Mark Leslie's Blog

Mark Leslie is a writer, editor and bookseller who lives in Southern Ontario. In 2005, Mark joined the blogging bandwagon and started posting random thoughts and musings on writing, bookselling and being a father.

Tuesday, May 31, 2005

One Ring To . . . In The Darkness Bind Them

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I was recently informed by a fellow BookCrosser (follygirl), that she created a book ring for my book One Hand Screaming . A book ring is...
Saturday, May 28, 2005

Slow Down, You Move To Fast . . .

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. . . got to make the morning last. This morning one of Francine's friends, Karen came over - it's been a while since they've go...
Friday, May 27, 2005

Back In Black

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I like my classic ACDC - "Back in Black" isn't my favourite, although it's one of their better ones. I prefer "You Sh...
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Thursday, May 26, 2005

Attack of the Deranged Snowmen

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I finished reading Robert J. Sawyer's Mindscan in a matter of days. Yes, and I cheated too. Although it was my "in transit" ...
Wednesday, May 25, 2005

Mr. Mayer You Make Good Meat By-Products!

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After reading my last post, my buddy Peter Mitchell (who promises to start his own blog where he can be funny so I can create a link to it) ...
Tuesday, May 24, 2005

Ever Gone Hunting With A Bowl & Spoon?

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Whenever my son is over-tired or a little cranky (more so recently, since he's got a nasty cold right now), I often sing to him to keep ...
Monday, May 23, 2005

Some Kind of Wonderful

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Late Saturday afternoon, I popped over to Denninger's (one of Hamilton's best places to shop for outstanding food) to pick up some ...
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Sunday, May 22, 2005

Getting All (Fire)Worked Up!

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What is it with long weekends and fireworks? You can't go anywhere now on the days leading up to a summer long weekend without being bo...
Friday, May 20, 2005

KnowwhatImean? Nudge, nudge, wink, wink, say no more!

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My buddy Peter Mitchell, the globe-trotting freelance writer extraordinaire, recently forwarded me the following batch of text, which claims...
Thursday, May 19, 2005

May The Force Be With You

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". . . And Also With You." (okay, the response is derived from combining my Catholic upbringing with a love for science fiction, b...
Wednesday, May 18, 2005

McHappy Day

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Today was McHappy Day at McDonald's - which means that $1 from the sale of Big Macs or Happy Meals goes towards local children's ch...

The Curse of Great Books

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I've less than 100 pages to go in reading Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire - it's taken me a while to get to the fourth book in ...
Tuesday, May 17, 2005

Sticks and Stones

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I recently received an email from a fellow Levackian (or whatever term one might use to denote those fine folks who grew up in the town of L...

Stand Well Back Of The Yellow Platform Line

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One of the things I enjoyed the most about the Burlington GO Station (when I used to catch the train there regularly), is the small pond are...
Monday, May 16, 2005

Gory, Gory Transylvania

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On the afternoon/evening train ride home, I often sit on the GO train with a rowdy and fun group of folks, whom I was introduced by the infa...
Friday, May 13, 2005

Hot-Luck Cancelled

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Fran called with the bad news. She still wasn't feeling any better. I had to send a notice that the "Hot-Luck" for tonight was...

Paraskevidekatriaphobia

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For the past several years, Francine and I have been holding a "Hot-Luck" every Friday the 13th. It was decided after some fun co...
Thursday, May 12, 2005

Home Intrusion

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The phone rang this morning at about 1:30 AM. As I answered it, hearing my mother-in-law's voice, I flashed back to a few years ago when...
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Friday, May 06, 2005

Happy Birthday To Me!

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Francine kept reminding me that today was my birthday, but we've been so busy with running errands and doing stuff around the house (I r...
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Wednesday, May 04, 2005

Fabulous Fairy Tales

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Tomorrow is the day that "Fabulous Fairy Tales" is being performed at St. Peter's school in Milton. My brother in law's g...
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