The engine revved as my ancient Civic struggled up the airport end of the Arthur Lang bridge, the worn-out valves popping and clattering not unlike the sound of a coffee grinder in a vain attempt to keep up with traffic. I tried not to notice the newer, healthy cars surging past me and the dirty [...]
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Is the recession reaching the metaverse? For many talented individuals at Linden Lab, that would be a certainty. Today Linden Lab announced that it is “reorganizing”, which results in thirty percent of Lindens losing their jobs.
In human terms, this means somewhere around a hundred bright and talented people suddenly unemployed in a time when finding [...]
Dear bald chef at Steveston Pizza,
You were right. The salmon pizza (“Mist”) was freakin’ amazing. Thanks for the recommendation.
Everyone else: if you’re anywhere near Steveston Pizza, stop dithering and pick up the phone to order something awesome.
Cubey
(Edit: Let me interrupt this pizza-eating session to point out: this is REAL frickin’ crab on my pizza. Real [...]
I’m not sure why I watched Riverworld all the way through, but I did. Tamoh Penikett gave another solid performance, though I have to say his character is pretty much the same as in BSG and Dollhouse. Mark Deklin was entertaining as Samuel Clemens, and I was pleasantly surprised to see a former classmate — [...]
Unexplained shadow… a ghost caught on camera?
Posted: 31st October 2009 by Cubey in Entertainment, RLAfter hearing sounds coming from an empty room upstairs for a couple of nights running, I decided to set up my night-vision cam in hopes of catching it. Maybe an animal was getting in through the fireplace, I thought. Instead I captured something inexplicable. Keep your eye on the shadows just behind the arm chair. [...]
Sometimes strange memories surface randomly of my days studying theatre at the University of BC. Such as climbing onto the roof during a cast party and not noticing that I’d planted my foot firmly in the centre of a ham and pineapple pizza because I was startled by the party-goers relieving themselves over the edge [...]
There was blood. There was sweat. There were tears. There was even a little bit of pee. Yes, those were all things that my protagonists experienced on my plot-holed road to the story’s conclusion. I, on the other hand, experienced mostly just sweat from the anxiety of wondering if I would make it in time. [...]
It turns out that writing a novel — even a really bad one — is hard work. Here on the fourteenth day of this ordeal, with only 11 days to go, I’m solidly into the second half. At 28,404 words, tomorrow I should reach the three-fifths mark. I tell you, it’s slow going, now that [...]
So here at the one-week mark of this folly, words seem to be flowing more easily as the story begins to clarify in my mind. I can’t believe I’m actually past the one-third milestone — edging inexorably towards 20k, in fact.
Although I’m grateful for the focus that I’ve achieved this week, it does come with [...]