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Digging these new Kathleen Edwards cuts 😎

Gotta fix the shower to take a shower

Son’s second ball game of the day cancelled owing to smoke + heat. 😬 🥵 ⚾️

Watching The Last Unicorn with the kids.

BA Johnston is the working class hero we need

Chekhov’s whippersnipper

The deer in my neighbourhood are out of control. If one came over and drank I beer, I would not be surprised.

Cats win!

Love to present the (semi) annual LumberAwards in a parking lot at midnight

Both bike racks at South Oz Safeway in great shape

A season of fire ahead, bud. Very concerning.

Here, allow me to read you a story about a chasm in the earth open.substack.com/pub/sheldonb...

So many books. So little time.

Love to be included in such cursed company 🖤

Tonight’s the night! Caress vs Cats. Who will drink from the vaunted Goddamn Champions Challenge Cup in the parking lot at midnight?!

Love to be included in such cursed company 🖤

Lord, give me the strength not to get into it on the little league baseball parents group chat

Coming up in 3 weeks. Great way to kick off summer literary style, Winnipeg

You know you’re not supposed to say the F-word in front of kids, my daughter reminds me after I spill an entire glass of milk on the floor. Why would you?

Been enjoying revisiting early America Analog Set records after reading @jamesbrubaker.bsky.social’s essay in @aaronburch.bsky.social’s How to Write a Novel collection. Good stuff.

This time of year we are always tempted to run a sale, but that 20% discount, we actually need it, so while most of our titles are not on sale they are certainly for sale.

Great night at the ball game. Fish win!

Watching The Fox & The Hound with the kids.

For my 🇺🇸 friends

Cats need a W to force deciding 3rd game to keep the dream alive tonight. Lay it on the line bud. Goddamn Champions Challenge Cup 2025.

#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #ChatGPT

Dreamt I found myself in a Cheever’s The Swimmer situaish but with hot tubs along the Okanagan shoreline. Encountered many old friends along the way. Strange visions indeed.

Doing it again. “Get ready for the future; it is murder.”

me and the boys when we find you posting that AI slop.

Watching Invader Zim with the kids

Watching the video of the blood transfusion my wife got shortly after she was born with the kids. Wild stuff.

“Somewhere in here is real life, and somewhere here is myth and sense of place.”

Long weekend state of mind

Watched a murder of crows mob an owl out of the neighbourhood this afternoon. Brutal stuff.

May 18: “Ogopogo Lives,” “Lake Wedding,” “Gord’s Still Right Pissed,” “The Night the Fridge Fucked Up Pete’s Car,” “The Wind? I Seen It Alright,” “Shoo Flies,” “Rock Bottom Feeders,” & “Bauer Selects” by Sheldon Birnie Finished @badguybirnie.bsky.social’s WHERE THE PAVEMENT TURNS TO SAND on train!

Treat yourself today 🎪

Oops I did it again — got too many books from the library all at once.

Enjoying the film Y2K

Long weekend state of mind