I like cooking creatively, and I like using ChatGPT to guide me while I’m in the kitchen. It works, until it doesn’t. LLMs have a tendency to “glaze” you, and they’re sometimes not as smart as you think they are. Today I was hoping to make a lentil, pumpkin, and sweet potato soup after a…

Our local supermarket does a $5 sushi deal on Fridays. If that sounds too good to be true, you’re right. The last 24 hours have been largely spent tag teaming the toilet, with the anal gravy being served thin and fast. While we’re on the mend now, it was certainly a right off of Friday…

Last weekend the family did a long walk to a second hand book store. It was great, but what we discovered along the way was far more valuable. In a small store, next to our favourite ice creamery, is a fishmonger. Now, for my coastal pals, that might not seem like much a muchness, but…

Today was a mini-disaster. Our nanny, who is simply amazing, fell ill this morning, and wasn’t able to make it in. Kylene was away in NYC for work. June, Occi’s nanny share buddy, is recovering from a cold herself. Oh, and I needed to present to the C-Suite today about what our next three months…

Occi hasn’t always taken to water. She used to protest the bath, and often didn’t like to swim. That has changed the last month, which is great.

A word of advice: if you order groceries online, and you share an account with another person, always double check to see if they have put anything in the basket already. Signed, me with 60 eggs in the fridge right now.