Jul 1st, 2009 | 16 Comments
Happy Canada Day, Jason Vorhees!
Happy Canada Day! Being Canadian, this day has some significance to me. I love Canada very much. My friend Lori posted this on her Facebook and I decided to steal it from her and share it with you because ... READ MORE ›
Apr 10th, 2009 | 21 Comments
i bless the rains down in africaaa
I got word from my editor the other day that Cracked Up to Be is on YALSA's 2010 list of nominees for Best Books for Young Adults! I'm chuffed, guys. CHUFFED!
So now that Cracked Up to Be is out there ... READ MORE ›
Oct 10th, 2008 | 15 Comments
teeny summers
So the other day I was sitting outside with my sister and I saw this:
It is a teeny frog! It was so cute. I have named it Teeny. I don't know where Teeny is anymore, though. Shortly after ... READ MORE ›
Mar 14th, 2008 | 4 Comments
doesn’t he have a country to run?
If there is a better way to spend my time than going through the CBC's website and recommending all the comments that basically say Stephen Harper is a tool while eating a tuna sandwich with crushed potato chips on it (AMAZING), I ... READ MORE ›
Oct 17th, 2007
take note, mr. harper
I was flipping through my copy of The Gospel According to Saint Pierre, which is a book of Pierre Trudeau quotes, and found this one:
Heckler in crowd: Why do you not go to Hollywood?
Pierre Trudeau: Well, I will go to ... READ MORE ›
Sep 19th, 2007 | 2 Comments
eyebrow waggle
I'm tired and I'm getting sick. That aside, I'm really really happy!
But tired. Which might have something to do with posting this at 4 am, I do not really know. I'm just hazarding a guess there. It's probably ... READ MORE ›
Sep 11th, 2007 | 4 Comments
please vote
The pamphlets came in the door today, but I'm not hearing a lot about this in the media and I find that really really alarming since it's a huge, important decision facing Ontarians right now and it scares me to think of ... READ MORE ›
Jul 1st, 2007
it’s cool to be canadian
Today Canada turns a spritely 140 years old. Happy Birthday, Canada! And Happy Canada Day to everyone!
It's definitely no secret to anyone who knows me how much I dig this country. It's a beautiful place and one of my ... READ MORE ›
Apr 25th, 2007 | 3 Comments
at the quinte hotel
I'm impatient and funny about poetry. I like writing poems, sometimes, but reading poetry is an entirely different matter. For some reason, poetry has the ability to bug the fuck out of me like nothing else. I can't explain ... READ MORE ›
Apr 16th, 2007
the seal hunt
On Saturday, June Callwood lost her fight with cancer. RIP.
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I read something that bugged me, so let's talk seal hunting. For all of those people who are interested in educating themselves about the Canada Seal Hunt before they decide whether ... READ MORE ›
