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Questionable!
Something just came to my attention, the sort of thing that I normally dismiss out-of-hand as being some Internet non-reality-based gimmick.In this case it is a tool called "Goodsearch." It's a search engine just as grabby as Google or Yahoo (in fact...
Hey, Parrot! What Are You Doing For the Next 50 Years?
Parrots are not meant to be pets. Oh sweet Italian Jesus, why don't more people understand this simple concept?!Birds are intelligent & sensitive creatures with very specific needs: dietary, social, and environmental. They need pals. They need de...
Summer in the City! Or: Pictures > Words When I Am Hot & Crabby.
False Creek is decidedly brown this summer. Don't forget your swimming armour!Construction for the new Skytrain track just goes on and on and fricking well on. Cambie Street businesses have mostly blown away like tumbleweeds over the past 2 years. If...
Happy Birthday, Canada. You Know I Love Ya Honey. We'll Go on That Holiday One Day. Real Soon!
Hey, there's my girl!Happy Birthday Canada! Gorgeous as ever. What a lady!What. You think I forgot?Don't look at me like that. I busted my ass all day and I don't want to come home to your little looks!You think I like going in on a stat? In a rounda...
3-Day Novel, or: I can write superfriggin long posts if I want! Zut alors for you.
In olden times -- 2001, to be exact -- when I could focus my enthusiasm with more vehemence than it seems I can manage lately, I participated in the Anvil Press 3 Day Novel Competition, infamous in some circles (Canadian writerly ones).After the dre...
