coffee was brewing. Anyone who's been to the Big Apple will recognize the classic New York street vendor Happy to Serve coffee cup. I got a ceramic version at the MoMA design store, and I already miss the sounds of sirens and honking while I drink my joe and look for escaping sewer steam.

Wednesday the 16th of November, 2022, during morning coffee.

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Dunder Mifflin | 2¾ years ago

8r4d I think I saw a beet farm down there somewhere...

Tuesday the 15th of November, 2022, in the late afternoon.
(adjusted 2 timezones ahead)

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Midtown Mannhattan | 2¾ years ago

8r4d Heading to the subway... towards a shuttle bus... onward to an airplane... and eventually back to a frozen car in a parking lot somewhere close to home. #newyork #travel

Tuesday the 15th of November, 2022, in the late morning.
(adjusted 2 timezones ahead)