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May 2008
. dear toronto, easing, and b5 .. serging, a plant question and graphic novels .. beamsville and life as we knew it .. cartoonists, herbs and serging .. cartoonist photonotronic sunday .. greeting cards and sergers .. serging ahead .. this cake is so delicious and moist .. technonerdboys, a curse as dark as gold, and virtual walks .
April 2008
. sergers and media survey .. hey, i won a serger! (what's a serger?) .. illustration friday: wrinkles .. zipper feet, sewing and b5 .. davevisit .. will write for chocolate .. sewingstuff and b5 updates .. a lack of sewing aptitude .. my first sewing project(s) .. cockroach love, letterpress cards, and poison ivy .. will write for chocolate .. these shoes are made for walking... .. glacial .. fko part 5: filk hall of fame .. fko part 4: the squirrels are taking over .. garmin forerunner and fko part 3 .. fko part 2: magic's in the air .. post-fko .. urban tapestry's 15th anniversary .. abnormal mammogram .. husqvarna .
March 2008
. weddings, fko and restaurants .. pampered .. illustration friday: pet peeves .. cash 'n guns .. reading addict .. "i didn't have time..." .. online video survey .. music and dim sum .. will write for chocolate updated .. game piece identification challenge .. comparison of make-your-own greeting card services: zazzle .. wwfc, gary gygax, and b5 .. a thank you letter, b5 and cookbooks .. before green gables .. power grid, gaming, and gaming comics .
February 2008
. 10 hours left to vote toronto onto the new monopoly board! .. managing e-mail and blog reading time: how do you do it? .. more board games...and star wars according to a 3-year-old .. b5, bedlam bards and a board game survey .. seven things .. lunar eclipse .. lunar eclipse survey .. snowdreams and filk circles .. happy family day! .. my first babylon five cartoon! and strumsticks .. love scam cartoon and music videos .. jeff! and the cottage trip... .. chocolate, snowbound toronto and ergonomic snow shovels .. deartoronto.com .. help put toronto onto the new monopoly board! .. secret club advice .. blush cards! .. the secret club .. happy birthday, jeff! .. tell me what you want, what you really really want .. snowjump .
January 2008
. squinky chocolate .. thank you, photo.net! .. greg mcmullan: 1963-2008 .. discovering the ditty bops - and seeking other music videos .. illustration friday: tales and legends .. scott adams songwriting experiment - and a song survey .. canadian blog awards, best of independent toronto awards .. will write for chocolate .. gafilk part 7 (final): people pics .. gafilk part 6: play it with moxie (and my bookmark experiments) .. gafilk highlights (part 5) .. the eyes have it .. gafilk part 4: peter beagle, tom smith, brian richardson .. gafilk part 3: the brobdingnagian bards .. gafilk report (part 2) .. gafilk (part 1) and a busted squirrel buster .. fontnerdgirl .. kit kats, painting and scrivener .. squirrel in my walls .. lutefisk and apple doughnuts .
December 2007
. celebrating new year's with mochi! .. lan parties and technonerdmonsters .. waiting for bilbo (part 2) .. happy holidays! .. gifts, mailing lists, and cuttlefish .. waiting for bilbo? .. christmas ornaments and free winter/holiday lj user icons! .. toronto snowstorm .. st. nicholas day package! .. morning rituals, dung beetles and vampire squirrels .. nixie clocks, bpnichol and little nightmares .. monster squirrels! .. cats, sleeping babies and painting .. ex-"weta guy" looking for facebook app testers .. meeting ryan couldrey .. our tree removal adventure .. mini-easels! .. national cartoonists society holiday party .
November 2007
. things i've learned about acrylics painting so far .. cute and vaguely creepy .. my new sumo bean bag chairs! .. seanan mcguire: stars fall home .. blogto, painting and homemade peanut butter cups .. seeking card distribution advice! .. flickring and my art on letterpress cards (!) .. breakfast with rai-an and wolfram .. weddings, pottery and painting .. music survey and acrylics .. artsytalk .. autumn, strangolapreti and nigel the humming cat .. mimi's nanowrimo pep song and more paintings .. david francey, etsy, and star trek movie auditions .. painting with acrylics .. royal agricultural winter fair (and a rawf cartoon) .. letter of the day .. blade runner final cut and updated chocolate .. kiva: making a difference .. comixtalk, my life in a nutshell, and alberta trip report (part 4) .. young writers, pottery and harps .. dainty finger sandwiches (alberta trip report, part 3) .. comixtalk, nanowrimo, and head-smashed-in (trip report part 2) .
October 2007
. halloween blather .. 10 things i love about my friend cathy .. looking for voice-over talent? .. filkcontinental, friends and chocolate .. good things .. survey for photographers (and non-photographers) .. shuriken diaries .. balticon, recording and songwriting .. autumn's the best season .. filkcontinental nostalgia .. balticon, rejection and cake .. new chocolate and a rejection .. urban tapestry invited to balticon as musical guests of honor! .. thanksgiving, lawrence schimel and the cybils .. the litter guy, uglies and the happy ending foundation hoax .. a culture of beauty .. dove's campaign for real beauty - and a survey for women .. virtual birthday party! .. birthdays, music and squirrels .
September 2007
. cibc run for the cure and word on the street .. yay, i finally have a properly formatted head! .. word on the street this sunday .. inkspot, inklings, inkspot.com and linking .. darth tater and little miss no-name .. rochester trip (part 3) .. rochester trip (part 2) .. rochester trip (part 1) .. ergonomic keyboard for pirates .. schoolhouse rock and facebook apps .. classmates.com and advice to my younger self .. sandwiches and pillow fights .. are you a font/typeface geek? .. getting out of debt: indebtnet.com .. facebook: graffiti comparison and a survey .. brining, figs and books .. will write for chocolate .. buffalovisit (part 2) .. buffalovisit .. camera innards & nerd jewelry .
August 2007
. chocolate, ice cream, sushi and cat faces .. pegasus award nomination .. motorcycle trips and assassin bugs .. levitating fire trucks .. hairspray and anniversaries .. movie theatre pet peeves .. the last original plot for a novel .. monsters, nanowrimo, sims and massages .. "selfish-time" and a survey .. astronomy pics with a dslr .. gaming pics .. engagements, friends and photos .. not like harry potter .. robotic squirrels are coming! run! .. new camera update .. transition .. 14 years of urban tapestry .. happy birthday, walter! .
July 2007
. hummingbird thoughts .. courting my muse .. drugs, curry and sharpie joy .. surfacing (and a mini-rant) .. how i'm feeling right now .. first national post colour photo credit! .. cha liu dim sum shop .. new camera! .. things you shouldn't say to a writer on a first date .. dark horse review in national post .. pho, guinness marmite, sigma 30/1.4 lenses .. less than art revamped! .. with joy .. will write for chocolate updated .. amaya review in national post .. looking for audiobook recommendations .. wetstock .
June 2007
. liam o'donnell, camera advice, and cartoon captions .. life is not a dress rehearsal .. paris hilton, raccoons and facebook apps .. raccoons, green bins, and birthdays .. will write for chocolate, grilling, and herbal teas .. nicholas kennedy, neighbourly bbq, relay for life .. post-relay: a personal account .. relay for life tonight! .. face transforming and facial recognition .. walking in the rain, my review in the national post .. my denis mcgrath interview on blogto .. wwfc, phantom of the opera, and blood ties news .. dust poets fangirl .. my first restaurant review up at blogto! .. heartfelt thanks, friends, and dust poets .. relay for life - please consider sponsoring me? .. peanut butter and strawberry jam (and worms) .. blood ties coming to canada .. the battle continues.... .. self-referential signs .. demon squirrels strike again! .
