Back at New Year's tormenta observed that as a community, we seem to have one core observance of any occasion: we get together and eat and spend time with each other.

Now, I don't think she was complaining, and I sure don't think that sharing food and company is a bad way to do things, but there are other community and cultural activities that I want to ( Read more... )

I think anyone who works with kids, has kids, deals with neuroatypical kids or grownups, likes Mythbusters, or likes robots (or children who like robots) needs to read
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The Voice has left town, for very good reasons (i.e., if he hadn't decided to go back, I'd have kicked his butt from here to there myself-that kind of good reason). He's headed back to Edmonton, where he'll land in about four hours. We mostly held it together during the early-morning goodbyes, but then my Minion was nice to me when I reached the ( Read more... )

Thanksgiving weekend featured the dreaded family feast* (with the Gentleman in tow; the Voice sent chocolates and his regards), glow-in-the-dark bowling (at which the Gentlman was revealed to possess mad ninja bowling skillz), being tag-team comforted by the Gentleman and the Voice of His Generation ("Here," said the Gentleman, after hugging me and ( Read more... )

Several new people have, out of the blue, friended me, and I've returned the favour. In order to break the ice and give you a face to put with the flowery Z, I'm posting some of the pics people have sent me from my recent weekend in Vancouver plus a brief introductory questionnaire ( Read more... )

This is just a quick, mostly very prosaic update. I'm tired and headed for somnolence very shortly.

Those of you who are going to be in Toronto this weekend should consider dropping by the Spring Arts Fair at the Tarragon. It's free, and "promises an explosion of new play development activities including play readings, staged performances, and the ( Read more... )

I can't find Teresa Nielsen Hayden's advice regarding not naming your fantasy characters after Indian side dishes.

It's good advice.

But what about entire countries?

I'm lighting the black-cat beacon:

sabotabby: you need to visit courtly. I think someone from the red-diaper brigade should respond to Unions in a Nutshell. Interesting discussion might ensue.