Hit and Miss

Hit and Miss #270: Constitutional unconstitutionalism

November 6, 2022

I’m pretty tired, so I won’t dive into the big thing of the week—constitutional unconstitutionalism is what I’ve been calling it, and yes, sure, in a formal...

Hit and Miss #269: Crises abound

October 30, 2022

Hello! Had one of those “sitting an exam you haven’t studied for” dreams last night, except it was very much a history student version of it: I dreamt that...

Hit and Miss #268: Convo dump

October 23, 2022

What a lovely weekend it’s been. Plenty of time outside, alone and with friends, biking and walking and eating and enjoying the scenery. But it’s also tired...

Hit and Miss #267: Serious links™ on work

October 16, 2022

Hello there! It’s been a few weeks of glorious fall colours. T and I have been making a point of getting out, to bask in some of this precious season while...

Hit and Miss #266: Public delivery

October 9, 2022

I often put off shopping (and the research it often requires) until I can do so in one burst, which I did recently. I recently had something like four or...

Hit and Miss #265: Calls continue

October 2, 2022

Hello! It’s October, delightfully, and we’ve resolved to get out regularly to enjoy the changing leaves. So far, on a good track in that direction. Friday...

Hit and Miss #264: Work, birds, tech, munipoli

September 25, 2022

Hello! Meant to get this out earlier today, but the weekend took a series of unexpected turns. All’s good now—on with the show! I’ve been thinking about...

Hit and Miss #263: Technicalities

September 18, 2022

Hello! It’s been a great week, full of catch-ups and chats and down-time and up-time. With more to come, today and tomorrow! Some links—most of which have...

Hit and Miss #262: Five years!? A thank you

September 11, 2022

Hello there! It’s been quite a week, hasn’t it? We came back from a great weekend away, with plenty of ice cream and friendship time, only to confront long...

Hit and Miss #261: Holding pattern

September 4, 2022

Hello! Writing you Friday, but if all goes well you’ll get this sometime Sunday. We’re away for the weekend with friends and I’m trying my best to...

Hit and Miss #260: Learning in crisis

August 28, 2022

They’re filming yet another Christmas movie in the courtyard below, which means August is nearly done. Strange to say it, but it increasingly feels like fall...

Hit and Miss #259: Just the links

August 21, 2022

Hello! It’s been a bit of an odd week—lots of good, some tricky, but on the whole doing fine, if fairly tired. There’ll be some more such times ahead, but we...

Hit and Miss #258: A shout to the wind

August 14, 2022

Good morning! I’ve been getting up around 5:30 when T has day shifts, both out of solidarity and because, while I don’t like getting out of bed early, I...

Hit and Miss #257: Hot brain links

August 7, 2022

Hello! Spent a few hours on the shore of Lake Ontario today, enjoying fish and chips with my dad and Oma. It was lovely—but hot. My brain is more fried than...

Hit and Miss #256: Malleable words

July 31, 2022

Arthur’s on the couch beside me, dreaming about whatever cats dream about; my family are arrayed through various rooms of the apartment; and T’s sleeping off...

Hit and Miss #255: Welcome to the party, pal

July 24, 2022

When new leaves grow on one of my houseplants, I sometimes greet them with, “Welcome to the party, pal.” Hello! Happy Sunday to you. (That opening quote is…...

Hit and Miss #254: Slow links

July 17, 2022

Hello! Bit of a slower day here—mostly laying low as this heat rolls through. It seems Europe’s in for a wallop of a heatwave, but I don’t have the heart to...

Hit and Miss #253: Systems

July 10, 2022

Hello! This week’s reading seemed to converge on a theme of “thinking and acting in systems”. This is, perhaps, the root challenge of our times. Using self-...

Hit and Miss #252: Broken social scene—wait, I mean, contract

July 3, 2022

Hello! I hope you’re doing well. I don’t say that enough, tend not to address you directly—but it’s true, I do hope that, today and always. It’s an important...

Hit and Miss #251: Internalized stress

June 26, 2022

Hello! Friday, T and I drove Arthur to the vet for a regular check-up. It was perhaps shortsighted to go at the end of the workweek, heading into a sunny...