8r4d Sometimes you just need to wander around #westedmontonmall on a Friday afternoon. Maybe I was just looking for an interesting lunch or maybe I was getting ahead of my Christmas #shopping plans a few months early. Who's to say?

pixelazy Revisiting my fancy photography from France. I brought along two cameras... my phone and my GoPro, and both got a lot of use. What I did find more enjoyable, though, about striving to take more "nice" photos of Paris and nearby was the effort to try to be less stereotypical in my subjects. It's easy to snap lots of old building pics, but more interesting to find light and critters and shapes. #paris2026

pixelazy #blackandwhite abstractions from early September. I've been indulging in a lot more abstract black and white photography this year because I've been using it for some other projects... but that means I get to share the photos, too, and some of them are kinda interesting. Enjoy!

8r4d Back in AB #paris2026

A quick layover in Calgary and then back to Edmonton. It's been a long flight after a short vacay, but it's always nice to be going home even if we already miss the trip that preluded it. #travel

8r4d I found this #fossil in the river, just glancing down and saw it there. May as well take it home because it won't last long exposed to the flowing water as it was. [read more...]

gamerdad I watched this back in January and reviewed it here but the post was lost in the great hack of ‘24. So…

I could strive to tell you something smart about a twenty-year old superhero movie other than that it intersected through my life in a string of coincidences over the last month so much so that I opted to open up my Disney account and watch it again all these years later. I could strive to have some kind of intellectual commentary this movie, or ask if it has stood up to the test of time or has competed in a film landscape of a million other more modern takes on the superhero genre. I could even strive to say something about the quality of Pixar animation, especially considering that not three months ago I was standing at the gate of their main campus in Emeryville, California snapping pictures through the fence and longing to be on the other side. I could, but rather I’ll just say that there is always going to be something timeless about a parenting story, a story about a dad in a mid-life crisis, or a story that lurks on the fringes of social commentary about the role of exceptionalism versus inclusivity. I was more drawn into this movie than I thought I would have been, again, even twenty years later (having seen it in the theatre on the big screen nearly two decades ago now.) It’s not perfect, and Moore’s Watchmen comic will always have tackled this plot in a more nuanced, adult way, but for a movie which is now known as much for the rollercoaster themed after it as for the story, it's not a bad rewatch.

8r4d That meta moment of #shopping for a lego store while inside a lego store… (spoiler: no, we didn't buy it.) #westedmontonmall

8r4dsfeets With a vacation on the horizon we’ve been shoe #shopping an excessive number of times in the last couple weeks! I've replenished my footwear supply, which should be great for our trip, but it's not helping the bank account! #westedmontonmall

castironguy I've spent the last 3 years thru the pandemic living off #sourdough toast for my #breakfast. Not that I'm sick of bread or anything, but I'm trying to branch out a bit, eat healthier and get a bit more fiber in my diet. Morning oatmeal with fruit and a drizzle of fruit syrup for a touch of sweetness is on the menu these days. Great, though I might need to research oatmeal toppings and mix it up soon.