Pennyland School

I was thinking recently about how drastically the cannabis landscape has changed over the last, I don't know, maybe five or six years. It’s actually quite jarring if you stop and really look at it. I remember a time when the only real decision you had to make was whether you wanted to buy whatever questionable bag of flower your friend's older brother had, or just go without. There were no real choices. But now, the industry has become so… scientific, I suppose. You walk into a dispensary, or more likely, you just open up a browser tab, and you are immediately bombarded with these incredibly complex, highly refined products.…

I was staring at the living room wall the other day. It’s funny how you can live in a house for years, walking past the same hallway every single morning, and then suddenly you stop and realize that the paint is just… looking incredibly tired. There are scuff marks from where the vacuum cleaner hits the baseboards, and maybe a weird faded patch near the window. I think it happens to all of us eventually. You end up watching one of those home renovation shows on a Sunday afternoon, and they make it look so ridiculously easy, don't they? They just roll on a fresh coat of some trendy neutral…

I was looking at some photos the other day from when my first was just a few months old. It’s actually quite strange how your brain just completely edits out the sheer exhaustion of that period. I remember sitting on the living room rug, staring at this tiny human, and just feeling this overwhelming sense of… well, panic, I suppose. You read all the books before they arrive, and you think you have a plan. But then the reality sets in that you have to somehow fill twelve hours of awake time, every single day, with someone who can't even hold their own head up yet. It is a very…

It is actually kind of wild how much the whole concept of "wellness" has completely morphed over the last, I don't know, maybe five or six years? I remember when being health-conscious just meant trying to drink eight glasses of water a day and occasionally forcing yourself to eat a salad. Now, though… you look around and the options are just staggering. I was browsing online the other night, just sort of going down a late-night rabbit hole, and it struck me how refined everything has become. It used to be that alternative lifestyle products were, well, a bit sketchy. You'd go into a brightly lit, terrible-smelling shop with neon…

I was driving around the other day—well, mostly just sitting in traffic, if I'm being entirely honest—and I was just looking at the storefronts passing by. It’s actually sort of fascinating, I think, to consider how much the whole concept of a "smoke shop" has shifted over the last decade or so. The days of walking into a dimly lit, slightly dusty room with a few wooden shelves are mostly gone. Now, walking into a proper tobacco shop is almost like walking into… I don't know, a high-end electronics store mixed with a bizarre apothecary. It is bright, the walls are lined with hundreds of tiny, colorful boxes, and the…

It is a strange quirk of human nature, I think, how we somehow become completely blind to the things we see every single day. I was walking down the side passage of my house a few weeks ago, or maybe it was last month—the weeks sort of blur together lately. Anyway, I was walking past the garage and I suddenly stopped and really looked at the pile of stuff leaning against the brickwork. It was like I was seeing it for the first time, even though I walk past it every morning to put the bins out. There was an old radiator from when we had the bathroom redone. A…

I was looking at the housing market around Cannon Falls recently, and honestly, it’s just… a lot to process. The median price right now is hovering somewhere around $440,000, maybe a bit higher. Which, I mean, is a fairly balanced market compared to the absolute chaos of a few years ago, but still. It's a massive financial commitment. You save up for years, you finally get an accepted offer, and then you realize you are only halfway through the stressful part. Because immediately after the offer is accepted, the bank essentially demands that you protect their investment. Which makes sense, I suppose, from their perspective. But the process of trying…

I was invited to play in a charity golf scramble a few years ago. I am, to be completely honest, terrible at golf. I think I spent more time looking for my ball in the woods than actually swinging the club. But the thing that always fascinates me about these events isn't the golf itself, it's the bizarrely high stakes on the par-three holes. You drive up in your cart, and there's suddenly a sign offering a million dollars or a brand new luxury car if you manage to hit the ball directly into the cup from 165 yards away. It just seems like a massive financial risk for whoever…

I was staring at my screen the other day, just looking at the sheer volume of options for, well, everything. It's actually a bit paralyzing. You always think that buying things on the internet is supposed to be this ultimate convenience, but sometimes it just gives you a headache instead. I suppose the cannabis market is exactly like that right now. If you are sitting there at your desk wondering where to buy weed online in canada, you are instantly hit with dozens of open tabs. Every single canadian cannabis store online claims to be the absolute greatest, which, logically speaking, just can't be true. It makes you slightly cynical,…

서울이라는 도시, 특히 강남 한복판에서 바쁘게 지내다 보면… 뭐랄까, 가끔은 정말 숨이 턱 막힐 때가 있는 것 같아요. 저만 그렇게 느끼는 건 아닐 텐데, 매일 똑같은 출퇴근 지옥에 끝없는 업무 스트레스, 그리고 사람들과의 얽히고설킨 관계에서 오는 피로감. 이런 것들이 차곡차곡 쌓이다 보면 어느 순간 그냥 다 내려놓고 아무 생각 없이 쉬고 싶어지죠. 그럴 때 사람들은 참 각자의 다양한 방식으로 스트레스를 푸는 것 같습니다. 어떤 사람들은 땀을 흘리며 운동을 하기도 하고, 조용히 혼자 영화를 보기도 하죠. 하지만 가끔은… 그냥 누군가와 편하게 이야기하면서 시원한 술 한잔 기울이고 싶을 때가 분명히 있잖아요. 예전의 회식이나 모임 문화를 생각해 보면 참 시끄럽고 억지스러운 부분이 많았는데, 요즘은 확실히 프라이빗한 공간을 선호하는 경향이 강해진 것 같습니다. 시끄럽고…