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[  Mood: Happy ][  Currently: Listening to CBC Radio ]Another in my installment of fun links. 700 Hobos Project This is based on John Hodgman’s book was The Areas of My Expertise, where he lists the 700 types of hobos. And if … Continue reading →

[  Mood: Distorted ][ Currently: Breastfeeding My Son ]I love mysteries, so I tend to read a lot of them. I stumbled across the title at Stop, You’re Killing Me! Ruby, a rabbi’s widow, is still burdened by the expectations of her … Continue reading →

[  Mood: Hypnotized ][ Currently: Breastfeeding My Son ]So Christmas is coming, and you are probably thinking "What should I get Ubalstecha?" Never fear, I have a suggestion. This: Yes, Black Canary Barbie. For a mere $40, you can bring a smile … Continue reading →

[  Mood: Amused ][  Currently: Listening to CBC Radio ]For many, many years I have been sending out a weekly list of wierd and wonderful links to friends and family. So when I saw Matthew Bey’s latest blog entry, I was inspired … Continue reading →

[  Mood: Cool ][  Currently: Listening to CBC Radio ] Aya is a fifteen year-old girl who is desperate to be famous. It is several years after the mind-rain, when Tally Youngblood freed the world from "Prettytime". Each city appears to have … Continue reading →

[  Mood: Distorted ][  Currently: Listening to CBC Radio ]So the city got hit with what could be termed as a perfect storm. * The bus drivers went on strike last night stopping our transit system cold. * A winter storm hit … Continue reading →

[  Mood: Happy ][  Currently: Listening to CBC Radio ] Brit Paul West is hired by a French firn to develop an authentic English tea house chain. He moves to Paris and finds himself almost immediately struggling to fit in to to … Continue reading →

[  Mood: Sleepy ][ Currently: Trying to read to my son, who likes to randomly flip pages,  ]Another port that I am expanding. Microserfs is a wonderful book from Michael Copeland, the wunderkind of Can Lit. It explores the lives a … Continue reading →

[  Mood: Amused ][  Currently: Listening to CBC Radio ]As I mentioned in our podcast taping last night, Canadian politics has suddenly gotten very exciting. We have a parliamentary system here in Canada, which means that the party who gets the most … Continue reading →

[  Mood: Amused ]So the Americans have just finished Thanksgiving and, along with us Canucks, are heading to Christmas. So we all might have a turkey or two in our future. So imagine my glee when I found this site. Now … Continue reading →