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.

Thursday, July 26, 2007

HNT - Curse of the Tall

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I'm a tall person. I'm used to whacking my head on things, the fact that things such as seats designed for normal people aren't...
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Monday, July 23, 2007

All About The Beer

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I've written before on this blog that it's often all about the beer for me. One of the joys of travelling for work for me is discov...
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Friday, July 20, 2007

Da Count - Changes Aren't Permanent, But Change Is

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This morning I listened to the new Rush album Snakes & Arrow s for the first time. My very first listen to the album was on my mp3 pla...
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Thursday, July 19, 2007

HNT - TiT - Desperately Seeking Susie

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Terror in Toyland (TiT) - An HNT Adventure by Mark Leslie Continued from this post Although Mark's first thought upon waking was that he...
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Wednesday, July 18, 2007

Earworms

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I have this bad habit of infecting other people with earworms. And here's the sad thing. I really enjoy it. Okay, before you get all gr...
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Monday, July 16, 2007

The Writing Show with Mark Leslie - Episode Five

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Episode 5 of the "Getting Published with Mark Leslie" reality show series on The Writing Show is now live. This is a series of i...
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Friday, July 13, 2007

Da Count - Hot Luck Friday the 13th Tradition

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For at least the past 6 years or so (I'll have to go back and try to look up when this actually started) Francine and I have been holdin...
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Thursday, July 12, 2007

HNT - Vacation Shots

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I'm off work this week, enjoying relaxing with Francine and Alexander. On Tuesday we spent the day at Port Dover (a fun beach day) and ...
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Wednesday, July 11, 2007

A Really Good Collaboration

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Michael Kelly , Carol Weekes and I are working on the final drafts of a collaboration story we decided to write exclusively for a group boo...
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Monday, July 09, 2007

No Penguins Were Hurt In The Writing of This Blog Post

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At work we'll be holding a "Hurt Penguin" sale starting July 23rd. I mean, after getting over the giant highs of the final H...
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Friday, July 06, 2007

Da Count - Counting Alexander

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Tomorrow my son will turn 3 years old. When he was born on the 7th month on the 7th at 7 pounds, people told us our lucky number is seven. ...
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Thursday, July 05, 2007

HNT - Stars & Leafs Forever

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This week I'm following orders from the HNTer-in-Chief, himself, Osbasso . He suggested a theme this week for our HNT pics to be patrio...
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Wednesday, July 04, 2007

Drooling At Commercials

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One of the books that I truly enjoy re-reading to Alexander is one written by Susan Heyboer O'Keefe and illustrated by Lynn Munsinger. ...
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Monday, July 02, 2007

Really Good Fake Ghost

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A buddy of mine sent me this link to a video clip. At first it appears to be a really good clip of proof of a ghost that is making the rock...
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Friday, June 29, 2007

Da Count - Dad

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Yesterday was my Dad's birthday. He would have been 70 years old. Unfortunately, he died in 2003. He bled to death in the recovery ro...
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Thursday, June 28, 2007

HNT - May The Bird Of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose

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On Monday I had surgery. Septioplasty and Bilateral Inferior Turbinectomy to be specific. (Gee, I can't believe how many times I'...
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Wednesday, June 27, 2007

Another Mystery Solved

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My buddy Steve sent this to me and I was quite delighted to finally learn the secret. How does the small arrow on your computer monitor work...
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Tuesday, June 26, 2007

Mom's Book Club

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A few days before Father's Day I was talking with my Mom on the phone -- she was quite excited about something that she bought me for Fa...
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Sunday, June 24, 2007

A Blow To The Face

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Tonight will be my last night living with a deviated nasal septum . That's because tomorrow morning I'm going to have a Septoplast...
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Thursday, June 21, 2007

HNT - Zombie

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I was delighted to commission my old bloggy pal Bsoholic , who is a brilliantly talented artist/image manipulator ( what do you call that co...
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