Malcolm's Ramblings

Blog

  • Next Novel Collaboration: Goodbye Sol

    My wife and I are starting to plan out our next collaboration, as we wrap up Second Class Supers. It will be a sci-fi character driven story. Here’s a quick summary: Two ships have been sent out into space, in hopes of earning the AU Prize, a four point two billion dollar multinational sponsored prize Read more

  • Lord of the Rings Day

    Once a year, just after Christmas but before New Year’s, Annie’s eldest brother hosts an event where family gets together and we watch the Lord of the Rings trilogy. It starts early in the day and goes on for more than twelve hours, thanks to the extended editions. There is a ton of food, just Read more

  • New Year, New Job: Director of Technology at Fortrus Financial

    Some of you might not have noticed, but in my Christmas Letter this year, I announced a change in my career. Just before Christmas, I had my last day at 10up. It was really hard to leave, and I’m not ashamed to say that I struggled with the decision. 10up is a great company, with Read more

  • Quick Christmas Recap

    The following post is really just a recap for me. I am working towards my goal of writing more about what happens in my life since I have such a poor memory. While in Kingston, Annie and I visited with my family, and had a great time. My aunt and cousin gave up their beds Read more

  • Full House for Christmas in Kingston

    Annie and I came to Kingston on Monday to be able to celebrate Christmas with my family. When planning, it looked as though we might have to get a hotel room, as the two houses in Kingston were already full. My Grandma and Mom having my brother, his wife and two children over, and my Read more

  • Second Class Supers is Complete

    It is almost done! I say that because we are still working on fulfilling the Kickstarter backer rewards, but the book itself is done! I still need to finish the hardcover version and get it printed and sent out to backers. You can purchase the eBook on Amazon.ca, and the softcover on Amazon.com. I am Read more

  • My Christmas Letter 2015

    What a year… I don’t have a ton of blog posts written over the last year to pull from, but that doesn’t mean it was uneventful. 2015 will be remembered as a very mixed emotion year. We started by moving from Georgetown to Guelph, heading “west” meant being able to afford a nicer place to Read more

  • The Loss of Lily

    On July 12th, I wrote a post entitled, The Potential of No Children, where I described how my wife and I were starting to give up hope that we would ever have children. She had been taking medication to increase our odds, and it wasn’t looking great. The next steps would cost us a not-so-insignificant Read more

  • Where is My Home?

    Growing up as a military brat meant moving every three or four years. As an adult, I moved to go to College, living with my grandmother. When she sold her house, I moved into an apartment with her. After college, I moved around trying to balance my career aspirations with my desire to remain close Read more

  • The Potential of No Children

    Many of those that read my blog also read my wife’s, and she has been posting pretty consistently about our fertility journey and her struggles with PCOS. If you haven’t had a chance to read any of it, please check out her blog: ananee.wordpress.com. I have been fairly quiet on this blog, not only about Read more

  • Does Creating Employment Really Matter?

    This post is a bit of a rant, and is a bit of a brain dump. You’ve been warned. I’ve been thinking about the changes we are experiencing in modern first-world countries especially. I have been keeping track of the basic income movement and I see a strange set of mental blockers in our culture Read more

  • One Year with Annie

    Yesterday, Annie and I had our one year anniversary. Being married to her for a year was pretty easy and it brought a lot of joy to my life. The only downside was that it passed so quickly but thankfully there are so many positive memories. We spent the morning relaxing as Annie was dealing Read more