The front of a custom-made leather notebook folio. It is orange with black thread, and “MIKIE NOTES” embossed on it.

The back of a custom-made leather notebook folio. It is orange with black thread, and a quote reading “Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it” embossed on it, with my signature embossed just below it.

I made a thing, with some help from Jason at www.jableatherworks.com.

The Guardian, a statue of Bitchy the Hawk, guards the south-end at BMO Field in the Toronto FC home-opener on Saturday, March 15, 2025. A Canadian flag is framed in the background.

IN: Birds & Trees 🪶🌲 / OUT: Leap of Faith 🙏 #FieldNuts

Two Field Notes pocket notebooks sitting face down on a wooden desk. The first in the blue/white “Snowy Evening” edition, with a unique snowflake design on the cover, and a label marking the usage dates of 2025/01/23 – 2025/02/09. The second in the orange/green foil “Leap of Faith” Draplin Design Co. edition.

IN: Leap of Faith 🙏 / OUT: Snowy Evening ❄️ #FieldNuts

Due Dillagence - J Dilla Instrumental Mix John Doe. DJ Silk. Jay Dee. 1/2 of Jaylib. 1/3 of Slum Village. 1/3 of The Ummah. 1/11 of the Soulquarians. Detroit's neglected son, and Los Angeles' conquering hero. His name was James Yancey, but h

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Viagra Boys - Man Made of Meat (Official Video) YouTube video by viagra boys

the boys are back, and they're made of meat. #shrimptech

Two Field Notes notebooks on my desk, the first being the Vintage edition with a wine red cover and gold ink, the second being the Snowy Evening edition with a dark blue cover and a one-of-a-kind snowflake on the front cover in white ink.

IN: Snowy Evening ❄️ / OUT: Vintage 🍷

The front of Pancer's Original Delicatessen, a neighbourhood favourite deli located in North York, Toronto, Ontario, on a snowy afternoon in January.

Organizing my Drawer with 3D Printing YouTube video by Scott Yu-Jan

thinking about buying a 3D printer for the sole purpose of organizing my desk drawers like Scott Yu-Jan.

Two Field Notes pocket notebooks sitting on my desk, the first in the beige/black Kraft edition with a “2024-08-08” label and a smiley face sticker with the Mankind mask, and the second in the burgundy/gold Vintage edition with a “2025-01-01” label.

Out: Kraft, In: Vintage

A screenshot from the 1995 film “La Haine”, featuring Saïd (Saïd Taghmaoui) rolling a joint in a bedroom with a poster of Bret “Hitman” Hart on the wall behind him.

A foggy night in Pickering, ON

fighting that post-Christmas primal urge to empty the rest of my bank account on stuff I absolutely do not need.

A glass display cabinet filled with Spider-Man Marvel Legends figures, including the majority of Spider-Man’s rogues gallery.

A glass display cabinet filled with Street Level Marvel Legends figures, including a large number of Daredevil figures.

literally can’t fit any more figures in here, but I’m really happy with how these Spider-Man/Street Level displays turned out!

A LEGO Creator Japan postcard model set, fully built on my desk. It features a red bridge, a. grey & white Japanese temple, a brown & pink cherry blossom tree, and Mount Fuji in the background.

This was such a fun little build, it's so cute! ☺️

I probably haven't played with LEGO in over 15 years, I'm amazed at all the new pieces they have now. And here I thought my action figure plastic addiction was under control (it's not). Itching for another set already...

A special edition Field Notes notebook, in a bright orange pattern with gold foil lettering, sitting atop 15 sharpies in orange, black, silver, gold, and turquoise on my desk.

stationery mail day courtesy my good friends at Draplin Design Co.