The Backrooms

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When I was off seeing a movie recently in a theater, I happened to catch a trailer for Backrooms, a horror movie based on a fictional location popularized on 4chan. Put simply:

“The Backrooms are usually portrayed as an impossibly large extradimensional complex of empty rooms, accessed by exiting reality.”

Watching the trailer itself will give you a better sense of what I’m referring to:

The Best Currency

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In 2022, I made the decision to apply for an Information Technology (IT) Team Lead position at the educational institution where I worked – if I got it, it meant I would work as part of the IT department, rather than Continuing Education. This was a difficult choice to make as someone with a strong sense of loyalty – I’d been with Continuing Education for more than a decade – I was used to the team and was quite comfortable. By even considering joining IT, I was revealing a significant change in mindset. You see, while in Continuing Education, though I had worked on IT-related matters, the role also had me spending a good chunk of my time working on social media, marketing, and advertising.

Hold My Beer

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If you saw my phone, you might think that I had a problem:

161 Days Sober

The story is a simple one – back in late January of this year, I woke up one morning and felt sick from the previous night of drinking. I was never really a big booze drinker – in fact, it was typically always modest in portion and highly infrequent. And in almost all cases, when I went beyond one drink, it was because I was in a social setting.

If I’m Going To Exercise… I Might As Well Get Paid

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Back in 2019, after two years of having no bicycle, I ordered a brand new bike and jumped straight into a daily cycling regimen, all in the name of fitness. Clearly inspired by my second 30-day challenge, I knew exactly how beneficial that habit was – and I also loved the freedom of being able to hop on my bike and go on an adventure every day, if I wanted to.

Yes, And…

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I watched a Q&A video recently featuring Adam Savage, a special effects expert best known for being on MythBusters, a show where, according to Wikipedia, they “used elements of the scientific method to test the validity of rumors, myths, movie scenes, adages, Internet videos, and news stories.” It was precisely the focus on the scientific method that made it one of my favorite shows, combined also with how playfully the two hosts interacted. In this particular video, Adam responds to the following viewer question: