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Toronto (a.k.a. Accordion City)

Still time to get Neal Stephenson tickets

There are still tickets for tonight’s Q&A session at The Music Hall with Neal Stephenson, author of geek must-reads such as Snow Crash, The Diamond Age, Cryptonomicon and his latest, Quicksilver. The Q&A is part of a reading series called “This is not a Reading Series”, which is organized by Pages, one of Accordion City’s best independent bookstores. It will be hosted by my friend Mark Askwith, producer for Space (Canada’s science fiction/fantasy/Roddenberry channel) and attended by yours truly.

Tickets are $5 in advance / $6 at the door. Doors open at 6:00 p.m., and the fun starts at 6:30.

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It Happened to Me

Five dollars’ worth of fun

Hallowe’en is just around the corner, which means that Devil’s pitchforks are readily available at a large number of convenience stores, drug stores, outlet malls or any other place that stocks cheaply-made plastic items manufactured in China. With a friendly crowd at your local watering hole, a little boozy camaraderie and a handy digital camera, you’re set for hours of fun. How many other five-dollar investments yield similarly amazing returns?

Photo: Joey deVilla pokes Meryle Cox with his Devil's pitchfork at Kickass Karaoke at the Bovine Sex Club.

Photo: Meryle Cox pokes Joey deVilla with his Devil's pitchfork at Kickass Karaoke at the Bovine Sex Club.

Meryle’s always up for silly fun. Thanks, Meryle!

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Geek

I always wondered how you went to the bathroom in those suits

Photo: Stormtroopers using urinals.

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Geek

Get thee to The Farm!

Ah, at last a geeky post. I am, after all, supposed to be some kind of computer-y programmer-y sort of guy. WIth a degree ‘n’ stuff, even!

This is one of my semi-regular annoucements that yes, there is a technical blog I write as part of my TC/DC (Technical Community Development Coordinator) responsibilities for Tucows. It’s called the The Farm: The Tucows Developers’ Hangout and it covers all kinds of things that the computer-y programmer-y sort of person would find useful (as well as being a one-stop source of OpenSRS material). Today’s entry has all kinds of goodies, including:

Go visit The Farm!

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Uncategorized

Anyone got a ten-foot pole?

The US Senate has passed a bill to ban partial-birth abortions. Expect heavy debate in the blogosphere — Deenster and Wendy have already voiced their opinions for the “It’s a sad day for the Freedom To Choose” side, while Mark and Amy are sounding off for the “It’s a victory against The Culture of Death” side.

I’m going to let my ten-foot pole stay in the rack for the time being.

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Toronto (a.k.a. Accordion City)

Quick reminders for citzens of Accordion City

Tonight: Kickass Karaoke at the Bovine Sex Club. The fun usually starts aroound ten-ish. Those who like to prepare ahead can check out the entire list of Kickass Karaoke songs (122K text list).

Tomorrow night: Neal Stephenson speaks at The Music Hall in a Pages Bookstore “This is Not a Reading Series” series event.

Friday night: White Cowbell Oklahoma, trashabilly rockers extraordinaire, perform at Lee’s Palace.

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Uncategorized

Happy blogiversary, mamamusings!

Liz “mamamusings” Lawley celebrates the first anniversary of her weblog, mamamusings, today:

One year.

Four hundred and thirty-nine entries.

One thousand, five hundred and forty-six comments. (Thanks for being the first, Joi!)

Over fourteen thousand page views per month.

An entire world of new friends and colleagues.

A changed life.

Who says blogs don’t matter?

Have a happy anniversary, Liz!

(And thanks for saying those incredibly nice things about my blog!)