Sep27

Did you know that I can play darts?

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Did you know that I can play darts?

Saturday, 16-May-2026

Well, it turns out I can. Rather well, too, I guess?


Unfortunately, I don’t have any real interesting photos from the event – It was a friend’s birthday, and we’d headed to a spot called Flight Club downtown. A clean and fun evening of camaraderie and competition… Yeah, I’m not sure sure what to write about it. It was fun, it got us all out of the house and away from the anxiety and chaos of work (and looking for work), and… yeah.

Simple and easy, fun and exciting, good conversation and enjoyable competition.

Sep25

I think I saw Derren Brown

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I think I saw Derren Brown

Friday, 15-May-2026

I say “I think” because, let’s be real here – If you’re going to see a mentalist / illusionist, then who can really say what I actually saw?

Well.

I do have photos, so I’m pretty confident that I saw a stage, a dude on said stage, and the absolutely beautiful theater that the whole event was staged in. I saw showmanship, preparation, and misdirection. Lots of preparation. Probably quite a bit of cold reading too?

I don’t think I saw any audience plants, but I do expect that I saw some creative use of AI and big data – possibly the use of Facebook and other social media accounts?

I definitely saw myself writing this blog rather obtusely, in any case, in an attempt to avoid spoiling the show for anyone who happens to run across it ahead of seeing a similar show.

All I’ll say concretely is that this was a very lovely date night for Andrea and myself; The show was interesting, exciting, and very well done. I mean, seriously – incredible preparation and showmanship, I 100% recommend!