...though in this case, I'm not talking about the band ( Read more... )

I'd wanted to stay out of the whole media frenzy relating to the Montreal College shooting, but the Sept. 18 blog-tracking column of the free Daily Metro News had an ending that left a bad taste in my mouth. So I fired off a letter, which I reprint here ( Read more... )

Now that the countdown to my cousin's wedding has begun in earnest, it does feel that way, sometimes. But thankfully, it hasn't been all work or errands -- I did, last night, go to the Celebration of the Dark Moon at the Media Club. Nice little place, seems off the beaten track for Tuesday. We still got an interesting mix of patrons, from the ( Read more... )

So, Saturday night was quite the party night for me. First, there was gypsydemon's sushi meet, in which a new film society was launched, campaigns were wrapped up, and new plots were hatched. Then his friend and voice-of-conscience Vanessa persuaded me to play laser tag in North Van with her and some of her friends. I haven't done any such gaming in years, ( Read more... )

So, after a fair bit of last-minute dashing around (due to the work schedule eating up a lot of opportune shopping time) and some careful beard cultivation, I unleashed Hannibal King, ex-vampire of Marvel Comics and the motion picture Blade: Trinity, out amongst the costumed revellers. And yes, though few got to see it, I even marked myself with ( Read more... )