The big thing in the coming year is that I turn 50. Five Oh. Fiddy. Oh fuckity-fuck-tee. I have a few plans for that. A drunken meal with some of my dearest friends in a private dining room. A trip to Toronto and Montreal immediately after. I’m going to go to DC via NYC for…

Despite just yesterday saying on this very blog I was going to try and make something happen on Post.News I have today found myself giving in to my FOMO and creating a new account on a Mastodon server. I had a ‘legacy’ account from a few years ago but I decided if I was going…

It is only 25 days since I wrote this and said I’d be sticking with Twitter until the bitter end and it burned down around me. Well it is still shambling along like a grounded zombie bird but it really is started to come apart at the seams – and the Muskrat has managed to…

Every around this time (my last pay packet of the year) I try to even out my rampant consumerism by making a few charitable donations to a rotating cast of worthy recipients. This year I am going to promote my choices on the run up to Christmas in my newsletter as well – see if…

I’m not American and god knows with hindsight it feels like one of those holidays you might want to rethink given the history but I like the parade, love an excuse for more Turkey and mostly just like it as a prompt to call out some things for which I am thankful for. So I…