Category: Mindless Diversions
Sunday Morning! “Severance”
Finally, I write about a streaming series – I watched the streaming series “Severance,” a surreal depiction of four very likeable human rats in a very unstimulating corporate cage pushing buttons
Saturday Morning Gaming: Sunless Sea
Sunless sea is an oddly compelling exceptionally slow game that I have no idea why it works half as well as it does
Weekend Plans Post: Getting Sick
If you don’t use your vacation days, you’re going to use your sick days.
Saturday Morning Gaming: Cult of the Lamb
Remember the first rule about making a deal with the devil…
Sunday Morning! Gord Lewis and “Teenage Head”
For a lot of Canadians, Gord Lewis played on the soundtrack of their youth. For me, he was the kind, quiet man in the bar with the radiant smile. All praise to the ones who showed us some kinda fun.
Saturday Morning Gaming: Wingspan
Wingspan is a beautiful boardgame about birds (that also happens to be available on Steam)
Sunday Morning! “Desperate Characters” by Paula Fox
Desperate Characters, a rediscovered classic about two people whose lives would be ideal, if they had any meaning.
Saturday Morning Gaming: Satellite Reign is a modern Syndicate
Satellite Reign is a modern reinterpretation of Syndicate
Weekend Plans Post: Gosh, It’s Hot
August is just one long month without any holidays and a lot of hot.
Sunday Morning! “Pierre and Jean” by Guy de Maupassant
Guy de Maupassant’s classic novel is another in a long line of adulterous wife stories; but really, it’s about the deranging need to know.
Saturday Morning Gaming: Playing with Craiyon
Well, there’s good news! There’s an AI tool out there that is usable RIGHT NOW called “Craiyon” and you don’t have to wait forever to get your picture.
Weekend Plans Post: Stranger Things Season The Third
When we first saw the mall in Stranger Things Season 3, I was hit with a huge wave of nostalgia. Seeing all of the old shops and the fact that even the escalators were full and everybody was running around and seeing each other?
Saturday Morning Gaming: A Major Update to Into The Breach! FOR FREE!!!
Into the Breach got a major update on Tuesday!
Sunday Morning! “Salvage the Bones” by Jesmyn Ward
I wanted to write about Jesmyn Ward’s novel Salvage the Bones for a few reasons, including its recent challenge in North Carolina schools
