Ty S.
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As much as I hate Amazon I'd rather have them do the NHL at this point.
January 3, 2026 at 3:39 AM
As much as I hate Amazon I'd rather have them do the NHL at this point.
Depends on your vocation/job I guess. I'm in software and we use it a lot.
December 24, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Depends on your vocation/job I guess. I'm in software and we use it a lot.
Pretty good haul! My weekend pickup (well last weekend) was Pop (U2) and Hoss (Lagwagon). Had hoped for a good find at the record show the same weekend, but $149 for Girlfriend was too much.
October 29, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Pretty good haul! My weekend pickup (well last weekend) was Pop (U2) and Hoss (Lagwagon). Had hoped for a good find at the record show the same weekend, but $149 for Girlfriend was too much.
As someone who doesn't get to watch the Jets due to the TSN3 blackout, I feel you.
October 10, 2025 at 5:07 AM
As someone who doesn't get to watch the Jets due to the TSN3 blackout, I feel you.
Hi Rich, here are my picks for #5debutalbums0004:
1) Arcade Fire - Funeral
2) Avalanches - Since I Left You
3) Postal Service - Give Up
4) New Pornographers - Mass Romantic
5) AC Newman - The Slow Wonder
1) Arcade Fire - Funeral
2) Avalanches - Since I Left You
3) Postal Service - Give Up
4) New Pornographers - Mass Romantic
5) AC Newman - The Slow Wonder
October 4, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Hi Rich, here are my picks for #5debutalbums0004:
1) Arcade Fire - Funeral
2) Avalanches - Since I Left You
3) Postal Service - Give Up
4) New Pornographers - Mass Romantic
5) AC Newman - The Slow Wonder
1) Arcade Fire - Funeral
2) Avalanches - Since I Left You
3) Postal Service - Give Up
4) New Pornographers - Mass Romantic
5) AC Newman - The Slow Wonder
I'm fine with it not being for profit, it just needs to lose less than a billion a year, that's ridiculous. Some of the proposed government changes like community mailboxes hopefully will help that, but there's got to be some common ground between status quo and nothing.
September 26, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I'm fine with it not being for profit, it just needs to lose less than a billion a year, that's ridiculous. Some of the proposed government changes like community mailboxes hopefully will help that, but there's got to be some common ground between status quo and nothing.
Depends on how much I liked my in-laws...
September 23, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Depends on how much I liked my in-laws...
Well they'd better be right about this one. They were wrong about the one they used to scare us to death in Boys Brigade during the Gulf War so I sold all my Transformers for nothing.
September 22, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Well they'd better be right about this one. They were wrong about the one they used to scare us to death in Boys Brigade during the Gulf War so I sold all my Transformers for nothing.
Hi Rich! My choices for #5albums50s60sfinal are:
1. The Beatles - White Album
2. The Zombies - Odessey and Oracle
3. The Kinks - Village Green Preservation Society
4. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II
5. The Beatles - Abbey Road
1. The Beatles - White Album
2. The Zombies - Odessey and Oracle
3. The Kinks - Village Green Preservation Society
4. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II
5. The Beatles - Abbey Road
September 13, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Hi Rich! My choices for #5albums50s60sfinal are:
1. The Beatles - White Album
2. The Zombies - Odessey and Oracle
3. The Kinks - Village Green Preservation Society
4. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II
5. The Beatles - Abbey Road
1. The Beatles - White Album
2. The Zombies - Odessey and Oracle
3. The Kinks - Village Green Preservation Society
4. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II
5. The Beatles - Abbey Road
Any of the Amelia Peabody series by Elizabeth Peters.
September 7, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Any of the Amelia Peabody series by Elizabeth Peters.
Not sure I can choose just one, but probably Near Wild Heaven.
September 2, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Not sure I can choose just one, but probably Near Wild Heaven.
Was that out at the Leighton Art Center? If so, I'm pretty sure I painted that house in the 3rd photo last year.
August 27, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Was that out at the Leighton Art Center? If so, I'm pretty sure I painted that house in the 3rd photo last year.
