- 02 Jan, 2026 *
The blog that started with this in May 2025 is now in its second year. The big blogging streak (#tbbs) that started on August 11, 2025 (a post every weekday) is also now in its second year. I feel good about those things. I also feel good about my analytics, which tell me that a lot of people read this thing despite the fact that I don’t promote it.
I also (still) feel good about writing whatever this blog is here on Bear and not on Substack or whatever. The way that blogging and posting culture became turn-your-posting-into-a-paid-product culture really bugs me. Paid newsletter products deserve to exist but IMO they should be beats —— narrow and niche…
- 02 Jan, 2026 *
The blog that started with this in May 2025 is now in its second year. The big blogging streak (#tbbs) that started on August 11, 2025 (a post every weekday) is also now in its second year. I feel good about those things. I also feel good about my analytics, which tell me that a lot of people read this thing despite the fact that I don’t promote it.
I also (still) feel good about writing whatever this blog is here on Bear and not on Substack or whatever. The way that blogging and posting culture became turn-your-posting-into-a-paid-product culture really bugs me. Paid newsletter products deserve to exist but IMO they should be beats —— narrow and niche nerding out and/or drilling down.
As I wrote in October:
The only thing I really want to do as a job is get paid a normal, non-obscene amount of money to write and/or blog and/or make videos about the handful of things I really like and know a lot about.
I think about that post every day. I think about how I can’t square the circle every day. But I know I’m right. I know when the idea that can and should grow into an actual productized thing happens I will know it. But this blog about everything blog ain’t a product, and it was never meant to be.
Also also also also:
✅ Post title format (2025): lowercase month + arabic numeral day + "etc"
✅ Post title format (2026): lowercase month + arabic numeral day + "omg" or "lol" or "wtf" or "xxx" or "fml" or "brb" or or or anything else of that nature (and yes, "etc" will still be in the mix).
I’m starting this year out with "omg" bc I’m on my grind.
Also also also:
🎮📺 I miss Nintendo Saturdays. I saw this and immediately thought of all the time I killed playing RC Pro Am, Contra, and Tecmo Bowl. Someone just cued up "Where’d All The Time Go" by Dr. Dog in my brain so I’m gonna do that for a while.
Also also:
Something I said during the Masterchef Canada Season 8 finale: "Cattle rancher cook’s husband looks like yassified Alex Horne."
The actual episode was good, too, even though I thought one of the cooks kind of got shortchanged and none of them could hold a candle to Beccy Stables.
PS/FYI: This image was glitched with this tool.
Also:
The vehicle is ridiculous and the story is kinda fun so I’m linking out to it. Wanna fight about it? Didn’t think so.
🌲 gonna 🌼 go 🌱 touch to 🌳 grass bed 🌷 now now
Be good to yourself.
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