2007-05-14, 09:00 PM — go girly
It may be that reading this, you will think that Josh Lesnick is shamelessly pandering for people to link to his comic and share the love. That may be true, but I like to think he's having a genuine crisis of inspiration. It happens. I've been sucking on the writing lately, and at least my livelihood doesn't depend on it. I'd kind of like it to, but on the other hand I don't think I could handle the pressure so it's probably best that I keep it as my hobby.
I've really enjoyed reading Girly. I suggest you start from the beginning but it's totally up to you. It took me a moment or two to get used to Lesnick's drawing style, but I was hooked anyways. The sense of humour is right up my alley. Which is to say, completely whacked out and strange.
Anyhow. The hockey game is back on...
Oh, did I mention that Girly is not underage friendly? I probably should mention that. Not that I think anyone under the age of 18 reads bp here. But just in case.
2007-05-07, 08:32 AM — getting a little wild
This morning I heard a warbler in the back yard. This expands the list of birds I have seen in our amazing new backyard to this:
House sparrows, starlings, robins, crows, cardinals, blue jays, grackles, chickadees, juncos, chipping sparrows, song sparrows, flickers, a brown thrasher, and a black-throated green warbler.
It's not terribly long yet. But it's getting there, and there's some good stuff on that list. I am spending copious amounts of time out in the garden. My veggie garden is probably about half-finished, and hopefully by the end of today I will have planted the shallots and onions waiting for me in the garage. We bought a couple of native plants yesterday from the Native Plant Source at the Clay and Glass Gallery's "Green Garden Party" and I'll plant them today; tomorrow it's supposed to rain a little, I hope, so that would be good for the new plants.
2007-05-03, 06:21 PM — who bloody cares?
I don't always agree with Don Cherry. I respect him, though, in a strange way entirely reserved for Don Cherry. And I have to say, I think that he's got this particular issue neatly wrapped up. Don't our politicians have better things to worry about? Seriously, this kind of thing really pisses me off. And it looks like Doan didn't even say what they're fussing about. Someone got hold of a story and wanted a scapegoat and have blown it so out of proportion it makes everyone involved - except Doan himself - look like complete morons. I'm not saying that it was a nice thing to say, or appropriate. But from all the evidence, he didn't even say it. So it was a non-issue before it even got started.
There's other stuff to worry about. Global warming. Domestic violence. Obesity. Water quality. The fact that this is even on parliament's radar just blows my mind.