Started trying to watch the NDP leadership debate and ended up flipping back and forth between the English and French videos. If I want to hear people's actual voices I basically have to watch it twice. The leaders debate for the federal election had a similar issue.

When doing some script writing I found it handy to give characters abbreviations that were easy to find and replace later rather than typing them out every time. I found one of the easiest tricks was simply to use two capital letters in a row.

The movie was well worth watching. There was a lot of fun dialogue, especially between the three room-mates, as well as the more serious Noir plot. (For anyone not familiar, Kanopy is free through many public libraries.)

So, the reason someone would go is because it is socially acceptable to scream and run away?

I believe the opening line is "Science Fiction Double Feature. . ."

Strong and free? I like my province how I like my coffee. . .

I have two bags of this kind in a different plaid pattern that I inherited, but had no idea about the history. The zippers are broken but I still use them along with ikea bags and other reusable bags for returnable beverage containers. Much better than garbage bags.

My grandmother kept my Dad's room in her idealized version of how he left it until she died age 100. Only child, and large house, but it was still kind of creepy.

I volunteer with my local NDP constituency association, and I have been thinking about this discussion since yesterday. It certainly seems to me that supporters are tired of constant requests for money, and want to do something.

It is also just a really good read which I would recommend to anyone. I hope de Gracia will have more books to come.

I found a lot of material, but had trouble putting it together so that I could imagine the overall situation on such an island on a particular day. This book was exactly what I was looking for, detailing the lives of penguins, seals, and researchers over the summer months.

This also fits with the fascination of things like art created by elephants. So much of the interest is because we feel the art connects us to the animal's experience of life.

Maybe a darker coloured variety of echinacea?

I am currently reading Samuel R Delaney and some of his sentences are stunning.

It is a very short little piece which I thought of as whimsically dystopian when I submitted it last September. A lot has happened since then, and I'm not sure if the story is more or less relevant now. If you take the time to read it, maybe let me know what you think.