In 2015, I started a WordPress blog with a warning: “I might be all over the place in terms of various topics, just like I do in person.” A year later, life got busy, and the blog went quiet for almost ten years.
This week, I moved everything over from the old WordPress site and reread it all. Two things jumped out. Some of those posts still apply today, which is a little tragic. Toronto traffic didn’t fix itself. And I’m still all over the place.
What’s changed? Pretty much everything else. I’ve got 30 years in IT now and still consulting. I read tarot professionally, at fairs and markets across Ontario and one-on-one. I produce podcasts through Dus Media: 4 shows, with another on the way. I’m organizing a psychic fair for 2027. I’m taking courses to sharpen my practice. The bag of old mixtapes I found back in 2016, which I put online, and mounds of CDs are still waiting to be transferred.
Yes, that’s a lot. Some days it’s juggling, some days it’s dropping balls. I really need to hire an assistant.
What hasn’t changed: I still have an opinion on almost everything, and I’m still more interested in pointing you in the right direction than pretending I have all the answers.
Some things I said back then have aged a little too well. In 2016 I wrote that streaming would replace downloading music.
Music and DJing – Past and Present Part 1
I love music. When I was growing up, any money I made or received went to buying records. At first it was 45s and as I got older, albums and 12 inch EPs. Technology changed and vinyl was a dying breed being replaced with CDs. Now CDs are on the verge of extinction after Apple introduced the iTunes store with digital downloads. In the next few years, str…
TV would go fully on-demand and come full circle, with us paying a few dollars a month to sit through commercials again.
The Future of Television
Starting March 1st, 2016, cable companies are mandated by the CRTC to offer Canadians a skinny television package for $25. Canadians are paying the highest rates for Television and Internet services in the world. Why is that? Why are the cable companies so reluctant to even advertise the new package? More importantly, what does the future of television …
Every streamer has an ad tier now. That February I noted Britain was showing its intent to leave the EU, four months before the Brexit vote, and that both US front-runners wanted to tear up trade deals and turn protectionist.
Global Recession Is Here
In recent months there have been some strong indicators that the world is heading or is in a global recession. Stock market crashes in China, declining shipments, cheap oil, and political uncertainty are all indicators that viewed separately may not be big news or worrisome, but when you put them together as a whole, it is time to start worrying about t…
A month later I wrote that globalization was ending. That robots would take over factory work, and that Canadians should start backing local and buying Made in Canada.
Globalization – End of an Era?
In my last post, I talked about some key indicators that showed we are in or heading towards a global recession. I ended the post stating that public opinion seems to shift towards getting governments to focus on the domestic economy. China is focusing inward on their growing domestic economy led by Western-style consumerism. Frontrunners of both US pol…
Ten years on, it's all front-page news. I didn’t get everything right: I called a global recession that year, and it never came.
The cards have their own track record. Before the 2025 federal election, I pulled spreads on Dusrupted for Canada and both leaders. Pierre Poilievre drew Planned Collapse, then lost his own seat. Mark Carney drew Uprising Rebellion, and Alberta is now openly talking about leaving.
Ten months later, I went back and checked every card.
The cards don’t decide anything, but sometimes they see it coming before the headlines do. It’s all in the archives if you want to check my work.
This is home base. Everything I do branches off from here, so this is where you’ll get the whole picture: the behind-the-scenes of trying to run all of it without losing my mind, what I’m learning along the way, and whatever else I can’t stop thinking about.
Here’s what you’ll find:
Mixes: my mixtapes from the late 80s and 90s, digitized from the original cassettes, plus the story of how a bedroom DJ ended up with tapes travelling across the country. The CD mixes will land here as I get through them.
Musings: politics, tech, media and city life. Some of it written ten years ago and still holding up.
Mysticism: tarot, astrology, numerology, spirit animals, and the things I can’t quite explain.
And if you’re here for one thing in particular, each part has its own home:
Dus Tarot: Tarotscopes every Friday, plus the Dus Tarot Podcast
Spirit of Business: tarot, astrology and numerology for business owners
The Tarot Talk Show: craft and honest shop-talk for tarot readers
Spirit of Dating: dating through a spiritual lens
Dusrupted: deeper takes on world events
Dus Media: the network behind all the shows, and what goes on behind the mic
Dus Consulting: practical IT for small businesses and professional offices
Dus Events: the psychic fair and other events as they’re announced
And coming soon, The Zen Architect Show, about managing the person holding the device.
Bear with me while these other publications get built out. Some are brand new and still finding their feet, so subscribe to the ones that catch your eye, and you'll hear from them as they come to life.
Until next time.
George