Ang Bergen
@angjbp.bsky.social
🇨🇦 Winnipeg bike rider, transit user, EV driver | Winter embracer | Book lover | Parent | Mennonite | Allied health professional (OT) | Farm-raised
I chose to live here, what’s your excuse?
I chose to live here, what’s your excuse?
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Ang Bergen
@angjbp.bsky.social
· Apr 14
I don’t spend ALL my time reading books. I also spend plenty of time browsing libraries and used book sales, reading book reviews, listening to podcasts about books, talking about books, and thinking about what book to read next. It’s really a diverse set of interests.
I’m not a big fan of having 2 people in my household born between Christmas and New Year’s, but there are a couple of perks: Their b-day gifts can be bought at Boxing Day prices and I don’t have to stress about shipping times for x-mas gifts—anything that comes late can just be a b-day gift!
December 13, 2025 at 4:21 PM
I’m not a big fan of having 2 people in my household born between Christmas and New Year’s, but there are a couple of perks: Their b-day gifts can be bought at Boxing Day prices and I don’t have to stress about shipping times for x-mas gifts—anything that comes late can just be a b-day gift!
Boooo, I was really hoping they would be keeping the roof. It would be such a cool feature for downtown and a memento of the past.
Cutting a street through Portage Place, Winnipeg’s downtown mall, is very cool to watch. The former central atrium roof will come down in the next couple weeks.
December 13, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Boooo, I was really hoping they would be keeping the roof. It would be such a cool feature for downtown and a memento of the past.
It’s moments like these when I am confronted with the complete and total sham it is to identify myself as an “adult”. I must have skipped the class where we covered washing instruction hieroglyphics.
December 12, 2025 at 6:51 PM
It’s moments like these when I am confronted with the complete and total sham it is to identify myself as an “adult”. I must have skipped the class where we covered washing instruction hieroglyphics.
There are few things more embarrassing than accidentally leaving out evidence of recent cleaning when guests come over. It is imperative to uphold the illusion that we were not dusting, sweeping wiping, and tidying moments before your arrival. We live this way all the time. @nathanwpyle.bsky.social
December 10, 2025 at 7:23 PM
There are few things more embarrassing than accidentally leaving out evidence of recent cleaning when guests come over. It is imperative to uphold the illusion that we were not dusting, sweeping wiping, and tidying moments before your arrival. We live this way all the time. @nathanwpyle.bsky.social
Waiting at the bus stop in frigid temperatures with teenagers (one of which is my own) makes me so thankful to be in my 40s. Fully freed from the embarrassment of bundling up, toasty warm in my ski pants and snow boots. I remember well the numb legs and toes of my youth and do not wish to return.
December 4, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Waiting at the bus stop in frigid temperatures with teenagers (one of which is my own) makes me so thankful to be in my 40s. Fully freed from the embarrassment of bundling up, toasty warm in my ski pants and snow boots. I remember well the numb legs and toes of my youth and do not wish to return.
Reposted by Ang Bergen
Nobody will remember:
- your salary
- how “busy you were”
- how many hours you worked
People will remember:
- that you went to Lawson's just before Christmas for garden rakes and hayseed and came home with TWENTY. POUNDS. OF BROWN. SUGAR.
- your salary
- how “busy you were”
- how many hours you worked
People will remember:
- that you went to Lawson's just before Christmas for garden rakes and hayseed and came home with TWENTY. POUNDS. OF BROWN. SUGAR.
December 3, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Nobody will remember:
- your salary
- how “busy you were”
- how many hours you worked
People will remember:
- that you went to Lawson's just before Christmas for garden rakes and hayseed and came home with TWENTY. POUNDS. OF BROWN. SUGAR.
- your salary
- how “busy you were”
- how many hours you worked
People will remember:
- that you went to Lawson's just before Christmas for garden rakes and hayseed and came home with TWENTY. POUNDS. OF BROWN. SUGAR.
Tie between “can you help me find a job?” and “so you’re basically a physiotherapist then, right?”.