May 2007
. cora the adventure doll, tom smith & babylon five .. will write for chocolate and an interview with tanya huff .. the black art of letterpress .. hey, j.k.! .. friends, moo cards, pba filk documentary .. heather dale book launch at the renaissance cafe, toronto .. harry potter, dave huth and heather dale .. chocolate, friends and memories .. looking for norm brown .. betty and veronica .. ilike: a review .. will write for chocolate .. so when did i become a gardenfreak? .. adam selzer, handmade purses, and etsy.com .. the coolest clock in the world, best chocolate shop in toronto .. running through cemeteries .. herb-y goodness .. i'm glad i'm not a giraffe .. spechelle michelle .. praise for dentists and a question for gardeners .. don't ask me to draw a horse (part 2) .. blood ties .. internet radio: will it survive? .. throwing hatchets .
April 2007
. grits, backups, and macbook sudden shutdowns revisited .. cancel relationship?!? .. friends and books, plus macbook random shutdown woes .. slow cooking .. facebook vs myspace and other social networking sites .. and suddenly, it was spring .. sick .. chocolate deprivation and skullshakers .. four books .. stars fall home .. sitemeter follow-up .. sitemeter.com, spyware cookies, and bad pr .. a ragtag punitive fleet... .. review: e-dentity at the royal alex, toronto .. wow! women on writing interview .. guest blogger and more fko highlights (part 4) .. april fool's! .
March 2007
. toronto's pomegranate restaurant: a persian delight .. fko (part 3): children's concert .. birthdays, friends and music .. filkontario (part 2): filk hall of fame .. post-fko (part 1): n'mc and playing rapunzel .. back from filkontario .. guest blathering: sibylle! .. ernie, interfilk, and dave clement .. musical collaboration .. flatmouse fame! .. chipmunks and warm macbooks .. photos, comics and artstuff .. ernie the upside-down fish .. moo minicards, blood ties and seanan's cd .. fko concerts, kid conversations, and time machines .. google tour and google food! .. consonance .. 5 reasons why i blog .
February 2007
. home to filkontario! .. cocooning .. orange bundt cake, why i love toronto, and moose heads .. my office cave .. deviantart delivery and print quality .. dave clement on cbc .. housefilk and engagements .. small indulgences .. i have the best neighbours .. valentine's day .. writer's valentine .. don't ask me to draw a horse .. illustration friday: crash .. prints for sale! .. will write for chocolate .. how to make winter ice candles (cottage visit part 2) .. winter cottage visit (part 1) .. blogto interview, bad rabbits, and cartoons .
January 2007
. blogging, truffles, whining and books .. illustration friday: red .. session sketches .. will write for chocolate, lj icons, and a fitness follow-up .. squirrels, exercise, cartoons and books .. books make me happy .. illustration friday, lip balms, and obsessions .. drawing on walls .. gafilk (part 6): making friends, georgia aquarium, hanging out with the suttons .. gafilk (part 5), slow cookers, interfilk, scrivener .. gafilk (part 4): conspiracies, revenge and the chocolate song .. gafilk (part 3): come down to gafilk .. gafilk (part 2): music collab .. post-gafilk .. dave alway: gentle bard .. gafilk, kiva and kenyan dairy farmers .. happy new year! .
December 2006
. interfilk donation items .. peace .. i only speak greek .. happy holidays! .. marmots, monsters and obnoxious cellphone users .. but she's a girl .. taunting squirrels .. urban tapestry recording session .. something called the internet .. craftiness and hooking tanya .. franklin chocolate! and geeky college photos! .. doodling .. nieces, christmas trees, and butterfingers .. it can't be december already .
November 2006
. eichhörnchen .. renovations .. scrabble, squirrels and line rider .. boardgames, paranoia and astrophysics .. writer's digest article, maya bohnhoff interview .. book news! .. sensual cooking and spiral staircases .. artificial fire logs .. chocolate-covered grasshoppers .. adventure cooking/eating survey! .. illustration friday: thanksgiving .. blog reading habits .. straight on 'til morning .. running on ooblek .. rand and erin visit (part 2): friends, music and tea .. erin and rand visit (part 1) .. photo archiving .. patricia storms: creative dynamo .. impaled strangled jaundiced under-nourished mutant duck-snowmen with spotty skin .. flying dreams .. urban tapestry practice .. illustration friday: smoke .. orkut scrapbook wars revisited .. songfrenzy .. my husband, the cell phone .
October 2006
. creative frenzy, chocolate, and pegasus awards .. all we want to do is eat your brains .. baby bunnies on his underwear .. closure .. beckett's photos .. will write for chocolate (and ovff highlights part 2) .. post-ovff .. back from ovff .. will write for chocolate updated .. postcards from germany! .. busy lives and priorities .. muoi rayes .. mr. twilight, trek, lemony snicket and elfquest .. andybirthday, my new mouse, interfilk cookbook, heulschniefschluchz .. blog reading survey .. will write for chocolate, blog comment etiquette, robin mckinley .. wooly aphids, second breakfasts and turkish star trek .. cottage and bug question .. things i'm thankful for .. chocolate, css, leo laporte and books .. birthdays and mortal mesozoic mice .. why writers aren't normal .. birthdays and home recording studios .
September 2006
. illustration friday: quiet .. inkygirl revamped .. someone kicked my head off and stuffed it down a barbecue pit .. why i shut down my linkedin account .. happy birthday, ruth! .. it's a nanowrimo day .. more tvstuff .. 20 months without cable tv .. parry and carney .. urban tapestry on myspace and our new drummer! .. cottage, myspace, mr. twilight and hula girls .. chocolate and trek, m-audio disappointment .. why i read kids' books .. bulldog coffee: best lattes in toronto .. he's dead, jim! .. i play magic now .. embracing my nerdgirl soul .. safe .. glass dragonfly .. kaiseki yu-zen hashimoto .
August 2006
. squirrels ate my high-speed access .. technonerdgirl .. happy birthday, dad! .. laser regatta and camera lust .. pluto-less and daikon cranes and babies! .. anniversary .. recording session .. ego-bruising .. chocolate, disk space woes and css .. css, wordpress and irish tunes .. debbieohi.com! .. wwfc, herb corpses, and oatmeal cookies .. dragonfly summer .. cottage visit .. will write for chocolate updated .. nature questions .. writing, illustrating, music and creative procrastination .. snakes, phone woes, and will write for chocolate .
July 2006
. hot .. david francey at hugh's room .. nyc visit .. kaarel birthday, favourite sandwich survey .. will write for chocolate updated .. garageband and my magnetic wall .. cottage visit .. franklin gunkelman & urban tapestry dvds .. inkygirl comics and tom swifties .. will write for chocolate, andy's award, nancy drew nostalgia .. when book geeks turn to crime .. comiclife .. urban tapestry's aurora award, my new macbook .. google-izing, face-to-face, and judging books by their covers .. eye check-ups and book buying survey .. camera obscura at the horseshoe tavern .. technonerdboys, recitals and the goose girl .. my life in a nutshell .. happy canada day! .
