Update on recent events

I am waiting for a major piece of news which I should get before 8 PM. I’m not telling what it is, though those of you who are my Twitter or Facebook friends know already, but I still feel it would jinx things (yeah, I know) to write about it before it’s confirmed. [...]

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One square of chocolate

One square of chocolate
will make a Basset Hound go crazy.
Not die, not get sick,
just go crazy, and stay that way
for a little while.
So bear that in mind
next time you leave your purse
with one square of chocolate in it
on the floor.

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The economics of knitting

I haven’t posted for a day or two because I have ACTUALLY been busy.  Tuesday I taught almost all of my students in one afternoon/evening, because yesterday I sat my friend Jen Wardle’s art show.  Which I will be doing tomorrow, and for part of next week.
Sitting an art show means sitting in the gallery [...]

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Twitter: An actually helpful writing tool.

If you follow me on Twitter, you already know that I treat it more like an opportunity for random weirdness and very short-form poetry than a chance to tell the world what I ate for dinner.  All in good fun.  But just now it occured to me that Twitter is actually teaching me to write [...]

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Hound Party Manifesto

Yesterday evening I was walking the dogs and we past a local bar that seemed to be holding some kind of function.  It turned out to be a Green Party fundraiser/meeting.
Gus, while he doesn’t like the kind of parties that involve strangers coming to your house and making you stay up late, was taken by [...]

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The simple joys of dog ownership (Warning: Very, very disgusting)

I need to buy a new bike helmet.
If you want to know why, click through.  On second thoughts, don’t.  You really don’t want to know.  Trust me.

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Flame bait!

People, we need to increase the traffic around here.  It’s pathetic.  Since the “be really good and attract an audience through your writing, consistency of posting, and original thought” route is obviously off the table, I’m going to go with the “throw out a list of inflammatory statements and/or buzzwords and hope for the best”.
Come [...]

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Podcast podcast podcast!

Complaining with Kay, Episode 24.5, Literary Supplement: Lullaby for Gus.
In this episode:
- Melancholy Inventory
- Tie the knot tighter
- Lullaby for Gus
- You don’t have to put on a show.  You’re already my friend.
Link.

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The return!

I’m back!  We spent the weekend at Ben’s parents’ place on Howe Island.  The dogs had a great time, we ate and drank a lot, went on a long boat ride and got totally burned to a crisp.  (Seriously, I think I’m going to get wrinkles about ten years earlier than I would otherwise.)
Madeline got [...]

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Ben learns a new skill

I would like to embed this, but it’s not on Youtube yet and I don’t know how to embed Facebook videos. Here is a link to a video Ben made.
I have given up my flower-shaped webcam and suffered through the random yelling at the computer at 4 AM for this, so go watch the video.  [...]

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