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Geek & Sundry
As a geek in the Age of Geeks, every day there is some new nerdy thing offered up for my amusement. Links, images, movies, tv shows; the dork train is pulling out of the station and everyone is trying to get on board. A lot of it is bad, no denying. A small portion is…
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And We’re Back!
The last several weeks have seen me shuck off the last of my Seasonal Affective Disorder. With the coming of spring I make my transformation back to a being capable of maintaining focus and actually caring about things, and I look forward to the long period of productivity ahead of me. Especially on my beloved…
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Spider Robinson Needs Our Help
While many writers have given me ideas and inspiration, there are only a few authors that have shaped the way I think to any significant degree. Spider Robinson is one of those authors. Callahan’s Crosstime Saloon had the effect of jump-starting my emotional intelligence, and starting me to think about compassion in its many forms. …
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Humpday Links for February 15
Happy Post-VDay! Once again that foolishness is behind us for another year, and we can get on with important things…once you waste some time with these links. Priority Update: A good man and a great Canadian writer, Spider Robinson, needs our help. Take a moment to do what you can, and thank-you in advance. –…
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Public Displays of Nerdery (and where to find them)
There is nerdery afoot and aflight in the city of Edmonton! And you need to get out there and take part, lest your nerd cred atrophy over these long winter months. To forestall any nerd-cred shrinkage, why not take in some of these fine events: An Epic Valentine’s Day of Epic Epicness Join the Graphic…
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Update: The Year of the Con
Those of you in my inner circle (anyone who reads the blog even once) will know that I declared 2012 The Year of the Con. I am still on track to attend more cons this year than I have in years past. But as with many great plans, the exact details have changed since implementation;…
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Humpday Links for February 1
A new year, a new month, a new batch of humpday links. The symmetry surely do boggle the mind, don’t it? – Right after the Walking Dead premiere, you can watch the new Kevin Smith joint Comic Book Men. I am excited by it, my buddy Brendon is less so. Let’s see who’s right! –…
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A Love Reborn
Those of you that follow my activities with stalker-like verve (all of you, right?) will know that I recently took on a part-time job at a Friendly Local Comic Shop (rhymes with lizard, uh, blomics). They needed a till-monkey and I am a damn dirty till-APE, so it was a match made in dork heaven. …
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