London, Seattle, Kona, Canmore, Chicago
August 14, 2025 at 4:51 AM
London, Seattle, Kona, Canmore, Chicago
Hmmm, our dogs might be cousins:
August 2, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Hmmm, our dogs might be cousins:
Hi Rich! My #5albums50s60s4 are:
1. The Beatles - White Album
2. The Kinks - Village Green Preservation Society
3..The Beatles - Beatles For Sale
4. Vince Guaraldi Trio - A Charlie Brown Christmas
5. The Beach Boys - The Beach Boys Today!
1. The Beatles - White Album
2. The Kinks - Village Green Preservation Society
3..The Beatles - Beatles For Sale
4. Vince Guaraldi Trio - A Charlie Brown Christmas
5. The Beach Boys - The Beach Boys Today!
August 2, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Hi Rich! My #5albums50s60s4 are:
1. The Beatles - White Album
2. The Kinks - Village Green Preservation Society
3..The Beatles - Beatles For Sale
4. Vince Guaraldi Trio - A Charlie Brown Christmas
5. The Beach Boys - The Beach Boys Today!
1. The Beatles - White Album
2. The Kinks - Village Green Preservation Society
3..The Beatles - Beatles For Sale
4. Vince Guaraldi Trio - A Charlie Brown Christmas
5. The Beach Boys - The Beach Boys Today!
Glad to hear it Rich. Wishing you and your wife strength and a speedy recovery for her.
July 26, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Glad to hear it Rich. Wishing you and your wife strength and a speedy recovery for her.
Good taste :) For stores, I use Reids locally but also use stylo.ca, torontopenshoppe.com, laywines.com, and gouletpens.com if there's something Reids doesn't have. Goulet is US though so there's potential tariffs and exchange.
Pen, stylus, pencil, fountain pen, ink, gifts
Pen Store, montblanc porcelain, stylo mont blanc, stylo Canada, ballograf refill, stylo lamy, parker ingenuity, stylo plume, caran d'ache varius, visconti augusta, stylo sheaffer, graf von faber caste...
stylo.ca
July 25, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Good taste :) For stores, I use Reids locally but also use stylo.ca, torontopenshoppe.com, laywines.com, and gouletpens.com if there's something Reids doesn't have. Goulet is US though so there's potential tariffs and exchange.
For paper, I typically use a LEUCHTTURM journal although I have also used Rhodia notebooks and paper. I find the Rhodia a little "slippery" if that makes sense, but it doesn't bleed through. I've also got some of the Midori paper, and I really like that so far.
July 25, 2025 at 12:52 AM
For paper, I typically use a LEUCHTTURM journal although I have also used Rhodia notebooks and paper. I find the Rhodia a little "slippery" if that makes sense, but it doesn't bleed through. I've also got some of the Midori paper, and I really like that so far.
My favorite inks at the moment are Pilot Iroshizuku but they ate considered "wet" so if that doesn't appeal skip those ones. A decent ink was the Twsbi inks, and the one I disliked the most was Ferris Wheel Press.
July 25, 2025 at 12:49 AM
My favorite inks at the moment are Pilot Iroshizuku but they ate considered "wet" so if that doesn't appeal skip those ones. A decent ink was the Twsbi inks, and the one I disliked the most was Ferris Wheel Press.
So my favorite pens right now are between the Twsbi Eco and the Opus 88. I also bought a Leonardo Momento Zero which worked poorly for me until I upgraded to a broad nib vs. a medium nib.
July 25, 2025 at 12:49 AM
So my favorite pens right now are between the Twsbi Eco and the Opus 88. I also bought a Leonardo Momento Zero which worked poorly for me until I upgraded to a broad nib vs. a medium nib.
If you want any recommendations, let me know. I've found a bunch i love and a few that haven't lived up to the hype.
July 25, 2025 at 12:07 AM
If you want any recommendations, let me know. I've found a bunch i love and a few that haven't lived up to the hype.
FYI, it's a gateway pen. I started the same, and now I have 10 pens, multiple bottles of ink, and Japanese paper that "holds the ink well".
July 25, 2025 at 12:03 AM
FYI, it's a gateway pen. I started the same, and now I have 10 pens, multiple bottles of ink, and Japanese paper that "holds the ink well".
It shocked me years ago when I found out the stats on how low the participation rate is from one of our church elders at our evangelical church.
July 21, 2025 at 9:23 PM
It shocked me years ago when I found out the stats on how low the participation rate is from one of our church elders at our evangelical church.