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Like me?

Posted in General, Personal, Politics, books on July 31, 2008 | Comments Off

OK, I know I said there would be nothing of substance today. I lied. Sorry.
I read Black Like Me the other day and, after spending two days digesting it and discussing the book, I feel like I can say a few things about it.
First: Holy nutsack.
Second: I [...]

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Pump up the Jam

Posted in Events on July 31, 2008 | 2 Comments »

No post of substance today. It was a very early morning, a weird afternoon and there’s a barista jam tonight. Oh yeah, the jam.
Discovery Coffee at 7pm.
8:00 pm, cupping competition starts
8:30 latte art smackdown (buy in)
9:00 spinning begins
Industry only.
It’s going to be a long night and I have an early morning ahead [...]

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How I Buy Books

Posted in General, What I'm Reading Now, books on July 30, 2008 | 9 Comments »

Apparently I get up too early. I had to wait for an hour in a touristy, overpriced cafe for my favorite bookstore to open. Surely I’m not the only one who needs to buy a copy of the Yiddish Policeman’s Union at seven thirty on a Wednesday morning, am I?
My book buying at Munro’s [...]

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Worth watching

Posted in Politics on July 29, 2008 | Comments Off

On schools and creativity.

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Swag and joints

Posted in General, Home, Karate, Personal, Publishing on July 29, 2008 | Comments Off

I spent all morning sorting out Tenth Man swag for giveaways (yay! Giveaways!) and trying to figure out how to make a chapbook and finally I have been forced to admit that three dimensional space and I just don’t get along. So I’m going to take my file down to a print place [...]

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Moving day

Posted in General on July 27, 2008 | Comments Off

Off to help a friend move house. And then to karate. And then to a birthday party. Big day today.

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Flailspaz

Posted in Events on July 25, 2008 | 2 Comments »

So I had a look over the panels I’m on for VCon and it looks like I’ll be a busy kitten that weekend. If you want to play the Where’s Tam Gone Now? game, here’s a handy guide to the weekend:
Friday
4th Floor Boardroom Writing [...]

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VCon

Posted in Events, News on July 24, 2008 | Comments Off

Just got the panel schedule for VCon. Am going to make a bit of dinner, have some blueberries and a cup of decaf (decaf!) and then get to the schedule. More later. Over and out.

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Crooked Little Vein

Posted in Fiction, General, Personal, What I'm Reading Now on July 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »

In January or February I noticed a friend of mine had Warren Ellis’s new book Crooked little Vein on his bookshelf. I’d heard great reviews of it and loved Transmetropolitan with a passion bordering or perversion so I asked if I could borrow CLV for a few days.
“I’ll need it back,” my friend said, [...]

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Waiting game

Posted in General, Home, Homemakery, Personal, Process, Publishing, Writing on July 22, 2008 | Comments Off

I sent a submission to a press in May and just heard that it’s closed to submissions because of a backlog, so rather than emailing to ask if there’s any news I think I’ll just sit on my hands. Just like I’m sitting on my hands waiting to hear back on a separate sub. [...]

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