Intergalactic Gazette on Top Funny List

I was pleasantly surprised to discover that my book is on the CBC book blog site’s top funny list.
http://www.cbc.ca/canadareads/2009/05/top_funny_books_long_list_1.html
It’s on there with so many great writers, I’m very honoured.
There are so many standouts (along with Douglas Adams and Terry Pratchett) if you haven’t read, The Confederacy of Dunces, give it a try. The main [...]

Scrooge-you

I’m watching yet another take on Dicken’s, A Christmas Carol. This one is a cross between Groundhog Day and Scrooged (though not as funny). I never get tired of these movies revisiting the concept of turning someone selfish into someone thoughtful.
You would think that a character as famous as Scrooge would eventually solve the [...]

It’s like I’m in the maze… and I know I am but… damnit, I just can’t find the &^%ing peanut butter!

Every day for the past month our new cleaning lady at work blocks off the women’s washroom at 5pm (1700). Every day for the past month at 5pm I walk to the washroom to brush my teeth and have to double back to wait for her to finish. I’m like lab test mouse ‘B’ – [...]

Fray

I just finished reading, Joss Whedon’s Fray (2003). The story propels the Slayer premise into the future, and in a visceral fashion. The writing is excellent as always, read Sugarshock (http://www.myspace.com/darkhorsepresents) if you haven’t already.
What I want to point out about Fray is the art work. Karl Moline has drawn such a great character that she [...]

Love Poem #5

My man is not a psychopath.  I’m completely giddy about this fact.
He doesn’t hide behind trees and jump out at me. He doesn’t cling and ring incessantly. His humour suits me just fine even when it isn’t the same as mine.
Though it drives him nuts, he lets me pull his hair and tickle his feet. [...]

zombie haiku

Limbs drop off die without a head
stinky too
Eat our garbage not us