John Hansen (suburbanerd)
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John Hansen (suburbanerd)
@suburbanerd.bsky.social
Middle aged dork in the Canadian Maritimes. Lefty Canadian, Star Trek nerd, fan of punk, hip hop, and country, erstwhile blogger, maker of pizza.

Occasionally seen in the Beaverton:

https://thebeaverton.com/author/johnhansen/

Saint John, NB/Menahqesk
Keep driving until you get to NB so you can the province’s only two lane covered bridge.
November 29, 2025 at 1:36 PM
The short buzz cut has always been cool to me ever since the Eurythmics.
November 29, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Also, my last bottle because beer in green bottles gets skunky and I forgot that.
November 29, 2025 at 12:12 PM
I’m surprised it hasn’t happened yet, tbh. Couldn’t some hacker pull ‘em off SharePoint or whatever, instead holding medical records for ransom.
November 29, 2025 at 12:11 PM
I’m seeing this on people’s LinkedIn avatars all the time. Dude, we know what you look like. I promise it’s fine to be old.
November 29, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Always fries with gravy in the Maritimes. Same as the North of England and Scotland where my sister-in-law convinced her local pub to add cheese curds.
November 29, 2025 at 12:00 PM
I don’t want to suggest we run with Saint John’s cultural elite but if you wanted to be where the mayor dropped in for her Festive Special, then you needed to be at the Swiss Chalet by the Best Buy tonight.
November 29, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Oh, where were we dining? Well, to quote Shad:

Not broke, not rich
Only chalet that we goin to is Swiss
November 29, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Seconding the recommendations for play tickets or dinner reservations. Or spa days. Something nice that they wouldn't do themselves. Or funny t-shirts.
November 28, 2025 at 6:32 PM
I would love to read an oral history of the making of that movie because I think the backstage stuff would have been bananas.
November 28, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I saw that movie here in SJ and the director brought the two stars to do a Q&A. It was cool seeing Gillies drive in on film.
November 28, 2025 at 2:56 PM
God, even Muzak had musicians who had to learn the songs.
November 28, 2025 at 1:46 PM