the flying squirrel

I’m off to Ad Astra tonight. I’m mostly going to hang out with people. I like Ad Astra, though. I’ll probably drop in on a few readings and things. Also, it’s nice they have a webcomic guest, although I’ve never really read Schlock Mercenary. I’ve been meaning to write down my con schedule for ’08, [...]

Disclaimer: I’m breaking my “don’t talk about other people rule” somewhat here. Thing is, though, the more I think about this story, the more it makes me smile, so I’m going to tell it. I want to stumble across it again many years from now and I hope it’ll make me smile then too. I [...]

I’m heading home to Belleville for the weekend. I’m taking the train. Since my last train trip in December ran late, I was able to use that ticket stub to get a discount. If I was thinking about it, I probably would’ve gotten the train next week. Since it’s Easter and all. But my parents [...]

Who’s in charge of the Canadian Holiday calendar in Google Calendar? Someone really ought to tell them that Easter is a public holiday in Canada. St. Patrick’s Day is not. It’s more useful (to me, anyway) to know when I have days off than when I’m supposed to put green food colouring in beer.