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Cake day: July 5th, 2023

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  • If it was standard time during the summer months, Montreal sunrise would be 4:05AM and sunset at 7:45PM in June.

    If Montreal remained in DST year round, sunrise would be at 8:30AM and set at 5:15PM in December.

    If we remained on standard time, we’d have sunrise at 4:35AM and sunset at 8PM in Toronto.

    If we had DST year round, sunrise would be 8:45AM and sunset would be at 5:40PM in Toronto.

    I think Standard time sucks in the summer. And while I’d love to have more sunlight in the afternoon in the winter, I recognize that having sunrise only by 8:30-8:45AM is detrimental.







  • Juggling might be in the same vein as bicycling, or swimming. Learn it and it’s really hard to unlearn it. Or maybe like tying your necktie or shoe laces. You learn it once with more focus and then periodically if recalled you retain it.

    Anecdotal, but I’ve learned how to flip the balisong over a couple days in my late teens at the cost of lots of cuts on my hand and fingers (more dramatic than it sounds really) without a guide. I haven’t had one in three decades, but I got my hands on one a year or two back and I was able to recall the motion and technique in only a couple tries without any cuts. Even today when I think about it, I can do the flick motion and my hand and wrist instinctively yearns for the weight of the cool steel.


  • I’ve watched the Man From Earth a couple times. Can only recommend.

    However it doesn’t fit your description. Oldman says that his memory is basically limited. Just like any mortal’s. Only the brightest, most impactful memories are retained and the rest is a blur. If you are forty plus, you barely have memories of your childhood today, unless you have recorded them as soon as you could and rehashed them frequently. Same for him. As such, he is constantly evolving with the world mentally (and physically apparently).