What’s the worst question someone can ask after you tell them your profession? For linguists, it’s definitely “how many languages do you speak?”, but I’m curious what else is happening to the rest of y’all out there?!
December 2, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Tie between “can you help me find a job?” and “so you’re basically a physiotherapist then, right?”.
This is the time of year I find myself thinking, “I really thought my Big Parka was warmer than this”.
December 2, 2025 at 12:13 AM
This is the time of year I find myself thinking, “I really thought my Big Parka was warmer than this”.
It’s me.
I’m a heavy Libby user, but I always like to have a few purchased books on my Kobo just in case. I may have gone overboard in recent months.
I’m a heavy Libby user, but I always like to have a few purchased books on my Kobo just in case. I may have gone overboard in recent months.
I have reached the point in my obsessive book-buying journey that I'm looking through sales on Kobo and finding myself going "That one looks interesting...oh, I have that one already, I just have so many books I haven't read it yet. Okay, how about this...oh, I have this one too. And this one. Hmm."
December 1, 2025 at 7:10 PM
It’s me.
I’m a heavy Libby user, but I always like to have a few purchased books on my Kobo just in case. I may have gone overboard in recent months.
I’m a heavy Libby user, but I always like to have a few purchased books on my Kobo just in case. I may have gone overboard in recent months.
My algorithms are basically Jonathan Bailey fan pages and I’m not mad about it.
a man in a blue jacket is standing in front of a building .
ALT: a man in a blue jacket is standing in front of a building .
media.tenor.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:03 AM
My algorithms are basically Jonathan Bailey fan pages and I’m not mad about it.
I accidentally made soft ginger cookies instead of crispy ginger snaps and I’m so disappointed. I mean, I’ve still eaten like 12 of them, they’re not garbage, but still!
November 27, 2025 at 8:33 PM
I accidentally made soft ginger cookies instead of crispy ginger snaps and I’m so disappointed. I mean, I’ve still eaten like 12 of them, they’re not garbage, but still!
Just a reminder (mostly for myself) that you don’t HAVE to fill your cart to meet the free shipping threshold. I’m probably often much better off spending $10 on shipping than convincing myself there are other items that I also want/“need” from that store.
November 27, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Just a reminder (mostly for myself) that you don’t HAVE to fill your cart to meet the free shipping threshold. I’m probably often much better off spending $10 on shipping than convincing myself there are other items that I also want/“need” from that store.
I don’t think I’m going to be able to watch the movie Hamnet. That book wrecked me and had me bawling more than any book I’ve read in a long time.
November 27, 2025 at 3:53 PM
I don’t think I’m going to be able to watch the movie Hamnet. That book wrecked me and had me bawling more than any book I’ve read in a long time.
Woken up from my perfect Sunday afternoon nap by a Canada goose flyby. 😡 #canadianproblems
November 23, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Woken up from my perfect Sunday afternoon nap by a Canada goose flyby. 😡 #canadianproblems
I’ve never watched a Hallmark movie, but I love randomly coming across Christmassy scenes in Winnipeg while they are being filmed. The best was when I passed by like 20 Santas milling around the Exchange District in springtime.
I am such a sucker for all those hallmark holiday movies, I will watch every one I come across.
November 23, 2025 at 7:51 PM
I’ve never watched a Hallmark movie, but I love randomly coming across Christmassy scenes in Winnipeg while they are being filmed. The best was when I passed by like 20 Santas milling around the Exchange District in springtime.
I was proudly describing how I whipped up a delicious lentil sausage soup that used up most of the random leftovers in the fridge and the 13-yo helpfully cut in with, “you know, there’s an app that can do that.”
November 22, 2025 at 7:38 PM
I was proudly describing how I whipped up a delicious lentil sausage soup that used up most of the random leftovers in the fridge and the 13-yo helpfully cut in with, “you know, there’s an app that can do that.”
This could not be more accurate.
A not insignificant portion of the emotional labor of being a woman (in relationships or the workplace) involves figuring out a way to give instructions that are a) clear enough to prevent confusion or mistakes but b) not so minute and specific that the recipient feels micromanaged or infantilized.