June 2006
. ingo .. the girl who could write stories in the air .. chocolate from germany, will write for chocolate .. john howe, d&d and the time traveler's wife .. d&d, opera and neighbourhood barbecues .. pride parade, four seasons centre for the performing arts .. flatmouse affection, ceramics, and male underwear .. pride toronto, flatmouse, and the end of my reign as bbq queen .. cartoons, a sad squirrel tale and will write for chocolate .. plot for sale .. why i love travel .. wedding and birthday wishes! .. my very first web page .. the demon squirrel in our house .. zarusoba .. my technonerdboy hero! .. europe trip (part 12): rome .. europe trip (part 11): siena .. europe trip (part 10): lost in siena .. europe trip (part 9): pisa, fiesole and volpaia .. europe trip (part 8): cinque terre .. europe trip (part 7): more florence .. europe trip (part 6): florence .. europe trip (part 5): la petraia .. europe trip (part 4): montalcino and montefiridolfi .. europe trip (part 3): fonte de'medici in italy .. europe trip (part 2): more paris! .. europe trip (part 1): paris! .. will write for chocolate updated .. back home! .
May 2006
. going offline for a while... .. cottage reflections .. savouring moments .. my beloved monster and me .
April 2006
. exercise survey, writing and onlinecomics.net .. mourning dove chicks, more corel painter 9.5 experiments .. will write for chocolate, red-winged blackbirds? .. qoop and driving through paris at 180 km/hr .. selling prints online, seeking europe advice .. writing, monster bunnies, and mortality songs .. monster bunny art recipe .. europe trip, kjb daughter update, and dr. who .. corel painter 9.5 experiments .. close your eyes: an anti-lullaby .. how to enjoy chocolate .. eva and rafael .. illustration friday: spotted .. spring, mouse mover and autocloning .. toronto, city of romance .. life and happiness and priorities... .. carolyn brown kudos .. fko highlights (part 4) .. davevisit .. fko highlights (part 3) .. fko highlights (part 2) .. post-fko .
March 2006
. corel painter 9.5 experiments .. making onigiri .. the miraculous journey of edward tulane .. my talented photographer friends .. sibylle visit .. sibylle's in toronto! .. illustration friday: "monster" .. postcards from amanda! .. monkey moves .. randvisit .. squirrelbuster triumphs! .. dan gibson .. urban tapestry practice .. need home recording advice! .. off panel is seeking niche comic strips! .. our mystery package .. winter cottage adventure .. illustration friday: "tattoo" .. sleep poll .. mystery crackers from japan, pocky and books .. switching from bbedit to textmate .. music, art and writing: i love my life :-) .. what kind of book person are you? .. chester brown, will write for chocolate .
February 2006
. walter at filkontario! .. family photos,värttinä, new postcards .. illustration friday: "tea" .. session sketches, wendy cope interview .. applemail vs eudora .. e-mail woes .. lord of the rings musical: a review .. snailmail submissions and n'mc sketches .. xlibris, writing.com and demon squirrels .. poetry faq: a young poet's guide to poetry and poetry writing .. valentine .. tranzac session web site, community volunteering .. cartoon sketches for the n'mc t-shirt .. bookstores and chocolate and lotr musical .. tranzac session, australian pottery and a package from beckett .. finding inspiration .. things i've learned .. happy birthday, jeff! .. my life in a nutshell updated .. james frey exhaustion, a plug for inkygirl .. will write for chocolate updated .
January 2006
. urban tapestry and franklin concert at filkontario! .. babies and nmc and tunes .. mighty craic .. irish music session at the tranzac .. postcards and will write for chocolate .. daniel cook, stripe and meat floss .. the not so glamorous life of a freelance writer .. waiting for frodo...again? .. stripe the star! .. dreamdoodle .. tea and writing and music and more tea .. my life in a nutshell .. my new burke whistle! .. cynthia mcquillin .. thanks and a survey .. gafilk highlights (part 3) .. dancing at gafilk (gafilk part 2) .. home from gafilk! .. gafilk bound .. a new year's resolution .. new year joy .. happy new year! .
December 2005
. adam english: the amazing me! .. ornaments and books .. package from sybille! .. burke wide bore brass black tip .. holidaystuff .. happy boxing day! .. 90 seconds of dave huth .. handwritten, more der struwwelpeter .. acacia sears cd, der struwwelpeter .. clara and the bossy, xmas ornaments, blog poll results .. blogs and blogging: the good, the bad and the ugly .. my life in a nutshell .. supernotecard, samorost2, postcards for my collection .. crafty .. christmas tree! .. housefilk at sally's .. holiday cheer .. miss squarehead .. songwriting poll .. franklin chocolate! .. beckett and dandelion wine .. friends .
November 2005
. it takes two .. neocitran daze .. kevin bacon, fried green tomatoes and thermometers .. comfort movies .. sick .. in praise of j.k. rowling .. santa claus parade, quilting squares, hairy potter .. comfort zones .. national cartoonists society xmas party .. artsy/tech hybrids (part 2) .. squirrels, squirrels, squirrels .. a letter from the squirrel liberation front .. artsy/tech hybrids .. cha liu, office craft corner .. patricia storms, booklust, skimper triumph .. chris conway, squirrel aftermath .. demon squirrels .. phone vs e-mail .. savoring .. skimper, filk faq, choosing a guitar .. skimper .. colourlust .. illustration friday: broken .. halloween retrospective .
October 2005
. pumpkin violence .. housefilk, beading, sketchbook doodles .. how to survive a long plane flight .. mystery bird .. bugs and lizards from lissa .. feeding my nerdy soul in vulcan, ab .. elk, pride & prejudice, and more mountains .. banff blather .. magic tails and serenity .. my friend cathy .. more filkcontinental highlights .. more chocolate .. doodle experiments, erica's song, chocolate .. poll: favourite chocolate? .. my list of useful foreign phrases and words i like .. kirstin's photos .. german cds .. wo ist der bahnhof?! (part 4) .. wo ist der bahnhof?! (part 3) .. wo ist der bahnhof (part 2) .. wo ist der bahnhof?! .
September 2005
. leaving for filkcontinental, woohoo! .. word on the street .. three days! .. pre-filkcontinental ut practice .. tiberius rising, sequentia congrats! .. headless chickens .. germany trip prep, packing tips .. pencil sketches .. marmot dreams .. random ray .. guinea pig cuddles .. sunday blatherdoodle .. squirrel feedback, filkcontinental prep .. welcome morning .. penguins and harpmaking .. holes and elderberries and donuts .. birdfeeders, squirrels and monkeys .. hurricane katrina relief efforts .. filkcontinental prep .
August 2005
. handwritten entry: tea and more tea .. dehumidifiers and handwritten blatherings .. blue man group and postcards .. happy birthday, dad! .. quillows and postcards .. urban tapestry practice .. sushi and birdfeeders .. killarney canoe trip, part 2 .. killarney canoe trip, part 1 .. killarney morning .. why drainworks rocks! .. happy birthday, parki! .. ah, the joys of home ownership... .. handwritten .. randvisit .. bugs and beer and fridge magnets .. unpacking .
July 2005
. urban tapestry practice, postcards, magnetic walls .. garbage day! .. chocolate-covered ginger .. red balloons and waterguns .. staying at our new house tonight! .. move prep! .. office tree, amazon.ca reply .. doodles on my door .. still no harry potter book :-( .. doug and jen get married .. harry potter anticipation .. cottage heat .. insect survey .. barenaked ladies, messier objects and sunrises .. toronto heatwave .
