Oh, Amazon. You sure do like your wildly inaccurate recommendations. Like this one:


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As I'm sure most of you know, there was a lot of talk about the possibility that we would be heading for a summer election. Ignatieff took the weekend to think about it and then decided to bargain with Harper to see if he could get some EI reforms passed in exchange for not forcing an election ( Read more... )

So last Saturday was the third Shock and Awe Dusk til Dawn grindhouse movie night at the Fox Theatre. I didn't go to the first ever in June of last year because I couldn't find anyone to go with. I did go to the second ever back in November after convincing Nathan to go even though he had to be somewhere at 9 AM. This time I once again failed to ( Read more... )

Back at Acadia, there was a United Baptist Church just between the edge of campus and the rest of downtown. As is often the case, this church had one of those signs where announcing the title of the upcoming sermon and other important (to the church) information ( Read more... )

So tonight was the series finale of Battlestar Galactica. My review will be up on IP sometime tomorrow but I thought I'd share it here now.

For those who don't feel like reading the full thing, here's a one word summary:
Boo-urns!

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So as I'm sure those of you living in Canada were already aware, the Governor General gave in to Harper's request to prorogue parliament ( Read more... )

I must say, I've really been loving the last few days in Canadian politics ( Read more... )

Just thought I'd post a quick update before I go to sleep. Just got in from the Nano event. It's getting very close to being 7 AM. I started the night with 9060 words and ended with 18295, meaning I just slightly more than doubled my previous total. Not a bad night at all. The new Christ PI novel is coming along really well. It's going to be tough ( Read more... )

As I write this, I am at Nano's overnight writing event for the month (Obviously I'm taking a little break from the actual writing to write this ( Read more... )

November 21st. That's how far I made it without having to hear any Christmas music this year. Nathan and I were on our way back from the gym, and the song on the radio was crap, so I started checking the other stations. I hit the number 5 and it was all "Silver and gold" and I was all "Nooo!" and hitting another button to change the station ( Read more... )