Thursday, December 25, 2008

HNT - Three Wishes 2008

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Every year at Christmas time, Osbasso suggests a theme of giving for HNT. The "three wishes" theme is one in which you're su...
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Thursday, December 18, 2008

HNT - Christmas Tree 2008

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For this week's HNT post (which, according to the master of HNT, Osbasso), the theme should be "Christmas Tree" with participa...
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Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Make Me Supper . . . Er, I Mean Super

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Besides porn, the internet was really invented so we could do silly things like play with applications like Make Me Super . It's goofy ...
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Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Espresso Book Machine on Hamilton at Noon

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I've had a lot of requests from folks who want to listen to the 10 minute interview I did with Robyn Foley of Hamilton's Talk820 r...
Monday, December 15, 2008

Christmas Vacation Remixed Trailer

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As one might be able to easily tell, I'm a huge fan of National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation . It's one of those movies I love ...
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Sunday, December 14, 2008

A Clark Griswold Style Attack

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Okay, it's not a scene that will get me a nomination for father of the year, and I'm not proud of it, but Francine and I couldn'...
Saturday, December 13, 2008

Books Make Great Gifts

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Books make great gifts. And I'm not just saying that because I'm an author and a bookseller. It's something I actually believe...
Thursday, December 11, 2008

Cool Contest To Win Horror

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Cutting Block Press and Dark Recesses Press have recently announced a contest where folks can win some cool prizes just by posting a com...

HNT - Hot Wing Sweat

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You can tell I'm running out of time to pose and snap for the weekly HNT when I go digging back several months. But I did take a series...
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Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Silly Christmas Lyric Meme: Silent Night

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A couple of years ago I started a silly Christmas lyric meme where I take a song that we hear countless times during the Christmas season an...
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Saturday, December 06, 2008

Find A Bookstore

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I'm not just saying this because I'm on the board of directors of Canadian Booksellers Association , but I really love the new look ...
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Thursday, December 04, 2008

HNT - Enter Niles Crane

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I was staying at a hotel in Toronto for a few days earlier this week at the latest CRAM ( Canadian Roundtable on Academic Materials ) A cou...
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Thursday, November 27, 2008

HNT - Almost A Rerun Post

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Lately, I've been busier than a one-legged man in a professional ass-kicking contest. Though in this case, the goal must be trying to k...
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Saturday, November 22, 2008

Shelf-Awareness Quotation Of The Day

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I thought it was neat that I made the "quotation of the day" in the daily e-mail newsletter from Shelf Awareness on Thursday Nov ...
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Thursday, November 20, 2008

HNT - Let There Be Books

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A good part of my days these past few weeks have been about the Espresso Book Machine and the wonder of being able to produce perfect bound...
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Tuesday, November 18, 2008

How Do I Explain This To A Four Year Old?

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Ever since we took down the Halloween decorations, my son has been repeatedly asking me to get out the Christmas decorations. He is so exci...
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Thursday, November 13, 2008

HNT - Speed Reading

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We haven't even put it into full operation yet (we're still learning how to use it, testing out different paper stocks and getting c...
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Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Lest We Forget - A Pittance Of Time

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I blogged about this last year , but some things definitely bear repeating - particularly when they capture your heart and make you pause to...
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Thursday, November 06, 2008

HNT - RIP Michael Crichton

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Not much to say on this Half-Nekkid Thursday except how sad I am to learn of the passing of the brilliant Michael Crichton earlier this wee...
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Monday, November 03, 2008

First You've Got To Last

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You can do a lot in a lifetime If you don't burn out too fast You can make the most of the distance But first you need endurance Fir...
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