100 days — writingAug 13, 2026

Happy Birthday

I plan on being kind to myself as I cobble this together. Inspiration? I'll paw through the pictures on my phone, find one that has a story and write something about it. I'm setting a word count of 750 and will give myself a little reward every time I'm within 10 or 20 words of the limit. Little rewards are just that. Maybe I'll have a nap. Or a bubble bath.

adventuresAug 8, 2026

Wandr Lust

A detailed itinerary of the Calgary–Victoria run, including the security bin that gets "randomly selected" every single time, the breakfast my doctor would like a word about, and the seat I pay extra for so I don't have to be near anyone.

essaysMar 18, 2022

That Little Voice is a Dick

It's a beautiful day in the neighbourhood. It's close to my deadline for today's writing challenge, and here's the thing: I've written, re-written, deleted, and restarted this…

100 days — writingAug 19, 2026

Behind Aligned

100 Days of Writing and Doodling started strong, then went off a cliff like Thelma and Louise. This is not a new problem. I drive off the cliff, land it — albeit in pieces — reassemble, stop for an espresso, and carry on.

the writer's deskMar 13, 2022

MST TO MDT TO PDT DST

Times they are a-changing, literally. This weekend was the first time in a long time I’ve been on stage performing and hosting, and it was awesome. Pandemic, blah, blah, blah.…

work & creativityJan 8, 2022

The World is Your Oyster

This past week I've been working on a couple of really fun client projects while trying to balance my "day job" with personal projects, and I'm pleased to announce everything is…

archiveMar 2, 2022

2nd Ever Daily Dropbear Blog Weird Monthly Prizes Award of Excellence

This month’s winners announced as well as the hero in a new line of stories I’m very excited to announce the winners of the “ 2nd Ever Daily Dropbear Blog Weird Monthly Prizes…

100 days — writingAug 14, 2026

Found Treasures

There at my feet, across from Sidney's best fish and chips, lay a beautiful if inexpensive piece of jewellery. I looked around for someone clutching their neck. Not a soul.

essaysMar 14, 2022

The Oxygen, Humidity, and Salt Quotient

The fine art of living at sea level. It has been two years since I have been on a plane, let alone been inside an airport. Yesterday felt like there might be some normalcy on the…

work & creativityJan 2, 2022

The 100 Days Project

"Yes! Welcome to 2022," is what I said to myself when I woke up this morning, excited to start the day and my spiffy New Year. I yawned, stretched, and promptly pulled a muscle in…

life at homeJan 5, 2022

Carb Hunter

If 2022 had a motto it would be, "what was I thinking?" It's DAY 4 into the New Year and I find myself asking this question with shocking regularity. For example: I started the…

life at homeJan 29, 2022

Don't Forget To Eat

This is a quick one today as I’ve been busy writing a much longer post about our trip to Boracay a few years ago—it's a tale of adventure, intrigue, blood, being lost at sea,…

100 days — writingAug 29, 2026

l33t sk1llz

Four games in, a character showed up at the end of a chapter and named herself. I have no idea how I'll reconcile what she set in motion, and I can't wait to find out.

100 days — writingAug 15, 2026

Wormwood & Underwood

I am old enough to know how to change the ribbon on a manual typewriter. One that smells of wormwood and sugar cubes, scarred with cigarette burns. Would I write on one today? Maybe for a page.

camp covidJan 19, 2022

Camp Covid Retrospective

One year ago, I was holed up in the Ramada Plaza Downtown writing about isolation and COVID uncertainty—today, I’m back in lockdown, this time in my own basement, riding out another brush with ‘The Vid.’ Full-circle vibes, surgical gloves on standby, and yes, still saving the world one hardboiled egg at a time.

100 days — writingAug 27, 2026

Big Onion®

Jalapeños from Mexico, tomatoes from Alberta, beef from Alberta, tortillas from Canada. Everything I needed with one exception: every onion on the shelf that day was grown in the USA.

camp covidJan 24, 2021

Life and Times at Camp Covid

The gritty truth behind life in quarantine Catch up on the rest of the story and read the tales of 'Camp COVID' in order: 1. Alive and Well at Camp Covid 2. Adventures at Camp…

camp covidJan 26, 2021

Enlightened at Camp Covid

Wisdom in a world of uncertainty Catch up on the rest of the story and read the tales of 'Camp COVID' in order: 1. Alive and Well at Camp Covid 2. Adventures at Camp Covid 3. Life…

camp covidFeb 15, 2021

Camp Covid Epilogue

So, This Is How It All Ends Catch up on the rest of the story and read the tales of 'Camp COVID' in order: 1. Alive and Well at Camp Covid 2. Adventures at Camp Covid 3. Life and…

work & creativityFeb 5, 2022

The Million-Dollar Question

To social media or not to social media? That is the question. Well, it's one of the questions. The real " Million-Dollar Question " is at the end of this post. Several months ago,…

camp covidJan 19, 2021

Alive and Well at Camp Covid

What started with a close contact and a couch at the studio quickly turned into a full-blown quarantine staycation—welcome to Camp Covid, Alberta-style. From deep throat swabs to Frankenlamps and food trays delivered like prison rations, this is the surreal, oddly cozy tale of isolation with a view.

life at homeJan 13, 2022

Option Number Three

In this new house we live in I have a workshop right off my office, and for the last few months it has been a disaster area. Boxes of drone parts, small drones, medium drones,…

life at homeJan 16, 2022

The Day of the Cheat

If you are a Strongbad fan you will be sorely disappointed in this post—sorry about that. One day I will write a tribute to Strongbad and the Cheat, but today is not that day. “A…

essaysJan 17, 2022

16KB and the Truth

Back in 1980 my dad bought the family a TRS-80 Colour Computer from Radio Shack complete with a four-colour printer. The printer had four pens, Red, Green, Blue, Black and was…

work & creativityJan 18, 2022

Make With The Clicky

When I started the ‘100 Days Project’ part of the setup was making it easy for people to subscribe to the blog and get it in their inbox every morning. There were a couple of…

adventuresJan 20, 2022

Ronco™ for the Ages

Ronco™ for the Ages. I’ve come to the conclusion that advertisers are not evil, advertising agencies are. “Whoa there stud,” exclaims Chazz, Vice President in Charge of Things You…

archiveFeb 3, 2022

Daily Dropbear Blog Weird Monthly Prizes Award of Excellence

Welcome to the first-ever ‘Daily Dropbear Blog Weird Monthly Prizes Award of Excellence’ award. When I first started the 100 Days Project, I set out to create and write for 100…

adventuresMar 5, 2022

That's Cool, But It Isn't a Motorcycle

Everything that happens, happens for a reason they say. You can tell it’s getting close to Spring because this young man’s fancy turns not so lightly to thoughts of motorcycles…

life at homeJan 23, 2022

A Hairy Situation

It happened suddenly and without warning. One day my eyebrows were perfect; the next day, the left one went rogue; a single eyebrow hair began growing straight down—straight down…

work & creativityJan 25, 2022

Grammar Bot

The other day my good friend Neville Chamberlain wrote a blog post about how checklists help him get stuff done without (too) many errors. He also has taken on the 100-day writing…