Saturday, June 28, 2008

Just One More Beer With Dad

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Today was my Dad's birthday. He died in 2003, but he would have been 71 today. So this evening after supper, I cracked open one of the ...
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A Novel Idea

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Today's Hamilton Spectator features a full page splash of related articles that I produced for books editor Rob Howard. (Okay, I stretc...
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Thursday, June 26, 2008

HNT - CRAMing

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I spent three days this week with a group of other campus bookstores and student representatives from across Canada. We were meeting as a c...
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Monday, June 23, 2008

Seven Words I Don't Want To Say

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George Carlin died on Sunday June 22nd. Seven words I didn't want to say. Anyone who is even remotely familiar with Carlin's work ha...
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Thursday, June 19, 2008

HNT - Fire Station

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And here's another sign that when spring and summer comes, I get even busier doing fun family things and spend less time blogging. (It m...
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Thursday, June 12, 2008

HNT - Beginnings and Endings

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As I've said before, I'm a very lucky guy to work in the book industry. Every single day I am surrounded by something I am very pas...
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Friday, June 06, 2008

Da Count - Hamilton Wingfest

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Last weekend Francine and Alexander and I headed out of town for a few days -- we went up north to give my Mom a hand with some yard work th...
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Thursday, June 05, 2008

HNT - Daddio

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Last week while trying to get my attention, Alexander called me Daddio. I'd mentioned about a year ago that he stopped calling me Daddy ...
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Friday, May 30, 2008

Da Count - october road

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One of the very few things you can count on is this: if Francine and I really start to enjoy what we feel is a quality television program w...
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Thursday, May 29, 2008

HNT - Fran & Mark

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I only have time this week for a quick pic from my digital picture archives. This one is a picture I took of Francine and myself using my P...
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Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Not THIS Boy's Best Friend

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Shreddies cereal recently launched a new campaign in which they released their new " Diamond Shreddies " -- it's a really cute...
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Monday, May 26, 2008

Need You Like I've Never Done Before

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For those of you quick on your lyrical feet, you might recognize the title of this post from the Beatles song - Help! This past weekend, a...
Saturday, May 24, 2008

Well I Didn't Vote For You!

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I didn't make it to the next round on AM900 CHML's Talk Show Idol . I lost in what was very likely a tight race to the lovely Karen...
Friday, May 23, 2008

Da Count - Building Brick

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I'm currently at the bi-annual CCRA meeting today and tomorrow. These meetings switch between the "East" and "West"...
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Thursday, May 22, 2008

HNT - Audible To The Naked Ear

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I was quite pleased to receive my subscription copy of Canadian Bookseller magazine today, particularly since this issue (Volume 2 - 2008) ...
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Wednesday, May 21, 2008

How Stella Got Her Growl Back

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Yesterday, Francine and I took Alexander to see a live stage show featuring Diego from the popular Go, Diego, Go cartoon. Diego Marquez is...
Tuesday, May 20, 2008

That Wasn't Really Ten Minutes Just Then

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On Friday May 16th I was in the AM900 CHML studio for my ten minutes on air as part of the CHML Talk Show Idol contest. I brought with me...
Sunday, May 18, 2008

Another Brick In The Wall

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It's like a Bart Simpson dream come true -- a giant steel claw smashing down the walls of the local public school. But I wasn't lau...
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Friday, May 16, 2008

CHML Talk Show Idol - Today at 2:00 PM

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Today is the day in this first round of AM 900 CHML's Talk Show Idol where I get to be in the studio and required to fill 10 minutes of...
Wednesday, May 14, 2008

HNT - Third Anniversary

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This week Osbasso , creator of HNT (Half-Nekkid Thursday) celebrates 3 years of leading bloggers around the world in getting nekkid every we...
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