Friday, September 29, 2006

Children's Literature: Snowmen At Night

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I was listening to a recent Writing Show podcast with artist Kalman Andrasofszky and was fascinated with the discussion of colour and ligh...
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Thursday, September 28, 2006

HNT - In Memory Of Rainy Pete

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The shock has subsided, but now the mystery burns on. RainyPete , fellow blogger, fellow HNTer and friend, has died a tragic death . Pete wa...
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Tuesday, September 26, 2006

Alex Catches Up

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I took Alexander to McDonalds this evening and the little guy melted my heart. He'd been watching me dip my french fries in ketchup for...
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Monday, September 25, 2006

It's Official. I'm A Nerd, Geek, Drooling Fan

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Francine and I just finished watching the premiere of Heroes on NBC. I loved it. I was like the thrill I got when I was younger and they in...
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Sunday, September 24, 2006

The Unseen

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Sometimes the scariest thing in a horror film are the things that are unseen, or implied. For example, the following clip, which is from a r...
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Thursday, September 21, 2006

HNT - Daddy's Finger

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Another busy week (and trying to fight off a cold, so it's early to bed and sleepy sleepy in the morning), so I'm pulling a photo ou...
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Wednesday, September 20, 2006

Handwashing 101

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Over the years I've resigned myself to the fact that occasionally, when in a public restroom, I'll witness a guy use the facilities ...
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Tuesday, September 19, 2006

Cialis Is Not For Everyone

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I can't help but giggle at some of the spam that makes its way into my inbox. While gmail has pretty decent spam filters, there's a...
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Monday, September 18, 2006

Mahnahmuhnah!

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I friend of mine from the west coast recently forwarded me a link to this video clip from The Muppet Show , which I haven't seen in year...
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Saturday, September 16, 2006

Gonna Make You Grove

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Last night during a trip back from the grocery store, I turned up the radio when Led Zepplin's " Black Dog " came on. Alexand...
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Friday, September 15, 2006

And Then There Were Three

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Today we start to strike the set of T-29, the temporary September Rush location for the 1st Year Arts & Humanities textbooks and amalgam...
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Thursday, September 14, 2006

HNT - What Are You Reading?

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This week I thought I'd do a little plug for the new science fiction anthology North of Infinity II , which is finally available in the ...
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Wednesday, September 13, 2006

Wash Cloth

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The other night, just as I was about to put Alexander in the bathtub, Francine was coming home from a visit at the hospital with her mother....
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Tuesday, September 12, 2006

And Nature Shows You The Way

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Yesterday was a long and tiring day at work -- another 12 hour day of hauling out boxes and skids of textbooks, cracking them open just in t...
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Monday, September 11, 2006

Remembering Raymond Meisenheimer

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2,996 is a tribute to the victims of 9/11. On September 11, 2006, 2,996 volunteer bloggers join together for a tribute to the victims of ...
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Saturday, September 09, 2006

Sometimes It's The Little Things

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Every Saturday Alexander and I enjoy a trip to the Terryberry Library, and on our way to the kids' section we usually swing by the ...
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Friday, September 08, 2006

First Chapter Contest Honorable Mention

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I recently received news that the first chapter for my novel Morning Son received honorable mention in The Writing Show 's First Chapte...
Thursday, September 07, 2006

HNT - Getting Hammered

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Since I've used HNT to talk about the character auction I was involved in to raise money for the Hamilton Literacy Council , I figured ...
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Wednesday, September 06, 2006

I Knew You Were Going To Read This

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Further advancing Rupert Sheldrake 's recent announcement of proof that telephone telepathy actually exists ( you think about a friend ...
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Monday, September 04, 2006

Extreme Vacuuming

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Alexander has always enjoyed the vacuum. Even when he was barely crawling, he would scream out in delight whenever we pulled the vacuum out....
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