Thursday, April 30, 2009

HNT - Nekkid Fores

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Last week was the tenth anniversary of Chapters.ca. A gathering was held last Friday night at The Charlotte Room in Toronto, one of the reg...
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Friday, April 24, 2009

It's Been Ten Long Years

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Wow - yesterday Chapters.ca (which was originally chaptersglobe.com, when Chaptes and The Globe & Mail launched a "book lovers...
Thursday, April 23, 2009

HNT - Sing Me A Rush Lullaby, Dad

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When Alexander was a baby, I used to sing different lullaby's to him -- of course, after a while, tiring of the same old standards, I wo...
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Tuesday, April 21, 2009

They Do It Right After They Roll Up The Sidewalks

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We spent this past weekend in Niagara Falls, NY. Francine and Alexander came along with me while I was attending EerieCon 11, a science-fic...
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Monday, April 20, 2009

Name Game

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I had a great time at EerieCon 11 this past weekend. Saturday was pretty full for me, from 10 AM until about 6, I was participating in eit...
Friday, April 17, 2009

EerieCon 11 This Weekend

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I'll be attending EerieCon 11 this weekend in Niagara Falls, NY. It's a fun con, celebrating science-fiction, fantasy and horror. ...
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Thursday, April 16, 2009

HNT - Dark Is Not Enough

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I've been reading the electronic version of Necrotic Tissue since it first came out in January 2008 and have quite enjoyed each issue. ...
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Wednesday, April 15, 2009

When Technology Fails

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There was an interesting article in The New York Times this past weekend that talked about how technology is making certain plot devices o...
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Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Writer's Block - A Serious Illness

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I found this embedded video on mb 's blog. It's an episode of Steve Patterson 's That's Not Debatable . Steve is the host ...
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Thursday, April 09, 2009

HNT - Inspired

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A week or so ago, Francine ran in Around The Bay , North America's oldest road race which takes place every spring right here in Hamilto...
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Wednesday, April 08, 2009

Not Pod-Fade Away

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A few years back, I started doing an experimental podcast that was a strange combination of snippets of my fiction and the "author note...
Tuesday, April 07, 2009

It's Like Being Back In Levack

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I recently saw this interesting video clip of Matthew Ingram ( Globe & Mail's Communities Editor ) talking about social media at a...
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Sunday, April 05, 2009

Don't Squeeze The Bacon

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What will they think of next? Well, why not squeezable bacon? Sounds good to me. Actually, part of me is disturbed and disgusted. The othe...
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Friday, April 03, 2009

It All Adds Up

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So this morning I opened my email to find a rejection from a publisher for a short story I'd submitted about a month and a half ago. Tha...
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Thursday, April 02, 2009

HNT - Scare Net

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And here's reason number 14 that I don't work in an environment that requires me to wear a hair net. I'm too damn freaky lookin...
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Wednesday, April 01, 2009

2nd Canadian Book Challenge - Update

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A while back, I joined the 2nd Canadian Book Challenge . The originator ( John Mutford ), challenged bloggers to read (and write about) 13 C...
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Monday, March 30, 2009

Zander And The Chocolate Factory

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The other night, I finally finished reading Charlie & The Chocolate Factory to Alexander. I fondly remember this book from my childhoo...
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Sunday, March 29, 2009

Halfway Around The Bay

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Francine just left to run in Around The Bay -- North America's oldest road race. She'll be doing a 15K relay with one of the friend...
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Thursday, March 26, 2009

HNT - The Boys Of Chorus

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Usually, whenever our family is getting ready to do something, poor Francine has to contend with the antics of a couple of four year old in ...
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Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Do Do Do Lookin' Out My Back Door

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. . . okay, I was looking out my back window, actually. This morning I got up early to do some writing. I've been working at another dr...
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