Light blogging alert!

I spent the day driving to Calgary, where I now am. No photo of the day for that reason. I don’t know how much blogging I’ll be doing this week, though I might post some photos. There might be more this weekend from Con-Version, the annual Calgary science fiction convention I’ve attended for years. Or …

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Photo of the Day: The Fire Show at the Saskatchewan Science Centre

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Emeril kicks it up a notch…all the way to orbit

During the year my wife spent at home on maternity leave, she and I watched a lot of The Food Network…something we’ve continued to do, at least whenever we can convince our daughter to let us change the channel from Treehouse. Our favorite program was Emeril Live! And although we haven’t watched him regularly for …

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Punctuation counts!

The Globe and Mail has proof: “A grammatical blunder may force Rogers Communications Inc. to pay an extra $2.13-million to use utility poles in the Maritimes after the placement of a comma in a contract permitted the deal’s cancellation.” (Via Robert J. Sawyer.)

Photo of the Day: Bright Leaves

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SF Canada website updated

I updated the SF Canada website that I maintain (as administrative assistant for the organization, which is Canada’s professional association of speculative fiction writers) today–at long last; it should have been updated April 1. However, I got around that by unilaterally declaring the last update (which itself was late, having been done at the beginning …

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Spock (the Vulcan, not the doctor) was right!

The headline: “Irrational Decisions Driven By Emotions.” Fascinating.

Emeril kicks it up a notch…

…all the way to orbit.

Photo of the Day: Sliding on a Rainbow

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Artwork that changes to suit your mood…

…has been developed by a US/UK team. Personally, I’d rather have artwork that sets a mood than simply reinforces my current one. Artwork that changes to brighter colours when I’m happy and darker colours when I’m upset seems rather narcissistic to me.

The fault lies not in our stars, but in our cats

So says this story: “Cat parasite may affect cultural traits in human populations.

Photo of the Day: Through a Glass, Wetly

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