June 2005
. star wars concert .. neighbours, office painting .. saskatoon berry pie .. healthy snacks (poll results) .. door-shopping, healthy snacks .. tiny ray .. wordgoddess collab: hobbies .. survey: practical and decadent purchases .. gardening cartoons & exploded alien heads .. tranzac, postcards .. why i take photos .. lord korak, orange explosions, package .. garden pics .. brain mutations, gardening, books and no tv .
May 2005
. renovations and writer's digest and raccoons .. new house! .. we get our house today! .. one day more! .. sushi, two more days .. burning schoolhouses and trebuchets .. apple store yorkdale opening .. revenge of the sith .. one week! .. poll: music lessons .. internet and productivity .. walks and solitude and creativity .. the dilemma of choice .. new nephew! .. 209.60.102.107 .. tranzac .. productivity and internet surfing .. fitness and writing .. william shatner and fairy tails .. rainbow fish, wood stain and dr. who .. backpack .. orson scott card and star trek .. book meme .. writing, inkygirl, my famous sister .
April 2005
. ice-out, close call on highway 11 .. one man lord of the rings .. 2002 la crema pinot noir .. homemade sushi and pregnant tamagotchis .. eeriecon report .. eeriecon pics .. ice-out in the toronto star .. off to eeriecon .. spring, woohoo! .. always, sometimes, never .. spring, lotr one-man show, letter from clark .. brain drills & home shows & eeriecon .. telescopes and a view to a filk .. tubs and taps .. mainstream chic .. sideways elektra .. birthdays and bulgur! .. red balloons & seared scallops .. fko moments (part 2) .. fko moments (part 1) .. post-fko .
March 2005
. painter wow!, sam and whistles .. surprise! .. birthday! .. chocolate cake for breakfast .. photoblogging exhibits, latte art and diners with attitude .. comfort zones .. flickr coolness .. russian dwarf hamsters, new house, tranzac .. office plans and babybabble .. new office plans .. winter cottage visit .. joy and chocolate and edna .. sick survey .. meltykisses .. mate chino, thyme and gaming .. urban tapestry dvd .. a good day: friends, teachers and tranzac .. writing, musicstuff, doodles .. inspections, real estate goddesses and gingko trees .. house inspection .. house!! .. househunting and cool sisters .
February 2005
. tranzac .. wordgoddess collab: questions .. tea! .. looking up .. boskone .. healing vibes needed .. 12 years of urban tapestry, boskone .. viavoice .. poll: online recipe resources? .. 42 things i love about jeff .. friendship, poetry, music...and some lapsang souchong .. tea! .. symphony place farewell .
January 2005
. unpickled puppies .. italk .. eggplant sandwiches .. moving: stage 2, tranzac session .. cheap liposuction .. first itunes purchase .. poll: bbses? .. handwritten .. multitasking .. poll: radio? .. 300 baud hayes smartmodem .. moving, stage 1 .. gafilk highlights .. moving .. gafilk! .. doodle from mary, friends who inspire .. cookies, flickr, househunting .. happy new year! .
December 2004
. ruth's new book, hashimoto, handwritten entry .. tsunami .. too paranoid? .. cartoons and photo graffiti .. handwritten .. post-christmas .. happy holidays! .. doodles, ut xmas, first whistle lesson .. 12 days of... .. we're moving! .. ballydesmond .. scrooge moments .. return of the king, turkish chicken, and penny whistle lessons .. first irish session at the tranzac .. adventures in cooking .. trillium spa & resort .. christmas shopping poll, irish session music .
November 2004
. sucking cheese .. dave turns 60 .. kranky .. poll: morning rituals .. matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometer .. feadog, talking edna dolls, and a reading survey .. temptation .. time story .. songwriting notes .. what if... .. lifestuff .. turkish cooking & flickr .. justinmusic & salmon nicoise .. sligo maids and fingerpainting .. poll: instrumental music .. slow reading .. scaryvoice .. sandpaper .. royal winter fair, irish sessions .. christine lavin and tom paxton concert .. ovff highlights (part 3) .. ovff highlights (part 2) .. cora does ovff .
October 2004
. pre-ovff .. thank you, interfilk! .. five .. poll: your favorite star trek captain? .. this isn't about chocolate, really .. has been .. poll: costumes? hallowe'en? .. dot com survivor .. food and books and music and shatner .. happy anniversary, d&d! .. urban tapestry, happy songs, private dancing .. poll: sad songs .. writing .. post-thanksgiving .. austria trip, part 5: the last day .. meeting sal towse, ovff, filkcontinental .. austria trip, part 4: why i like travelling .. austria trip, part 3: the food (!) .. austria trip, part 2: practising german (and a few other languages) .. austria trip, part 1: schloss wasserburg .
September 2004
. 20 things i love about my sister .. allison takes over the liberal .. learning languages .. craftstuff, e-books, big books and an agonizing decision .. travel prep .. living in toronto .. cottage sunrise .. chocolate-covered grasshoppers .. miss lonelynotes .. good-bye mailblocks! .. flickr and a poll: worst movie you've ever seen? .. merchant of venice, aurora award nomination .. toronto starwatching .. craigfame, filmfest, househunting .. tasting toronto .. movabletype upgrade chaos .. sauna bathing .. wordgoddess collab: "i" .. google, japanese pesos and outdoor showers .
August 2004
. insta-sushi .. captions and rand's new blog .. hero, pegasus awards .. shadowtalk .. ein fall fur barbie und susan .. laser surgery report .. randvisit .. kites .. toy trains and natto .. wetstock .. in progress: dandelion report .. 20 things i love about parki .. poll: favourite cake? .. tent .. change in seasons? .. letters to my brother .. more confluence pics .. cottage .
July 2004
. travel prep & concert pics .. confluence (part 3) .. confluence (part 2) .. confluence (part 1) .. wordgoddess collab: handwritten .. queer as folk .. cottage, pre-confluence .. briar patch inn .. canyons and telescopes .. las vegas, grand canyon .
June 2004
. gmail, solitude, eye surgery .. helenvisit .. strawberrylust .. lj user pics .. toronto island, dragon boats, and firefly .. quiet spaces .. recording projects .. housefilk .. whistles! .. the myth of writer's block .. urinetown, diarist.net awards .. more libraries .. library lust .. joy .. meeting liam .. transit of venus .. partypics and childless follow-up .. having children (or not) .. brianna, harry potter .. 20 things i love about luisa .. post-ten and waiting for frodo .. ten .. orkut report .
May 2004
. cottage kitsch .. cottage .. chocolate cherry martinis and neurotic cats .. jeff, was sagst du? .. fiction writing .. more scrapbook wars .. toronto snow! (and gunfights) .. orkut scrapbook wars .. just another saturday .. troy .. aliens ate my homework .. bookmark from mary .. movable type survey .. questions and answers .. orkut and copyright .. astropicnic .. orkut .. sean bean and spiders and penny whistles .. lazy cottage day .. night magic .. chasing the comet .. first dip! .. at the cottage .. friends finale .. amanda snyder and me .. lj user pics .. a quiet joy .. lan party .
April 2004
. sloan! .. biker gunfights and fuzzy slippers .. challenge: make up a memory about me .. virtual airbrush .. college photos .. eternal sunshine .. frodo tributes .. cottage ice-out .. eeriecon highlights, part 3 .. eeriecon highlights, part 2 .. eeriecon highlights, part one .. annoying .. guestbook highlights .. spring .. waiting for frodo no more .. 20 things i love about rand bellavia .. twitchy .. duck thoughts .. my life in a nutshell .. seth and chester brown .
