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Touring the Nonsuch
My current WiP, Everything that Never Happened, is set mainly aboard a small 17th-century sailing vessel, a square-rigged ketch named the Mandalay. It's not a coincidence that it's a square-rigged ketch, just like the historical Nonsuch; ever since the first time I visited the Nonsuch gallery in the Manitoba Museum, I've been fascinated by the [...]
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Winter is pretty… sometimes.
Right now there's hoarfrost on everything.
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This morning came awful early
When my wife's alarm clock went off at 5:30 AM, she said to me, "When did you get in last night?" Me: "3:30." Her: "Yeah. I woke up at 2:30, and you weren't in yet. I thought, Those idiots*, and went back to sleep." Those idiots were me and my cow-orker Craig, and the reason [...]
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The jetpack theory
42. Jetpack Discovered in tom gauld's Flickr photostream. Tom Gauld has it right. 100% right, IMHO.
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Shiai '09
…or, Pat wears a suit. We held our annual judo tournament (or shiai, pronounced "shee-eye") on Saturday. We had about 60 competitors show up, in divisions from kids' all the way to seniors (senior being anyone older than 16). There were only nine referees, which meant that if you came to ref, you were working [...]
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The new car
The new car Discovered in Patrick Johanneson's Flickr photostream. Oh hey everyone, guess what — we got a new car!
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The movie deal (now with picture!)
EXTRY! EXTRY! Local writer sells story to King film-maker! Read all about it!
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Interesting, to say the least