Archive for September, 2008

The Vaike and Erich Rannu Fund for Writers of Speculative Literature

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

Here’s an announcement that writers will want to take a look at. Writers and editors Sandra Kasturi and Brett Savory have established the Vaike and Erich Rannu Fund for Writers of Speculative Literature in honour of the 30th wedding anniversary of Sandra’s mother and step-father, and their contributions to the arts and education both in Canada [...]

Ninja cat

Monday, September 22nd, 2008

Seriously too funny.

Tales from Matt Forbeck

Sunday, September 21st, 2008

Matt Forbeck writes on Storytellersunplugged.com about the cyclical nature of the freelance writer’s year — or at his freelance writer’s year. I haven’t been freelancing as long as Matt has (in fact I’ve just celebrated one year of it) but  I’ve been getting by so far on existing contracts and somewhat more seasonal copy/data flow [...]

If you were a Palin kid . . .

Tuesday, September 16th, 2008

Just in case you haven’t seen it already: the Sarah Palin baby name generator!
Throw up your results — I’m Chase Rooster Palin.

1986: The horror . . . the horror . . .

Friday, September 12th, 2008

Stumbled across today (yes, I know it’s someone’s blog post from August, it’s still new to me): images pulled from 1986 International Male catalogues.
Terrifying, isn’t it? Follow the links — if you dare!
Summer 1986 | Holiday 1986
(And in the interest of integrity, I’ll admit that yes, I did have shirts in this colour scheme in [...]