March 2004
. fko highlights .. birthday post-fko .. 20 things i love about dave clement .. two sentences .. a day in the life .. poll: online journals .. booklust .. yay for drugs .. keeping sane .. randvisit .
February 2004
. for deb, who told me i came from mars .. passion in particular .. writingstuff and more filker pics .. a good day at the fracture clinic .. pioneers of mars .. leaning on friends .. broken arm :-( .. jeff birthday .. more filker photos .. filk poll .
January 2004
. cooking and writing .. fast break .. hermit mode .. gafilk (part 3) .. gafilk (part 2) .. home .. leaving for gafilk .. novelwork .. mars landing .. ichat music .. a small rant .
December 2003
. ctv visit .. 2003 retrospection .. terence chat .. ice sculptures .. holidays .. boskone! .. new year's resolutions .. urban tapestry newsclip excerpt .. post-movie .. return of the king opens today, woohoo! .. a few gathering pics .. gathering prep .. krampus .. optional raspberry .. home! .. arm points .
November 2003
. library poll .. powerbook g4 .. mars talk .. flying tips .. frodo .. luxury of silence .. jamie! .. alles gute .. dreams .. kaputt .
October 2003
. halloween poll .. meat donuts .. vegetarian chicken .. bibimbap .. still waiting for frodo .. another charming photo of michelle .. star trek poll (part 2) .. star trek poll .. randvisit (part 2) .. randvisit (part 1) .. cat owner poll & more german .. learning german .. sunrise .. turkey bowl .. cottage pics .. cottage moon .. airfare woes .. slack dough chaos .. cibc run for the cure .. poll: booze .. 15 things i love about allison .. happy birthday, jodi! .
September 2003
. provoking avocados .. moviefest .. still sick .. nyquil haze .. filking.net .. sense of life .. isabel letdown .. breadlust .. journal/blog survey .. coming back .. urban tapestry news .. quick post-cottage blather .. if you want to write... .. striving for patience .. "the two towers" dvd .. "what if" .. grant family reunion .. taste of toronto .. gaming night .. writing again! .. meeting ruth .. torcon bug .. torcon retrospective & poll .. more torcon pics .
August 2003
. torcon, day 4 .. torcon, day 3 .. torcon, day 2 .. toronto romance! :-) .. screaming at the cne .. lissatime .. torcon visitors .. wedding anniversary .. crazy ladies .. torcon area tour: restaurants (part 2) .. torcon area tour: music stores & poll .. torcon area tour: restaurants (part 1) .. torcon area tour: bookstores .. torcon area tour: distillery district .. what i learned from the blackout .. indoor day .. when the lights went out... .. poll: comics .. torcon update, learning german .. 10 years of urban tapestry .. more watergun party pics .. pool pics, learning german .. waiting for frodo in okinawa .. cottage photos .. poll: relaxing .. difficult memories .. cottage .
July 2003
. poll: languages .. poll: song co-writing .. sara turns 9 .. guest blathering: tom and andrea .. poll: summer movies .. concertino highlights .. more concertino photos .. concertino .. pancake art .. t-shirts .. birthday bash .. cottage pictures .. first non-viavoice blathering! .. poll: tv series .. poll: high school .. an awkward elevator conversation .. lazy saturdays .. isight .. kate was the smart one .. my week .
June 2003
. liner note weekend .. cd cover! .. busy .. volunteer needed! .. tendinitis update .. father's day .. survey: being "grown-up" .. guest blather: helen waters .. helen visit .. poll: do you reread books? .. cottage blather .. poll: what are you reading? .. poll: are you a book addict? .. full throttle .. dancing with annie .. finding wendy cope .
May 2003
. fiddler on the roof .. poll: adventurous eating .. writing .. poll: bookstores .. oh ok la .. giles the cute librarian .. fireworks .. moose! .. viavoice, too .. enough with the rain, already! .. comfort rituals .. evening paddle .. tech manual obsession .. cottage & bug poll .. fandom and a new poll .. poll: buffy? .. physiotherapy, dentist stuff .. sars fallout .
April 2003
. viavoice routine .. arm safety contract .. kids, don't try this at home .. fruits basket .. e-mail woes .. dungeons and dragons .. viavoice critique .. learning viavoice .. first viavoice entry! .. waiting for viavoice .. spencervisit .. poll: how crafty (or non-crafty) are you? .. new nephew! .. poll: what did/do you collect? .. getting there .. more fko highlights .. sars, fko highlights .. physio .
March 2003
. filkontario .. ad astra brunch .. update .. cottage visit .. magic .. food movies .. shortbread .. patience .. movies .. erasure .. cinderella .. adjusting .. update .
February 2003
. hiatus .. inkspot memories .. daredevil .. baby! and a food poll .. an old valentine .. why i write .. cake and os x talk .. movable type .. chicken, kasha, stinky foods .. bassoon .. writing update .. herbs .. cake .. os x .. soundtracks .. birthday! .. running cautious .. tubing .. blathering .
January 2003
. music poll .. winter run .. old letters .. brianna .. poll: cookies .. brownies .. poll: dreams .. lunch with annie .. staticgirl .. curry experiment .. comfort rituals .. aurora visit .. book geek .. asian fish, local hero, school clubs .. musical instruments .. babysitting, hollylisle.com, blatherchat .. outdoor run .. adventures in cooking .. cookbooks revisited .. limpy boy .. inkygirl .. sushi and high tea update .. music moments .. dentists, gwyneth paltrow & bread .. spacey .. cornmeal muffins and workouts .. cookbooks .. songwriting .. country connection .. back to work .. happy new year! .
December 2002
. photo archives .. 2002 summary .. board game party .. nemesis .. chicago .. boxing day .. merry christmas! .. my life in a nutshell .. new year's resolutions .. moments .. two towers again .. armenian kitchen .. lining up for two towers .. two towers today! .. new nephew! .. recital, christmas tree .. rand and adam .. tolkien gathering .. oh baby! .. bedtime ritual .. bated breath .. ice hotels .. impending aunthood .. hashimoto .. disclaimer .. waiting for frodo, cd update .. lotr dilemma, parties .. nanowrimo retrospective .. luisa party & xmas shopping poll .. e-mail pet peeves .. dot-com memory .
November 2002
. 50,000! .. jodi's new pad .. freelance writing .. 43,498 .. tintin travesty .. pets .. train blathering .. guest blather: mark osier .. winnipeg memories .. girl school .. triple tongue .. things i've learned .. santa claus parade .. harry potter .. scott & karin .. waiting for harry .. art gallery visit .. dvd joy & poll: movie(s) viewed most? .. writing .. sleepover & poll: movies .. sleepover .. royal winter fair .. 10,259 .. nanowrimo update .. post-con blues .. post-ovff .. ovff monday .. ovff pics .. ovff saturday .. hallowe'en report .
October 2002
. last run .. butterfly fiasco .. nanowrimo/ovff prep .. poll: trick-or-treating .. technonerdgirl .. adventures in cooking .. grade two .. poll: more chocolate .. poll: chocolate bars .. ottawa .. hike .. poll: worst movies? .. parki and angela .. snowy sunrise .. telecommuting .. poll: bathing rituals .. dreaming .. snow! .. cottage shower .. snood .. queenwatching .. queenvisit .. nanowrimo .. poll: poetry .. cibc run for the cure .. chances .. ronnie hawkins day .. spirited away .. poll: birthdays? .. babysitting .. poll: web mail services? .
