Charlotte Prong

Thank you MJM!

You should go, I bet you’d pick it up again in no time

Oh listen, I am terrible at it. No one wants to be partners with me, I do not make good decisions

A childhood fixation on SNL is a good thing but you should learn how to play euchre

"No one wants to see a feminist spin on Frankenstein" is a thing I actually just read.

I’m unsure. My husband and I privately co-sponsored an LGTBQ-eligible refugee from the Gambia several years ago but the criteria & process frequently shift.

LGBTQ2 refugees LGBTQ2 refugees

This resettlement program is very limited and I’m not sure if US citizens qualify, but it’s also worth looking into (this is a Gov of Canada website)

Millions of Americans can now claim Canadian citizenship by descent. But they have to prove it | CBC News Amid rising tensions in the United States and increased global volatility, many Americans are looking to Canada — and their roots — for a possible way out following recent changes to Canada’s citizens...

(assuming this is not rhetorical) You should find out if you or your girlfriend are eligible to apply for Canadian citizenship under this new law

🦐 Seascraper by Benjamin Wood
💅 Pick a Colour by Souvankham Thammavongsa
🔪 My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
🧡 Not litfic but a short, beautifully written memoir: Stay True by Hua Hsu
📚 Perfection was one of my faves of 2025

Michael’s photo of the Kitchener skyline with acted arrow pointing to one tall, dark building

What intersection is this one near?

A regular euchre or hoss night would fix me

P.S. Franz Wright

P.S.
Franz Wright

'I'm writing to you
all the time'

🖤

The dust jacket from the book Mother Mary Comes to Me by Arundhati Roy. The front shows Roy as a young woman with dark curly hair and a dreamy expression smoking a joint. The back shows a recent photo of Roy with grey hair, a contented smile, and a nose piercing.

Reading this book today, which has one of my favourite covers maybe ever. Arundhati Roy insisted that if the publishers used the photo of her as a young woman, they also include one as she actually is now.
#IWD2026

On this International Women’s Day I’m thinking of the women and girls in Palestine, Iran, and Lebanon, particularly those who are pregnant or have young children.
#IWD2026

Health risk warnings ignored as B.C. moves to permanent daylight time, researchers say | CBC News If B.C. goes ahead with the switch to permanent daylight time, the sun won’t rise until after 9 a.m. for a full month in Vancouver during the winter. Some parts of the province won’t see the sun until...

Sleep scientists are virtually unanimous that Permanent Standard Time is the way, not Permanent Daylight Time. This is literally going to kill people.

The first reported casualties were 40 girls between seven and twelve. “Protecting civilians” is a rhetorical flourish, nothing more.

The world could be such a nice place if we allowed it. It's all so goddamn unnecessary. There's no need for any of it. It's so beautiful here. It should be so cool to be alive

A stack of books, spines out: Pick a Colour and How to Pronounce Knife by Souvankham Thammavongsa The Perfect Nanny by Leila Slimani Horse by Geraldine Brooks You Better Believe I’m Gonna Talk About it by Lisa Rinna What We Can Know by Ian McEwan #litfic #nonfiction #booksky

Cover of the book A Marriage at Sea by Sophie Elmhirst

Books read in February, some great, some good, some fun trash. Titles and authors in alt text.

What a beautiful dog. Condolences to bestie and to you.

I think you should do it. Friday nights, whisky in hand, album covers and liner notes scattered around, it’s good times.

I changed my mind about the Audio Technica LP-120 turntable | FULL REVIEW YouTube video by Channel 33 RPM

Here’s a pretty thorough review and I think it’s around $500.

Photo of a turntable with an Olivia Dean album on it

Detail of the turntable that reads audio technica and has a model number

I almost exclusively listen to records and I don’t think they sound any better. But I love listening to whole, analog albums just like I love reading paper books. FWIW this is my turntable, it’s not complicated and I don’t think it was pricey.

A whole $8M going to Cuba, the day after Canada upped its 4-year contribution to Ukraine to $25B.

I hope everything goes smoothly for all of you

I’m so sorry about your nephew. What a terrible thing to happen. And then to have these assholes preying on people and causing additional stress.

I think of her every time I eat a peanut butter lollipop

“Each lunge is half a million calories or more” - me eating a party size bag of M&Ms

We would have won if Shane Hollander was on the ice

Picture of an American flag on fire

All of Canada right now

We were bad-talking Gretzky for five solid minutes and Canada scored, so we’re keeping that up in our living room.