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      Sweet Panic! at the Disco steampunkification of Victorian death practices. Nice song, too — and I want one of those hats! [Cool hat-tip to Tor.com]   Also, there’s this: It’s called a ‘Scold’s Bridle’ and was used to punish a gossiping or recalcitrant woman, beginning in the 1500s. This one, from theContinue reading “Steampunk Cool [and torture — not so much]…”

So, it’s a stormy Saturday, and I have two big jobs ahead of me this weekend — soon as I get out of bed. [What? You don’t sleep with your computer?] Instead, I think I’ll begin by sharing a Zombie Valentine, in time for you to link to it Monday — especially for those forContinue reading “A Zombie Valentine just for you…”

…in this beautiful place where — somehow —  the fates have granted leave for me to stay.     The evening murder began to gather just as the sky turned pink tonight, and I was stuck in traffic, giving me plenty of time to get a bunch of shots. A bit hard to see withContinue reading “A moment’s joy…”

… and the writer is behind in all things. Loads of interesting goings-on lately, though some ,of which I tried to document on my camera with the wonky memory card. But perhaps this is like the whole books vs movies argument — some things remain better unphotographed, clearer and more resonant in the mind’s eye.Continue reading “Rainy Sunday…”

Okay, since we are still experiencing some technical difficulties, here, for you my pretties, I present a little link love… First, may I direct you to BOOKS ON THE RADIO, the site run by the renowned and widely respected Sean Cranbury. In this latest post, Sean is making the case for turntable-to-digital technology, but forContinue reading “Link Love…”

After extensive discussion at yet another birthday celebration last night [this one catered by the generous Lee Edward Fodi, in one final blow-out for kc and James January], I’ve decided to attempt this again. And…I think it worked! This made-from scratch [well, except the bb gun] emergency zombie protection station brought to you by PeterContinue reading “Zombie Protection…”

Yikes…I miss a couple of days blogging and suddenly I have a tonne of stuff to talk about. Ah, well…will get to it over the next few days. Complicating this is that Firefox is crashing like mad on me tonight. Not sure my zombie shot will make it into this post. Coincidence…? I think not.Continue reading “Zombie Protection”

…has been pretty darned blissful, thank you very much. Lots of love from special people in my life. And as I type this, I find myself on one of the more beautiful of the Gulf Islands, enjoying a new adventure. Huge thanks to all who have shared the love with me this week…it’s the startContinue reading “Birthday week…”

Shortly before Christmas I mentored a couple of groups of teens through the CWC Winter Camp, held at Douglas College again this year. Always a fun event! This year we decided to rip the lid off the secret Faerie underbelly of the campus and the whole CWC organization, and the kids went out as intrepidContinue reading “Faerie News… and a new newsletter on the way”

Today is a binary sorta day — 01-01-11. Or 1/1/11, if you prefer. Started the day off by ringing in the new year with two of my best friends in a kind of geek-aholic frenzy. We played with Lee Edward Fodi’s new R2-D2 robot. Then, as I noted on twitter earlier, the geekfeast began withContinue reading “Here we go…”