September 2002
. run for the cure .. birthdays .. happy 40th, reid! .. my big fat greek wedding .. poll: childhood cartoons .. ruth birthday .. poll: doctors .. poll: pies .. dead mice .. guinea pig communicator .. rock collection .. blur .. dragonfly run .. poll: reading frenzy .. bananas .. cottage .. bookcrossing.com .. poll: romance books/movies .. poll: upcoming movies? .. sept. 11 .. massage .. poll: what are you reading? .. my generation .. home-hunting .. poll: moving .. leonard zubkoff .. guelph visit .. sopranos .. cumulus .. ephemeral .
August 2002
. poll: board games .. woohoo! .. poll: amusement parks .. lost in space .. cottage leaving .. lauren .. floating .. sauna .. happy endings .. poll: animated films? .. my dad .. poll: signature smells? .. waiting for frodo .. cottage storm .. cottage .. randvisit .. adventure run .. pool cues and bureaucracy .. writing again .. parenthood .. poll: star trek women? .. poll: sleep/naps .. toronto: a fun city .. still sick .. home! .. sick .. disneyland .. conchord sunday .. conchord friday/saturday .. higginbotham park .. hanging out in claremont .
July 2002
. california! .. fillmore .. sisters .. guinea pigs .. poll: travel tips? .. my letter of the day .. poll: alcohol prefs? .. world youth day .. pre-conchord practice .. my neighbourhood .. otters and sunrises .. visitor centre .. poll: garlic? .. poll: favourite casual restaurants? .. adaskin's bay paddle .. poll: photos? .. curiosity .. morning run .. poll: favourite smells .. stardust .. writing .. poll: ginzu knives? .. recording studio .. alien jellyfish .. watergun party .. dot-com adventures .. urban tapestry .. happy 4th! .. back to work .. poll: heat wave .. cartoon wars .
June 2002
. cottage .. richard hatch photo .. dragonfly day .. leaving for cottage .. early web .. confession .. more wedding pics .. wedding .. pre-wedding .. manhattan sleeps .. poll: childhood candy .. buskerfest .. meeting oscar peterson .. lyric collab .. celebration .. hairdresser from hell .. relay follow-up .. poll: musicals .. graduation .. new shoes .. morning .. port elgin .. post-relay .. relay for life .. jean-luc .. filk photos .. running .. niecevisit .. food survey results (part 2) .. food survey results (part 1) .
May 2002
. kidvisit .. fluff .. sun worship .. short story cheque! .. leaving columbus .. jamming with richard hatch .. marcon .. leaving for columbus .. clones .. bureaucracy .. andy .. horse radish .. private space .. 'cuz he's a guy .. no clones yet .. more krispy kreme .. spam assassin .. krispy kreme fantasy .. poll: star wars movie? .. sauna shower .. sun! .. cottage .. crafty .. passport .. birthday .. sunday dinner .. poll: solitude .. spider-man .. ccra meeting .. joseph .. morning run .
April 2002
. zoo .. terence poll results .. poll: breakfast .. cleat boots .. ut sushi outing .. asian eyes .. survey monkey .. fluffy and stripe .. cora's adventure .. first dip! .. northern lights .. cottage .. hot seat .. ice-out ritual .. collab .. guinea pig .. plotting .. bad coffee .. running .. blonde .. guest blathering: dave .. dave clement visit .. post-fko .. fko sunday .. fko saturday .. pre-fko .. guest blather: andrea dale .. guest blathering: graham .. highlights .. birthday party .
March 2002
. happy .. two towers trailer .. brief bdy blather .. last day as a 30-something .. virtual birthday party! .. focus group .. defender .. scott potluck .. sara and annie .. ut practice .. filk intro .. snoopy dance! .. resident evil .. bikini nightmares .. poll: grocery shopping? .. lotr paper .. janet croft .. gwyneth .. turning 40 .. sick .. sound of music singalong .. scott's new guitar .. seven minutes .. italian progrock & more spam .. spam rant .. gadget girl lust .. more tearjerking .. poll: tearjerker movies? .. skating .. the dance .. $1600 plane tickets .
February 2002
. jeffb leaves .. jeff bohnhoff visit .. hospital again .. olympic hockey win .. poll: e-mail habits .. wendy & lindsay .. singalong .. hospital .. shannon .. poll: best/worst love songs? .. cottage report .. sunday .. poll: oscar predictions? .. journal software .. valentine .. desires .. relay for life .. waiting for waiting .. ad astra, day 3 .. ad astra, day 2 .. pre ad astra .. ccra woes .. birthdays .. dickson or butler? .. snowbound .. deerhurst (part 2) .. deerhurst .. ut musings .
January 2002
. snow .. cooking .. a little bit crazy .. bedtime stories .. poll: bad movies .. growing .. tokyo sushi .. sometimes .. writing schedule .. bubble tea .. shower poll .. downtime .. watercolours .. marketing day .. doctor .. my first apartment .. wobbly jell-o .. a good day .. cow-dogs .. walk-in clinic .. leech motifs .. wheeze .. freelance writing .. elance .. babies & movies .. fever dreams .. gilligan & infomercials .. online journals .. small kimonos .. recovering .. happy new year! .
December 2001
. lan party .. 2001 retrospective .. lotr crew t-shirt! .. christmas report .. happy holidays .. movie audiences: a rant .. more lotr .. lord of the rings! .. brittany visit .. recital .. tree hunt .. first aid, last day! .. first aid, day 2 .. first aid, day 1 .. bdy bash report .. meeting moira .. wicked .. food memories .. lotr/new car .. paramount lotr line party .. sara sleeps over .
November 2001
. rgf2f .. wedding dresses .. guest blatherer: helen waters .. livejournal .. ehru .. sundays .. obsessed geeky fangirl .. urban tapestry .. e-mail vs snailmail .. dandelion wine .. complexity .. santa claus parade .. weekend .. harry potter! .. unknown guitarist .. ice cream .. kevin spacey .. windsor .. car woes .. online chats .. grocery store thrills .. con schedule .. monsters inc. .. greek stew and aprons .. riding in cars .. weta letter .
October 2001
. happy hallowe'en! .. going home .. ovff (sunday) .. ovff .. cincinnati .. tolkien for kids .. home for a day .. grass valley (guest blathering) .. monterey (updated) .. san francisco treat .. santa clara .. time management .. santa cruz .. sleeping babies .. guest blatherings .. california! .. the story of delta flight 15 .. editorial rant .. nature pics .. thanksgiving .. leeza gibbons rant .. canoe interview .. (re)discovering the library .. monty python .. word on the street .
September 2001
. ladybugs! .. still california-bound .. tolkien fever .. jalapeno chocolates .. friendly collision .. enterprise .. woodpile revisited .. resume .. layers .. writing .. home .. last day in japan?? .. fruit and navigation .. cyber cafe .. reactions .. more updates .. stranded in japan .. terrorist attack .. typhoon, yikes!! .. last day .. typhoon! .. lazy tokyo sunday .. conveyor belt sushi .. kobe .. tea ceremony .. kinkaku-ji .. rickshaws and shaved ice .. ryokan feast .. japanese bath .. kyoto arrival .. shinkansen .. kyoto trip prep .. edo tokyo museum .. making friends in japan .. guest blathering .. fish market (part two) .. fish market (part one) .. akihabara .. tokyo! (part two) .. tokyo! (part one) .
