This loyal ticket-buying fan is extremely displeased to discover that @torontobluejays.bsky.social has eliminated their senior discount pricing on all game tickets. Booooo!

I feel things can't be all that bad in my country when we quite correctly reschedule a federal leadership debate because the Canadiens are in a playoff-deciding game.

Under the influence of Money for Nothing, which I'm currently bingewatching, recovered two antique chairs from my mom's place with stashed stuffing and peach linen. They now have required springiness described by presenter Sarah Moore as "like a robust dog."

Applications for summer jobs at Ontario Parks open Mon Jan 20. Thousands of students are needed as gate attendants, maintenance workers, discovery rangers, admin assistants and park store sales clerks. Are these not the coolest jobs? Discovery ranger??? Deets at ontarioparks.ca/careers

What fresh hell is this?

Amplifying! Minnow: A new magazine about conservation in the Great Lakes region and the species often overlooked.

They're looking for illustration and photo pitches to accompany articles and for the cover of their second issue.

Submissions close Sunday, Jan 27th:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Phenomenal win yesterday: used loyalty points for two movie tix (A Real Pain, quite good) and picnic dinner from adjacent food market (+sticker for cookware discount), free popcorn because Popcorn Day. With validated parking ticket, evening's total cash outlay was $3.26.

Attention, freelancers: I'm editing opinion pieces for the Toronto Star now. Pitch your freshest ideas to gbayliss@thestar.ca.

Nightmare last night involving terrifying monster accidentally created when friends prompted AI to write something that inadvertently included experiences encoded in a random collection of handmade textiles.

PS: Its face was from Doctor Who's Weeping Angels. That's all.

I find it surprising that comprehensive advice on being an estate executor is so hard to find. I've been learning about it this past year. Some thoughts here: canadianfamilyoffices.com/estate-plann...