Thursday, December 31, 2009

Two Out of Three Ain't Bad

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At the beginning of the year in Jan 2009, I resolved to do a few writing related things: And I quote: 1) Continue to keep between 3 and 5 s...
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HNT - Favourite Post of 2009

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The last HNT post of the year is typically reserved for re-posting your favourite from the past twelve months. I think my favourite is the p...
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Monday, December 28, 2009

Canadian SF Works Database

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For a few years now there has been a Wiki created and administered by Robert J. Sawyer and Marcel Gagné called the Canadian SF Works Datab...
Friday, December 25, 2009

Waiting For Santa

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As all the sleepyheads and restless dreamers of all ages wait for Santa to come . . . Merry Christmas to you and may peace, joy and happines...
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Thursday, December 24, 2009

Fun Christmas Song

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I've always loved the wonderful spoof of Porky Pig singing Blue Christmas. In fact, every time the Elvis version of the song comes on t...
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HNT - Three Wishes 2009

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Every year at Christmas time, Osbasso suggests a theme of giving for HNT. The "three wishes" theme suggests that you pick 3 other...
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Wednesday, December 23, 2009

BNC Guest Post

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I was recently invited by the wonderful Morgan Cowie from BookNet Canada to write a guest post doing a brief year in review for the Canadia...
Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Die Harder

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I've always felt that Die Hard was a great Christmas movie. What can I say? A smart alec Bruce Willis in peril on Christmas Eve shoot...

Solar Powered Christmas Lights

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On the weekend, Alexander and I pulled out a few more strings of Christmas lights and added them to the existing ones on our house (and on h...
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Monday, December 21, 2009

It Snowed

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Okay, so there's not much snow around here yet. But there's a song that has been getting a lot of airtime on local radio stations t...
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Saturday, December 19, 2009

Heads In The Sand

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I'm quite proud to be a bookseller, but I often shake my head at the simplistic nature that some of the top executives in my industry su...
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1000 Posts

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I just realized that this post will be number 1000. Kind of intimidating to note that such a high round number as pretty as 1000 could possi...
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Friday, December 18, 2009

Staying Within The Lines

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For the longest time, I always thought a notepad of blank sheets was always something that allowed more creative expression and freedom than...
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Thursday, December 17, 2009

HNT - Markie Brown Christmas Tree

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This is the fourth year for Osbasso (he who began the HNT blogger movement) to suggest a "Christmas Tree" theme for HNT, or Half-...
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Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Silly Christmas Lyric Meme: I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus

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A few years ago I started a silly Christmas lyric meme where I take a song that we hear countless times during the Christmas season and poin...
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Tuesday, December 15, 2009

The Long And Shortcover Of It

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After several days of speculation, humorous tweets and investigative bloggerism by such notable Canadian book and technology mavens as Mark ...
Monday, December 14, 2009

Two Good Gift Book Suggestions

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Last week the folks from the McMaster Daily News came into Titles Bookstore with a camera and asked what book I'd recommend for holiday...
Sunday, December 13, 2009

Social Gaffe

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Okay, I'll be the first to admit that I'm not very graceful in social settings, nor am I very good with names. It's true that t...
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Friday, December 11, 2009

Calculated Risk - BNC Tech Forum 2010

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I just registered for BookNet Canada 's annual BNC Technology Forum which takes place March 25, 2010. I have attended all of them up u...
Thursday, December 10, 2009

HNT - Marky Claus

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I've always liked dressing up, particularly in a Santa costume. (It might have something to do with the fact that Santa, like Spider-Ma...