August 2001
. welcome zoe! .. beachcombing, part two .. beachcombing, part one .. stoned .. whales and hot springs .. sacred sea thalassotherapy .. wickaninnish day one .. weddings .. ladybug days .. trip tech prep .. family weekly .. long plane flights .. flying advice .. killarney trip .. legacy .. cat observations .. leeches and ukeleles .. muggy .
July 2001
. hiking prep .. movies .. sara's birthday .. new ibook! .. dinner with the gibsons .. sanctuary .. japanese peso? .. people-watching .. wasaga beach .. r.i.p. inkspot :-( .. anti-blathering .. real alexander pics .. oh baby!! .. watergun fun 2001 .. gwyneth paltrow and me .. longterm friendships .. independence day .. powdered peanut butter .. o canada .
June 2001
. frequent flyer .. butterfly cakes .. cottage birthday .. talking tolkien .. racism .. bbq .. fashion crimes .. writing again .. father's day visit .. itching .. humid .. ant farms .. hiatus .. the man outside my window .. blackberry tea .. letter to my younger self .. online communities .. friendships .. gummi rats and chocolate .. andrea visit .. startup.com .
May 2001
. my visit to the dentist .. intriguing mementoes .. fridge magnets .. savour .. facepainting .. nieces .. shrek .. journal fiction .. woodpile philosophy .. harp pine .. working on the studebaker .. a small rant plus a guest blather .. picture from japan .. odn .. outwitted! .. yet another sunrise .. the art of sitting quietly .. fleece and hammocks .. culture shock .. surprise toronto visit .. copacetic .. to the moon and back .. bushwhacking .. on display topic: "homesick" .. reflection .. brisk .. first flash .. cottage .. picture books .
April 2001
. oobleck .. lord of the rings .. web rings .. ritual .. copyright .. david gray concert .. first crush .. soker .. greymatter .. oasis .. childhood books .
March 2001
. my birthday .. the sopranos .. skinrolling .. birthdays and oscars .. moving bryan .. online comics .. children's own museum .. pocari sweat .. jockette .. lissa's baby! .. reading modes .. ago .. ut practice .. snatch .. flatmouse .. pda joys .. we didn't fall through the ice .. sara's play .. more consonance highlights .. consonance .. consonance prep .
February 2001
. working at home .. babette's feast .. ad astra concert .. ad astra prep .. nieceplay .. my life in a nutshell .. sleep .. life after inkspot .. end of inkspot .. pop rock candy floss .. autographs .. sushifest .. slush .. purge .. song for jim .. fortune cookies .. junkyard wars .. cottage adventure .. ut practice .. romance .
January 2001
. tea .. baby! .. survivor .. cottage weekend .. alien jellyfish .. ten dollars .. h.r. pufnstuf .. welcome back party .. claustrophobia .. pregnant women .. philly retrospective .. computer games .. sara's adventures at the ballet .. new year's party! .. home! .
December 2000
. snow .. slowing down .
November 2000
. lloyd landa memorial .. downtime .. my book & nyc feast .. decision & insomnia cures .. sleep .. stomach touching .. interfilk auction .
October 2000
. hockey monkey song .. ovff .. surrey writer's workshop .. childhood games .. pearson airport escape tips .. sick .. turkey bowl report .. post-turkey musings .. thanksgiving, eh? .. birthdays and puzzlenews .. rachmaninoff days .
September 2000
. jeff visit! .. powerpuff girls .. word on the street .. airports .. comix .. whatcha talkin' aboot, eh? .. cams and chickens .. clowns .. urban rebounding .. my book, gary, cottage visit .. harp lessons and philip greenspun .. chicken livers .. catching up .
August 2000
. e-mail from annie .. andy & christine bbq .. farm good-bye .. settling in .. lloyd landa :-( .
July 2000
. outhouse daily news .. in philly .. sara's kiss .. major life change announcement .. canada day report .. happy canada day! .
June 2000
. doll party .. harp insurance .. harp playing .. flying woes .. harp arrived! .. sara graduation .. pegasus nominations .. childhood hobbies .
May 2000
. ice cream .. sara & annie perform west side story .. ode to jodi's gerbil .. obituary: snail .. childhood confessions revisited .. childhood confessions .. blathering and writing .. hard disk still sick .. my aunt :-( .. garrison ridpath .
April 2000
. still more marmite .. marmite .. revenue canada typo .. socks .. living off michelinas .. babysitting .. too busy .. harp ordered .. babysitting .. fko report .. theatres & sticky floors .. guest blather: allison .
March 2000
. guest blather: jeff ridpath .. toasted hard drive :-( .. quiet .. pegasus nominations .. insomnia problems .. harp research .. hockey monkey .. my aunt .. interfilk package .. pudding guy & consonance goh .. cottage visit with nieces .
February 2000
. mushy peas & dd .. cooking & dd .. impending brain explosion & dd .. talis & simon .. dd & end of an affair .. and more dd .. still more dd .. more didgeri .. valentines .. didgeri, part 2 .. didgeri-douze report .. didgeri-douze .. sent my book! .
January 2000
. numb .. pizza angst .. night or day person? .. r.i.p. elmer chia .. chia growth .. sushi candle .. chia elmer .. puzzlebox good wishes .. limerick .. back at work .. playdium .. what i did on the last day of the millennium .
December 1999
. last blather of the century .. y2k .. post-xmas .. happy holidays! .. rudolph splat .. holiday pet peeves .. self-defense .. message from god .. my schedule .. hockey game .. andy barrie cbc interview .. sara's xmas concert .. r.i.p. flounder .. officewarming .. officecam .. evergreen .
November 1999
. barbie ritual .. great big sea concert .. mowat hall crawl .. santa claus parade .. secrets of our success .. unpacking .. new office!! .. toronto carpet factory .. moving into office! .. pegasus awards .. harry potter .. nahanni reunion .. new office .. looking for romance .. food and drink songs .. ovff .
October 1999
. buffet strategies .. pre-ovff .. cool dad .. aqua barbie song .. surrey writers' conference .. figs .. jeff & inkspot .. 80 barbies .. nasty gnomes .. university pals .. turkeys and cheese .. looking for patrick stewart .. compuserve bureaucracy .. officestuff .. national techie day .. patrick stewart in my neighbourhood! .. changes .. looking for insurance .
September 1999
. password overload .. meetings .. boys .. word on the street, part 2 .. word on the street .. ruth birthday .. jbr hospital, part 2 .. jbr in hospital .. rings of saturn .. chocolate .. great big sea .. cottage .. ut practice .. chirpy the cricket .. ice cream .. funeral .. alison & jeff wedding .. stars .. today .. work-stressed .. sixth sense .. relax, it's only sex .. go dog go .. toronto film festival .. sushi .
August 1999
. trip report .. office .. home from nahanni! .. one more day .. headless chickens .. office, woohoo! .. test chat room .. office hunt .. brush with fame .. memory .. camp recipes .. cottage .
July 1999
. school birthday party .. sara is five .. pamper rituals .. sicker .. ugh sick .. lan laskowski :-( .. 26,000 subscribers .. interesting phone calls .. canoe trip report .. more winnipeg highlights .. post-winnipeg .. winnipeg folk festival .. winnipeg visit .. scorcher .
June 1999
. catching up .. cottage .. busy .. po .. sara's graduation .. austin powers .. cottage .. full trip report .. still drowning .. drowning .. star wars again .. edinburgh report .. london report .
