What comes next

Summer came last night. Or rather I realized it was summer last night when, as we were leaving the pub, I did up my coat and when we stepped outside I realized it was far too warm to wear said coat home. Hooray for summer.
I’ve worked a lot the last few days, and [...]

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Yaaaay!

Tastespotting is back!

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‘Ning!

‘Ning all!
Tonight, I plan to cook spaghetti, watch some Hikaru no Go and then head out to the dojo. That means no writing today, or at least, not much. Also: work has started happening again. This is good (bills get paid) and bad (time is eaten up) but mostly neutral because work [...]

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Very very tired

Just a short update. The test went very well, lasted some three hours and was very, well, testing.
I passed, which is what I’d been hoping to do, so I think I’ll call this one a success, even though I wish I could have endured the kata segment better (more running will probably [...]

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Test tonight

Am off to my blue belt test in a few hours time. See some of you there!

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Ha ha ha!

Every time I say I’m not going to talk about it, I have to. I got a letter from my MP Denise Savoie today. Here’s the text:
June 24th, 2008
Thank you for voicing your concerns about the copyright bill, C-61. For the last two year the NDP has been warning the government not [...]

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Phew

Normalcy.
I posted a link to Tam Gets Her Fight On at the Fair Copyright for Canadians facebook page so that people could read the letter I got from Verner and Prentice. I got so many hits I couldn’t believe it. Hundred and hundreds of people came to read that letter.
Things are starting to [...]

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Pre Exam Limbo

Got my butt kicked in class last night. I think everyone took one in the kisser and it’s very likely that all of us came home bruised from the nerve strikes were were doing. Man, when you got ‘em, you got ‘em and when you don’t you can sit there and wiggle your [...]

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Titles I have Rejected

Ok, for some reason I can’t get serious about coming up with a good name for that last book. And so I present to you a list of titles I have rejected:
Titles with “Porn” in them:
Samurai Porn
Ninja Porn
Titles with “Handbook” in them:
The Mediocre Assassin’s Handbook
The Okatsu Assassin’s Handbook
The Good Men’s Handbook
Unclassifiable:
Hototogisu and Hyabusa
Good [...]

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42 Clicks and Counting

Wow. Holy crap. So, I said I’d share something with everyone if I got ten clicks on the Fair Copyright links. I got fourty two clicks just today and more are coming all the time.
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Everyone who cares, everyone who educated themselves, everyone who clicked, you’ve [...]

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