A couple more recent Lynxcub quotes ( Read more... )

So, the Lynxcub and I saw a flyer for an event called the Walk to End Canine Cancer a while back, and the conversation went kind of like this:

Lynxcub: "What's that?"

Me: "It's a flyer for a walk to raise money to help save dogs with cancer, and help keep dogs from getting cancer. People sign up to go on a walk with their dog, and then they get ( Read more... )

DSL update: I talked to Bell's account department, and I still AM locked into the stupid contract - until May 2013. I explained that the DSL is not working well due to circumstances beyond my control (corroded phone lines) and asked if there was any way of getting out of it early under those circumstances. She asked her supervisor, but the answer ( Read more... )

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...And I have chocolate-orange shortbread baking in the oven - well, orange shortbread, anyway. The chocolate gets added after they come out. And a really, really random mix of Christmas music on, which includes everything from the Mediaeval Baebes and Loreena McKennit to various noisy punk and/or industrial manglings of Christmas carols, and ( Read more... )

optimystik is participating in a fundraising event tomorrow, the Global Mala 2010, in which people will do 108 sun salutations (a yoga routine) to raise money for Schools Without Borders's Safe Spaces project, for women in the slums of Nairobi, Kenya and Ramotswa, Botswana.

The event is taking place tomorrow, but there's still time to sponsor him! Donations ( Read more... )

T. Thorn Coyle wrote an interesting blog post a couple of days ago about that fundamentalist minister in the US who was threatening to hold a mass Qur'an burning on September 11 (which has since apparently been called off, or so the latest stories say, but I suppose we'll see tomorrow):
This Saturday, a certain Terry Jones plans to burn copies of ( Read more... )

For those who agree that the events of this past weekend deserve an independent public inquiry, there is a public rally tomorrow at Queen's Park, at 5:30pm:

Facebook event posting
CanadaParticipates.ca event posting

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1. optimystik is participating in a CN Tower climb for the World Wildlife Fund on April 15, and needs sponsors. The idea is to climb all the way up the zillion stairs in the CN Tower (1776 steps!) - and he's also trying to set a speed record. Most people take 30-40 minutes or more to do it - he's trying for less than 11 minutes. (Because he's insane like that. ( Read more... )

Well, assuming everyone who bid follows through, I'll have raised $195 for Médecins Sans Frontières via my help_haiti offerings. Two of the four winners (three for web services, one for a story) have already sent me their donation confirmations ( Read more... )