Category Archives: Announcements

The Curse of the Cyclops

Since Bitstrips has a cyclops available for use, I couldn’t resist joking about the one thing I know about a cyclops. There’s lots to play with at the Bitstrips site. I’m going to post a cartoon with that site’s help … Continue reading

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Polymath as Remedy

I hate novels about writing. I hate songs about music. I hate movies or television about Hollywood. I hate art that asks “what is art?” The first three of these were developed by me as a simple member of the … Continue reading

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Yer Favourites

This is my 200th post so today, I’m going to do a best posts of the year sort of thing. Yer Favourites is a title of a Tragically Hip collection I have. Hopefully the name is correct and I have … Continue reading

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Boxing Week is for Year in Review Stories

Happy blogiversary the second. That’s right, today’s post marks the conclusion of a 2nd full year of posting. Last year, I posted links to the most popular posts I made that year. This year I won’t do that. Why? Because … Continue reading

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About the New Banner

Many thanks to my sister Laurel for creating my new banner for this blog. She is very skilled in photo manipulation as evidenced by this banner and creates the best cards from her computer and many pictures she takes. For … Continue reading

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Anchored in Past Tense

The first thing I thought as I perused my sister Laurie’s draft of her novel Inconstant Moon was that it was unfortunately in present tense. ‘Why is this unfortunate?’ you might ask, and I would tell you that I immediately … Continue reading

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Santa Stakeout

I did indeed stakeout the neighbourhood last night, just like I said I would last post. I had a chair, paper and a pencil and that promised red light flashlight. Most of the time I stood, though, because the chair … Continue reading

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On Santa

Some years ago I traveled to Buffalo, New York with my Dad. While there, we went to a second hand shop. On the wall ( I forget if it was for sale or not) was an elaborate etching. I’ve crudely … Continue reading

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Happy Blogiversary

Today marks my first complete year of blogging. Like most bloggers I’m stat obsessed so let me share some with you. I’ve written 82 posts. That’s one a week for the first half of the year then all the way … Continue reading

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