So - continuing on the medieval theme - I was trying to decide which modernization of "clerkes" I like: clerks or clerics. It's for a work of fantasy-fiction that steers quite close to the coast of the real Middle Ages. I settled on cleric ( Read more... )

Today and tomorrow are th main events politically. If Ignatieff doesn't chicken out, we'll have a new government this week, and we'll finally have an NDP coalition. Last time the NDP had the balance of power, we got many of the social programs that are now woven into progressive Canadians' view of the country ( Read more... )

I develop weird obsessions -- usually they don't last more than a week or so, but for awhile someting, almost always something obscure, obsesses me and I feel driven to find out all I can. The stranger and more obscure, the better ( Read more... )

So last night was a lovely birthday party at rougemacabre's, who was a marvellous hostess as always. The dinner was marvellous, and I had curry for the first time ( Read more... )

It looks like we're going to have to cancel the game for tomorrow. montrealais just discovered a prior commitment, and we just can't play this next one without him there :(

The worst of my two exams is over. The test was really difficult, but I think I did well on two of the three essays, if slightly incoherent. There were only four of us in the room, including a friend of mine ( Read more... )

( A quick note to my D&D players )

So, in addition to being le Saint-Jean here in Quebec, it's Stonewall Day. Which is an event I've had mixed feelings about since I started reading up on queer history ( Read more... )

So, my room is gradually taking on the pre-move, zero-decoration-and-furniture allure of a crack addict's appartment. Except, of course, the computer wouldn't last two minutes in a crack addict's apartment ( Read more... )

So it's been a quiet day. Got a little editing done -- I may hit the one-quarter mark today -- and some packing done. The big move is a week from tomorrow.

We've been watching a sweet and silly anime called Princess Princess. It's about three 16-year-old boys at an all-boys school who are bribed by the student council into dressing up as girls ( Read more... )