November 20, 2025 at 5:40 PM
This could not be more accurate.
Top 10 board and card games:
Pandemic
Puerto Rico
Queendomino
Azul
Dominion
Catan
Eurorails
Star Realms
Bohnanza
Dutch Blitz
Pandemic
Puerto Rico
Queendomino
Azul
Dominion
Catan
Eurorails
Star Realms
Bohnanza
Dutch Blitz
board game enthusiasts of bluesky, what are your top 10 board games of all time
November 18, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Top 10 board and card games:
Pandemic
Puerto Rico
Queendomino
Azul
Dominion
Catan
Eurorails
Star Realms
Bohnanza
Dutch Blitz
Pandemic
Puerto Rico
Queendomino
Azul
Dominion
Catan
Eurorails
Star Realms
Bohnanza
Dutch Blitz
Me: How’s the dishwasher repair going?
Husband: Really great if you are someone who likes to handwash dishes and also who doesn’t care about gouges in the cabinets.
Me: Alright then, I’ll leave you to it 😬😬😬
Husband: Really great if you are someone who likes to handwash dishes and also who doesn’t care about gouges in the cabinets.
Me: Alright then, I’ll leave you to it 😬😬😬
November 15, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Me: How’s the dishwasher repair going?
Husband: Really great if you are someone who likes to handwash dishes and also who doesn’t care about gouges in the cabinets.
Me: Alright then, I’ll leave you to it 😬😬😬
Husband: Really great if you are someone who likes to handwash dishes and also who doesn’t care about gouges in the cabinets.
Me: Alright then, I’ll leave you to it 😬😬😬
Oh no. I have a flight on Sunday morning and I have already entered “waiting mode”. Welp, I guess tomorrow is a write-off.
November 14, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Oh no. I have a flight on Sunday morning and I have already entered “waiting mode”. Welp, I guess tomorrow is a write-off.
Got a pair of “Extreme” merino wool socks for each of my kids. The men’s and women’s versions should be identical other than size and colour options right? Nope, the women’s sock has a much thinner inside lining. Why????? Infuriating.
November 14, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Got a pair of “Extreme” merino wool socks for each of my kids. The men’s and women’s versions should be identical other than size and colour options right? Nope, the women’s sock has a much thinner inside lining. Why????? Infuriating.
I’m obsessed with the Hamilton bus hijacker. It is so absurdly funny that the passengers didn’t all immediately exit once they realized he was a not a bus driver.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Man who took Hamilton bus on joy ride 'did a great job' driving, left no dings, say police | CBC News
He made several stops along the way, allowing passengers to get on and off, police say. He was then arrested.
www.cbc.ca
November 13, 2025 at 8:45 PM
I’m obsessed with the Hamilton bus hijacker. It is so absurdly funny that the passengers didn’t all immediately exit once they realized he was a not a bus driver.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Who wants to join my support group for Mennonite Tesla owners? There are dozens of us! Dozens!* Mennos who turned against principles of frugality and simplicity to be early adopters of clean energy in the name of climate justice, only to be stuck with most embarrassing car in the church parking lot.
a man in a suit and tie is standing in front of a crowd of people .
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is standing in front of a crowd of people .
media.tenor.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Who wants to join my support group for Mennonite Tesla owners? There are dozens of us! Dozens!* Mennos who turned against principles of frugality and simplicity to be early adopters of clean energy in the name of climate justice, only to be stuck with most embarrassing car in the church parking lot.
It’s so embarrassing driving a car through downtown in rush hour. It’s almost comical how terrible it is. I hope my coworkers really appreciated the homemade cinnamon buns that necessitated the use of this inefficient giant metal/plastic box to ensure safe delivery.
November 12, 2025 at 11:39 PM
It’s so embarrassing driving a car through downtown in rush hour. It’s almost comical how terrible it is. I hope my coworkers really appreciated the homemade cinnamon buns that necessitated the use of this inefficient giant metal/plastic box to ensure safe delivery.