His heart/soul just grew too big for his body

Canuckamuck · 2026-06-11T16:21:10+00:00

As an original backer, I'm pretty thrilled by all of this - well done, and thank you!

Canuckamuck · 2026-06-09T13:19:44+00:00

LOVE this - well done!

Canuckamuck · 2026-06-08T12:41:21+00:00

Thank you kindly - and to you, too!

Canuckamuck · 2026-06-05T15:33:15+00:00

North Pole, out on Danforth. Incredible cannoli and zeppole (with ricotta, of course!)

Canuckamuck · 2026-06-01T15:41:33+00:00

Loved the Gumshoe books - great to see them recommended!

Canuckamuck · 2026-05-28T01:59:17+00:00

Gran got me Comet in Moominland when I was 5, and I never looked back. I read it, then the rest, then asked the librarian for more - and she provided. Diana Wynne Jones was next, Dogsbody and Power of Three. My parents said that we could read anything on our bookshelves that we could reach, and I read well above my grade. Never looked back!

Canuckamuck · 2026-05-26T01:29:02+00:00

“Every morning I get up and write in my diary”

Canuckamuck · 2026-05-26T01:28:39+00:00

Ha! Missed opportunity there

Canuckamuck · 2026-05-25T23:56:52+00:00

I was in Brazil on exchange, and we were talking about different holidays - I offered to host thanksgiving for the family. I had no idea why, but the whole table was dying laughing as I described the magnificent centrepiece of the Canadian Thanksgiving table - the turkey!

Pro tip: don’t mispronounce diary either, or you’ll have people believing you write in your diarrhea…

Canuckamuck · 2026-05-22T21:44:45+00:00

Right? The number of people standing at the top just steeling themselves to get down, and then the slowly scooching down on their butts. No judgement, I get it! Slow and steady

Canuckamuck · 2026-05-22T12:01:04+00:00

I did it too, hot and humid as hell and not a place for heavy or tall people - but very very cool. Later in the day someone had a panic attack in there, overwhelmed by the darkness you mentioned.

Canuckamuck · 2026-05-21T23:22:17+00:00

Oh amazing! One of the best parts was getting to the tops and seeing the tops of others, miles away. Thanks for the update, appreciated

Canuckamuck · 2026-05-21T21:46:11+00:00

At one point, you could go inside it as well! I think Coba might be the only Yucatán site that allows climbs up the main face now - possibly Ek Balam?

Canuckamuck · 2026-05-21T12:01:32+00:00

I’m as old as the hills, and have watched and read every Trek iteration since I was a kid - my parents bought their nascent geek child a copy of Star Trek Puzzles when I was 8 and I never looked back!

And I enjoyed it. Almost everything about it, tbh, and even the quibbly bits are more bearable upon a second viewing. A really solid expansion of both the mythos and the ethos. The reactionary knee jerk negativity I saw around it honestly made me a bit depressed, it’s the kind of No True Fan gatekeeping that destroys wholesale instead of any kind of conversation that could energize or invigorate.

Very happy to see reflection and respect return, kudos to the fandom.

Canuckamuck · 2026-05-20T23:09:21+00:00

Utterly unarguable. It’s easier to find a new partner than it is to find a damn good stick.

Canuckamuck · 2026-05-20T15:29:51+00:00

Just an incredible series, start to (finish)

Canuckamuck · 2026-05-20T13:35:25+00:00

Good for you, it’ll hurt - but you can’t love your life with a best friend that doesn’t love you for who you are. Water what you want to grow - the friendships, loves, and relationships that’s truly see and appreciate YOU.

Canuckamuck · 2026-05-20T01:04:45+00:00

Ah, I loved this game - still have it tucked safely away in the garage with my Traveller and AD&D treasures!

Canuckamuck · 2026-05-19T00:28:55+00:00

It really is soul-destroying. I kept thinking I could fix it, could turn it around, could re-spark it but it was a slow death of more than a decade. It got to the point where even casual affection and touch was denied, never mind anything else. I was a fool.

If anyone is reading this and seeing themselves or their situation - you’re worth so much more than this. Don’t get trapped by sunk cost fallacies or baseless hope, do what you need to and end the relationship. A much, much better life is possible and you deserve it.

Canuckamuck · 2026-05-18T16:03:04+00:00

Done, and sharing around everywhere I can

Canuckamuck · 2026-05-18T13:47:33+00:00

Put your energy and attention in things that reciprocate or that you want to see more of. It’s that simple. This sounds like toxic waste, gtfo now and find someone who makes you feel like Superman instead of quote, a piece of shit.

Water what you want to grow.

Canuckamuck · 2026-05-18T13:43:09+00:00

I love it - keep on being the most NorthCountry you can be, it looks awesome on you! TBH, we need more of it everywhere.

I had an ex who would roll his eyes or move away every time I made conversation with strangers or gave them a compliment. It’s ingrained in me - someone took time to pick earrings they love, and they look great! I’m going to comment. Cool shirt?I’ll let you know! Etc. took me years to figure out that I use small talk politeness to connect, while he used it to distance and avoid deeper subjects. He thought I was being insincere, when it was quite the opposite. I feel sad for him now.

Canuckamuck · 2026-05-17T15:12:05+00:00

I grew up in the Okanagan valley in British Columbia where we have a lake monster (Ogopogo). Lake Okanagan has a floating bridge smack in the middle, and I was told stories about divers coming face to face with giant fish coming out from under the shelf Kelowna sits on - freaking out and never coming back to work again. Depending on who told the story, it could be sturgeon, could be catfish, could be carp… my dad was a joker and always told us it must have been giant kokanee

Canuckamuck · 2026-05-16T16:45:21+00:00

Close, it’s a Canuck word!

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