Lol, that Sen̓áḵw building in Vancouver actually looks quite messed up. A 3-bedroom apartment with crooked walls for $9000+/month… but at least you get a nice view?
The Stochastic Game
Ramblings of General Geekery
Favourite seasons: (1) Winter, (2) Fall, (3) Spring, (4) Summer.
Yep, summer has always been my least favourite, and climate change isn’t making it any better.
I have recently become obsessed with various people’s TTRPG house rules for seduction and flirting, how varied they are, and how they all say something about their authors 😅 Now I kinda want to make a smooching game where each character class uses different rules/styles to different effect.
The “Worse On Purpose” blog continues their very interesting investigations, this time turning their attention to Whole Foods. The pre-Amazon history of the chain was a lot more dramatic than I thought.
“Carney Under the Sway of the Broligarchs”: that’s always been my problem with Mark Carney. He thinks like a banker, and that means listening to the people with money, rather that the people he’s supposed to serve.
“N.S. banned cellphones in classrooms 2 years ago. Here’s how it’s going”: it’s pretty straightforward, and it seems to be going OK-ish.
Goths in un-gothly places: amusement park (featuring members of 2 Shadows, a local Vancouver, BC band)
“How my homemade anti-piracy system brought me thousands of new players”: heh this is a pretty fun story.
The new Cape Fear remake is an example of wha’s been plaguing drama TV for several years: there’s little justification of spending 10 hours for a story that can be told in under two. I seriously doubt that remake has anything new to say that wasn’t said in one of the movies.
