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Very sad to hear that Jack Layton has died this morning.

I met him when the Teaching Assistants were on strike. It was 40 below with the windshield factor wind chill factor and he came and walked the picket line with us. Though other future leaders of federal parties were on the University faculty at the time, and expressed their solidarity with ( Read more... )

Last night I went and saw Coraline in 3D with reynardin and faunalia which we all really enjoyed. I remarked that a lot of love went into making that movie.

faunalia claimed that thoughts of spring are wrong, my maple tree is falsely optimistic to be budding- it will snow again, and lo, this morning there is snow. I'm blaming faunaliaSo "hope" as a theme has been theme co-opted ( Read more... )

Altered_mommy in Alberta has posted the completed 'chunky page' collaboration here. Initially she proposed to auction it off to raise money for the Canadian Cancer Society, but she thought that the end product would be more apt as inspiration for a cancer survivor. I'm pleased to be a part of this collaboration.