Bernie Michalik
@berniemichalik.ca
Bernie is a father, runner, chief cook, bottlewasher, Cape Bretoner, & IT Architect working for IBM in Toronto.
It’s the time of the year when it is cold out but you also know it’s not even as cold as it will get
November 29, 2025 at 4:18 AM
It’s the time of the year when it is cold out but you also know it’s not even as cold as it will get
Love this sculpture on Yonge north of Eglinton in Toronto
November 8, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Love this sculpture on Yonge north of Eglinton in Toronto
If you were to ask me what IBM looked like when I started, it more or less looked like this: upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co...
November 5, 2025 at 4:27 PM
If you were to ask me what IBM looked like when I started, it more or less looked like this: upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co...
The writer of this piece is rather careful. But inside is this quote > Trump Said to Demand Justice Dept. Pay Him $230 Million for Past Cases www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/u...
October 21, 2025 at 9:32 PM
The writer of this piece is rather careful. But inside is this quote > Trump Said to Demand Justice Dept. Pay Him $230 Million for Past Cases www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/u...
My favourite story about this time was when the powerful foreign minister of Austria-Hungary made this flippant remark about Trotsky 👇🏻
October 21, 2025 at 5:43 PM
My favourite story about this time was when the powerful foreign minister of Austria-Hungary made this flippant remark about Trotsky 👇🏻
Nice relaxed Sunday today. Thanksgiving meal is tomorrow
October 12, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Nice relaxed Sunday today. Thanksgiving meal is tomorrow
Glad Malivoire still uses this varietal: not many do anymore though it used to be common in Canada. Really good too
October 11, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Glad Malivoire still uses this varietal: not many do anymore though it used to be common in Canada. Really good too
The moon she is big and bright
October 7, 2025 at 2:56 AM
The moon she is big and bright
Favorite dinner was here at Nora Gray.
September 28, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Favorite dinner was here at Nora Gray.
Lunch is going well
September 26, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Lunch is going well
Crew Collective coffee? Bien sur!
September 26, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Crew Collective coffee? Bien sur!
That’s a first: a QR code worn as a button. Also I am sure it wasn’t lost on the Trump team that Netanyahu is dressed like the American President.
September 26, 2025 at 2:46 PM
That’s a first: a QR code worn as a button. Also I am sure it wasn’t lost on the Trump team that Netanyahu is dressed like the American President.
I look forward to my via Caesar.
Mini vacation starts now…
Mini vacation starts now…
September 25, 2025 at 7:37 PM
I look forward to my via Caesar.
Mini vacation starts now…
Mini vacation starts now…
Very different takes on the future 👇🏻
September 8, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Very different takes on the future 👇🏻
Had to get a negroni because I couldn’t get a sazarac after the waitress said they had no bourbon. I can wait.
September 5, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Had to get a negroni because I couldn’t get a sazarac after the waitress said they had no bourbon. I can wait.
I think @daveweigel.bsky.social had a relative on TV with him tonight 😄
September 5, 2025 at 3:07 AM
I think @daveweigel.bsky.social had a relative on TV with him tonight 😄
One on the left for me, one on the right (tap water) for the wasps
September 1, 2025 at 9:00 PM
One on the left for me, one on the right (tap water) for the wasps
This is a fun game: trickle.so/apps/dodge
August 30, 2025 at 5:44 PM
This is a fun game: trickle.so/apps/dodge
Me: summer still has weeks to go…
Dollarama:
Dollarama:
August 26, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Me: summer still has weeks to go…
Dollarama:
Dollarama:
The funny thing about that AI slop about the 80s is that this is how I remember the 80s in NYC. Good times! Very different now. (I loved NY then but it was what it was)
August 25, 2025 at 10:26 PM
The funny thing about that AI slop about the 80s is that this is how I remember the 80s in NYC. Good times! Very different now. (I loved NY then but it was what it was)
Taught DD some of the secrets of risotto making, which aren’t all that secret.
August 25, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Taught DD some of the secrets of risotto making, which aren’t all that secret.
You need something great to read? Read Clive. You want something fun to do? Play Dodge This and beat my score :)
August 23, 2025 at 5:59 PM
You need something great to read? Read Clive. You want something fun to do? Play Dodge This and beat my score :)
I was taking a break 😊
August 22, 2025 at 3:59 PM
I was taking a break 😊