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Here’s my personally subjective list of the top Sega Genesis / Mega Drive games that are still fun/worth spending time playing all these years later (in case anyone else is revisiting a similar nostalgic distraction).

The 2020 quarantine had me doing a lot of 80s/90s video gaming (a hobby that has continued “post”-pandemic) — so here’s my personally subjective list of top Super Nintendo (SNES) games that are still fun/worth spending time playing all these years later (in case anyone else is looking to get into a similar nostalgic distraction).

The Buddha’s ancient advice for becoming an enlightened being (aka: becoming a kind, compassionate, mindful, wise, non-attached & content person) seems to be designed around doing the personal work needed to start helping dismantle the exploitive capitalist system currently destroying our planet. Which feels timelessly timely, no?

The 2020 quarantine had me doing a lot of 80s/90s video gaming (a hobby that has continued “post”-pandemic) — so here’s my personally subjective list of top Turbo Grafx-16 / PC Engine games that are still fun/worth spending time playing all these years later (in case anyone else is looking to get into a similar nostalgic distraction).

“Imagine a Sun Kil Moon record pressing pause on 'Inherent Vice' to grab another sixer out of the fridge and roll a joint on the back cover of a Bukowski novel.”

Here’s my personally subjective list of the top Playstation One (PS1/PSX) games that are still fun/worth spending time playing all these years later (in case anyone else is revisiting a similar nostalgic distraction).

Here’s my personally subjective list of the top Gameboy Advance (GBA) games that are still fun/worth spending time playing all these years later (in case anyone else is revisiting a similar nostalgic distraction).

“My favourite thing about the internet is that stuff like someone taking audio from a 2011 Charlie Kaufman lecture (and then setting it to beautifully shot imagery and a minimalist heartbeat backbeat) is something I'm able to just find and watch again & again, whenever I need a punch in the heart gut.”

The ‘HI54 YEARBOOK MIXES’ series continues with music from the year 1988 — featuring tunes from Pixies, Jungle Brothers, The Traveling Wilburys, Tracy Chapman, EPMD, Galaxie 500 + a whole bunch more… it’s a nice ‘88 vintage to stick in your headphones.

“Fellas, the hooks are just astonishing. How are you getting away with this shit? I'm sobbing.”

EPISODE 091 kicks off with Benjamin Shaw adding bnjmnshw touches to Magana's lovely 'Inches Apart', and before things close out with a dusty gem from the underappreciated Blaze Foley, you'll get a secret taste of that sweet Sugar Rush 2 comp The Grey Estates put out last year, there'll be a short European Vacation, new Haley Heynderickx, Kevin Morby + more.

Welp, the time has come to officially pull the plug and start packing up all my music blogging stuff :(

Here’s my personally subjective list of the top Nintendo (NES) games that are still fun/worth spending time playing all these years later (in case anyone else is revisiting a similar nostalgic distraction).

There was another attempt by a developer to get the City of Kimberley to change industrial zoning in the Marysville neighbourhood to allow for another ‘gas station car wash chainstore drive-thru’ development in the local area — click for more context on the divided 4-3 council vote to reject.

If you think you might also like to check out my attempt at talking about the importance of coming from a place of groundedness (especially in a world where so many seem pulled over to a polarizing position of groundlessness), this ‘Monthly Eh?!’ from January 2025 is for you.

2020 quarantine had me doing a lot of 80s/90s video gaming — and since we’re now living in ‘2020 Too’, here’s my list of the top 25 Sega Master System games that are still fun/worth spending time playing all these years later (in case anyone else is looking to get into a similar nostalgic distraction).

Here’s my personally subjective list of the top Sega CD / Sega 32X games that are still fun/worth spending time playing all these years later (in case anyone else is revisiting a similar nostalgic distraction).

The ‘MONTHLY EH’ for May+June 2025 was sent out to subscribed inboxes — and if you think you might also like to check out why I did a 2-for-1 monthly eh and why I’m probably taking a break from quite a lot of these ‘blogger tings’ until further notice, you can do exactly that OVER HERE.

As is often the case when sharing subjective thoughts online, especially if the topic is something “controversial” like politics (even if during an election cycle that one is participating in), the feedback received from others can often be a mix of mixed signals (for example: “eat shit asshole” vs “thanks”).

The ‘MONTHLY EH’ for April 2025 was sent out to subscribed inboxes — and if you think you might also like to check out the latest collection of “Hi! Here’s Five Things For Your Consideration”, you can do exactly that OVER HERE.

I shared some subjective thoughts on “strategic” voting whilst living in mountown riding far away from where any Ottawa pollsters do any actual polling + I’ve been gathering All-Candidate videos for more local area voting context — because this seems like a pretty important election to get engaged, eh?

The ‘MONTHLY EH’ for March 2025 was sent out to subscribed inboxes — and if you think you might also like to check out the latest collection of “Hi! Here’s Five Things For Your Consideration”, you can do exactly that OVER HERE.

The 2020 quarantine had me doing a lot of 80s/90s video gaming (a hobby that has continued “post”-pandemic) — so here’s my personally subjective list of top Gameboy / Gameboy Color games that are still fun/worth spending time playing all these years later (in case anyone else is looking to get into a similar nostalgic distraction).

The latest MONTHLY EH?! mailout for December 2024 was sent out to subscribed inboxes on the last day of the year… and now it is available for anyone to read on whatever day of whatever year it is now, whether one is freely subscribed or not, OVER HERE.

The answer, dear reader, probably won’t surprise you.

“Sounds like a deep breath.”

My self-assigned commitment to send out a twice-a-month newsletter while a 'Local Area Election Season' was blowing past highway 95/a is now completed — time to slip into something more monthly, eh?

The latest BI-WEEKLY-ISH newsletter talks about some post-US election posts (including a David Graeber video), as well as some thoughts about theory & practice (and teachings > teachers) — but you’ll have to jump over to Substack to read in full!

Here's the 26th instalment of the bi-weekly Mixcloud series where I go back to the iTunes organizational system I had setup when I used to run a 24/7 internet radio station, and then I shuffle up a selection of 'Mix Tape Radio approved' tracks and put together a High Five For… Mix’d CD.

EPISODE 078 kicks off with Frederick Squire's take on a song about a Book Of Love, and it closes out with a newer one from the king of Mosey. And a bunch of good stuff in between.