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But I'm not. If I wrote this as fiction my editors would cross it out as too far fetched. http://cenobyte.ca/i-wish-i-were-joking/

True story. Swear to god. https://www.cbc.ca//comedy-holiday-horrors-jillian-bell-1.

They let me write another thing: http://cenobyte.ca/please-no/

It's Giftmas Sales Season (GSS) and I get to person the booth at the first big giftmas market of the year. You may think this is the Worst Thing Evar, but it's not. Everyone is happy. Excited. Fulla beans. There's enough time for Humbuggery; today though I'm looking forward to hearing about grandkids, vacation plans, and planned gifts. I do, however, want the people running this show to turn down the effing speakers. Not everywhere needs or benefits from piped-in music. Just let the din of people be the background noise. http://cenobyte.ca/standing-nablopomo-day-16/

There's an interesting conundrum in the fall, that gets people arguing every year. More than just Daylight Saving Time (which is silly and all this malarky with changing clocks makes no sense). More than just who's going to sit where at Thanksgiving. More than the gamble of when you're to change over from summer to winter tyres. The conundrum is this: when is it okay to start playing holiday music? [ 225 more words ] http://cenobyte.ca/music-fatigue-nablopomo-day-14/

Let's take a moment to remember the origins of something that's changed the way we do business, the way we consume arts and culture, and ultimately, the way we communicate. In the 1960s, the US government (particularly the department of defence) was working to develop a communications network that could reliably be deployed across great distances and that would survive nuclear war [ 206 more words ] http://cenobyte.ca/cat-videos-nablopomo-day-13/