Archive for March, 2004

The same thing we do every night, Pinky

Last night Jennifer and I successfully kicked off another key component of our "try to take over the world" strategy with Itch- The Reading Series. This month was essentially the "meet your hosts" edition of Itch, with Jennifer and I headlining. I read the first chapter of my second novel-in-progress, Free Evenings & Unlimited Weekends, [...]

It is because I have stood on the shoulders of giants…

God bless the Open Source movement. Along with Jason and Stewart, without whom this website would literally not exist, open source technologies like PHP and MySQL provide the back-bone for what you see her at PL. And, hopefully, I'll implement a brand-spanking new online store that is also open source. AND I prefer to typeset books [...]

Itch, the reading series

Live in Toronto? Can't for the life of you figure out what Sundays are for? (Other than church, of course, no disrespect to the Christians, yo.) Come out to Itch, the new reading series I'm launching with fellow writer Jennifer Amey, this Sunday at the Gladstone Hotel Art Bar. It's a monthly thing, it's [...]

Dear Gentle Reader

It's been said that March is "mad" or displays a certain "madness," if you will. What I plan to show over the course of a few short sentences is that any and everyone who uses this terminology is a damned liar. The little people who want you to believe that March (or any month, for [...]

Slow news day?

WooHoo! This week my head cold makes national news, as my essay is printed in the Globe & Mail.