🎵 A moody soundtrack to my afternoon
Microposts
The legal test the government must pass: not was it right, but was it reasonable?
The Constitution, it is said, is not a suicide pact. I would say it another way: the law is not an ass. Written between the lines of any statute is an abiding expectation of reasonableness.
🏃♂️ I’d planned for an easy zone 2 run this morning. Picked the wrong running group though. Time to update my zones anyway. I likely shouldn’t be able to hold zone 5 for so long
Time for a stout
Getting tense
Saturday night
Rediscovered Maybe It’s Me by Treble Charger in my music library. Instantly transported back to undergrad at university. I’m always impressed with how music anchors certain time periods 🎵
The new Checklists search attribute in Apple Notes is really helpful for my weekly reviews. I’ve setup a smart search that shows all of my recent notes that still have incomplete checklists. Great for finding those forgotten tasks in meeting notes 🗒️
Finished reading: The Haunting of Tram Car 015 by P. Djèlí Clark. A fun, short story📚
Wednesday, November 16, 2022 →
Winter has arrived ❄️
Finished reading: Marooned in Realtime by Vernor Vinge. A fun mix of murder mystery and sci-fi, in which groups of people emerge from thousands of years in stasis to find human civilization has vanished📚
Finished reading: A Short History of Canada by Desmond Morton. Somewhat like vegetables, I know that reading about national history is good for me, just not that exciting. That said, this book was well written and interesting. Now, back to sci-fi 📚
As a public servant for 15 years (and counting), I enjoy Yes, Minister on the BBC. More accurate than we’d like to believe #mbnov
I’m enjoying these Yoga for Every Runner sessions in Apple Fitness. I’m certain that mobility is important for staying active 🏃♂️
Although it is 8ºC outside, the household consensus is that we’re still warm enough inside. We’ve never gotten this far into November without turning on the furnace
Curious wind patterns have pushed all of the leaves on the back deck into a narrow pile
Neighbours dropped off a surprise feast of mini sandwiches for mbnov
I figured waiting until the last minute for the first day of mbnov would provide inspiration for a clever post. I was mistaken
Lucy is helping again with candy distribution. Hard to get a stable photo, her head is swinging around to take in all the sights, sounds, and smells 🎃
Finished reading: Tiamat’s Wrath by James S. A. Corey. I’ve enjoyed each book in the series and this one was not an exception 📚
Best tree on the street 🍁
Rival Consoles' new album Now Is is out and well worth listening to 🎧
Finished reading: Life’s Edge: The Search for What It Means to Be Alive by Carl Zimmer. A really interesting book that explores the surprisingly difficult problem of defining what it means to be alive📚
Transitions
I’ve been trying out more of the radio features on Apple Music. At least two features would help out: some way to mark episodes for later listening (I’m sharing to an Apple Note for now) and saving progress, so that the episode doesn’t always start over from the beginning 🎧
Lucy has settled into the couch
Are rising profits fueling inflation? - The Hub
There are of course important issues to explore and debate when it comes to the level of competition in certain areas of corporate Canada, and there are also many overlapping causes of rising consumer prices. But when it comes to claims that “greedflation” is a key driver of recently rising inflation rates, the data is very clear: it’s not.
As we move into Fall weather, time to switch to indoor riding. The setup is a bit cramped, but I have coach Lucy to keep me company from the couch 🚴
A Day in the Life Photo Challenge: Walking to the dentist with unsettled weather in Toronto, Ontario 🇨🇦 at 15:57
