My world is falling apart. All the supports and structures that make up my worldview are shifting, sliding, collapsing. Listen: I have found a country album that I may buy. Now, to be fair, the band is Corb Lund and the Hurtin’ Albertans. Never heard of ‘em? Well, Corb was the bassist for the smalls, …
New short story (less than 1500 words)–Three Months and Two Days. I’ll be entering this in the Manitoba Writers’ Collective short fiction contest. If you have any comments, now’s the time; I have to have it postmarked no later than April 3rd. Oh yeah, you’ll need a password. Highlight to see it –> tommy . Later–The …
My first-ever Thursday Thirteen. Thirteen Things about Patrick Johanneson
As promised–photos of some of my b-day loot. This promises to be an interesting book. I’ve yet to read something by Ferguson that I dislike.
…dead. That’s right! I was born 33 years ago on the International Day for the Elimination of Racism (though I think it more likely that the IDFTEOR was born on my birthday) and World Poetry Day (ditto WPD — as above, so below). Loot photos later. Right now it’s about time for lunch.
Some food-related tidbits: I made banana loaf the other day, with chocolate chips in it. It’s half gone. Delicious. The Velvet Dip opened on Saturday. They have the smoothest soft-serve I’ve ever tasted, leagues above the stuff Dairy Queen provides. (Though, if I didn’t know about the Dip, I’d feel pretty stoked that the DQ …
Caught a bit of “Deal or No Deal” the other day. Is it just me, or is this one absent of even the hint of skill? As far as I can tell, the show’s a blend of greed, peer pressure, and game theory.
Doug tagged me with this one. Blame him. (Or praise him, whatever.)
It seems I have a great deal to learn about sailing ships in order to grant my NiP the desired degree of versimilitude. Good thing I have the Nonsuch book from 1970ish. It seems to have a wealth of detail. And where it may falter, Wikipedia can pick up the slack. Off to write and do …
Almost 1000 words today. Chapter 3 is begun. See the whole thing over here.