May 1999
. london, england .. busy .. lining up for star wars .. star wars tonight! .. dave and sam visit .. more wrevellings .. wrevellings .. my famous sister .. shopping for guys' clothes .. not coffee .. coffee .. sympatico netlife .. bus driver nostalgia .. star wars trailer .. babysitting .. toronto zoo .
April 1999
. cuz .. existenz .. spring .. penny whistle .. cottage visit .. mrs. poole .. stars on ice .. ttc strike .. food movie .. bike check-up .. wensleydale .. haircut .. snow .. queen street .. lining up for star wars .. long hair days .. sick .. being a dog .. chocolate .. nostalgia .. the matrix .. ut practice .. rice paper and fko highlights .
March 1999
. briefly .. one more day til fko .. oscars .. weekend fun .. banana conspiracy .. fko prep .. jodi and crash test dummies .. pool cues and nieces .. silly .. food karma .. embarrassing rituals .. torturecize .. goldfish .. a deep thought about cats .
February 1999
. annie's 2nd birthday .. slug .. kids for sale .. 5:30 a.m. .. eye test .. back from dominican .. dominican republic .. favourite chocolate bar .. uk in 2000! .. internet world conference .. best ice cream .. sophia .. looking for office space .. annie faces .
January 1999
. theme song .. jellybelly!! .. writer's digest mention .. my first book! .. adsl, woohoo! .. kidbabble .. confusion .. new york visit .. limerick memory .. toronto snowed in .. too cold! .. snow .. old friends & boxercise .. hanging out with alisa .. guest blather: alisa .. spiny norman .. netscape cool site .. fune dream .. golden baskets .. catalog frenzy .. still digging out .. post-storm .. let it snow .. happy new year .
December 1998
. end of year .. you've got mail .. amazon t-shirt .. back to work .. boxing day .. yuletide greetings .. cold .. 3 more shopping days .. why i quit karate .. ohi xmas party .. skating with nieces .. ut christmas .. grocery gateway: thumbs up .. christmas stuff .. grocery gateway follow-up .. online groceries .. lining up for star trek .. xoom vs filkhaven .. bbedit fiend .. filkhaven .. bisquick annie .. rheostatics .. starting point award .. furbee .. poetry journal interview .
November 1998
. 44,000 subscribers .. beads .. casa loma with sara & annie .. ben & jerry's in toronto! .. frank picked me! .. allison housefilk .. gingerbread house .. annie phone conversation .. xmas shopping .. jockette .. joe black .. webcam .. last bike ride .. fimo .. snoring jeff .. sick jeff .. toys'r'us .. babysitting .. favourite seasons .. hairless jeff .. not wilbur .. school crushes .
October 1998
. private dancing .. guest blather: andrea .. guest blather: andrea & tom .. working at home .. poll: tv shows .. kimono .. fune .. antz .. doctor hard .. (long) babysitting report .. aunt test .. turkey .. ear stabbings .. bugs and beds and piercings .. leaving micris .. new computer, oasis opens .. postcards .. birthdays .
September 1998
. snails go crunch .. more urban legends .. urban legend .. allisonblather .. toronto earthquake .. life and death and rollercoasters .. chili day .. food movies .. racing demon .. darien lake visit .. toronto film festival .. jeff and adele .. cottage .. fame :-) .. stunt .. palm pilot iii .. catch-up .. visitor .. rich and alisa .
August 1998
. cottage .. books .. puzzlerecording .. sushi .. canoe trip .. the man outside my window .. tina turner trees .. my messy office .. biking .. contata .. mush .. short blather .. home again .. kananaskis spa .. kananaskis .. bittersweet .. home sweet home .. scbwi conference .. lee wardlaw visit .
July 1998
. flying to l.a. .. alisa and rich .. san jose .. pop rocks and armageddon .. troy blatherings .. geeky theft .. careening .. hottest day of the summer .. canoe rescue .. stuffed grape leaves .. truffle thief! .. armageddon .. conspiracies, spice girls, naked women .. steamy .. two days until contata .. too much to do, too little time .. cottage report .. weekend .. canada day .
June 1998
. sara and annie .. rand visit .. niagara-on-the-lake .. fune .. sunday dinner .. great big sea concert .. zoo .. 36,000 subscribers .. swamped .. welcome olivia! .. fune .. bike maintenance .. monimals .. babysitting .. jodi's cool site of the day! .. litterbox .. shower .
May 1998
. writer's digest photo .. writer's digest profile .. cottage report .. general update .. haircut .. random house .. sugar mountain .. baycon good wishes .. babysitting .. gary anderson :-( .. gary anderson .. babysitting - dropped necklace .. sick .. cycling .. deep impact .. guitar exercises .. jodi's housefilk .. biking .. babysitting .. pseudo-ut practice .. biking with david .. biking .. sara .. fko report .
April 1998
. micro-blather .. ramblings .. bike .. musical box .. duct tape man .. post rollerblading .. rollerblading mishap .. post-fko .. spam .. ice-out .. new bike .. babysitting .. rand bdy .. chicken pox .. sauna .. visit w/rand & tanya .. taxes .. pilot software .
March 1998
. bakka move .. italian letter .. my birthday .. new ut songs .. words for the '90s .. cottage weekend .. co-written song .. brussel sprout story .. ut practice .. joel in sing out .. california trip, last part .. california trip, part 3 .. california trip, part 2 .. california trip .. out of town .. california rain .. 30,000 subscribers .. javascript test .
February 1998
. seminars for females .. rushmore .. ut practice .. office purge .. children's concert .. babysitting .. chocolate apricots .. anchovies .. valentine's .. geeky photo .. momix .. panic .. randvisit .. joke .. follow-up .. internet world trade show .. jeff bdy again .. jeff bdy .. japan olympics .
January 1998
. egoblather .. little debbie .. ookla/ut concert .. mom-in-law in hospital .. confusion .. michigan-bound .. technocool .. peachtree .. first advertiser! .. online groceries .. snow .. slava's snowstorm .. html guru .. death-sleep .. ginger cookies .. lump .. titanic .. happy new year! .
December 1997
. season's greetings .. anastasia .. the eating garden .. ben & jerry's .. norm brown .. x-files .. alien resurrection .. cowardly scumbags .. mom-in-law visit .. bad cook .. site redesign .
November 1997
. earth: the final conflict .. conversation with sara .. ovff report .. starship troopers review .. we will mail 4 u .. xmas shopping .. guidelines db .. teletubby .. germany visit .. wingfield unbound .. german .. mookti .. micris .. starship troopers .. x-files .. pegasus winners .. ovff .
October 1997
. profit magazine .. winnipeg free press .. ut comic .. u2 concert .. e-mail .. last scott day .. golden thai .. guest blather: scott snyder (again) .. guest blather: scott snyder .. teacher's strike .. winter rose .. first wives club .. naked mole rats .. ematei .. police cop family iii .. ut comic .. man outside my window .. post-turkey .. turkey .. bdy party .. conspiracy .. busy .. $1500 pizza .. cool site of year invite .. andrea & rand .. allison bdy .. guest blather: andrea dale .. jodi bdy .
September 1997
. cucumber sandwiches .. sea monkey heaven .. ruth bdy .. in and out .. neighbours .. drilling .. pilot update .. inklings anniversary .. diana .. new york .. junk e-mail .. hugo .. compuserve .. marillion .. sea monkeys .
August 1997
. topics .. schoolhouse rock .. garbageman's daughter .. warcraft .. active surplus .. blues brothers 2000 .. smartbounce .. patience .. fune .. explosion .. r.i.p. herbs .. lilith fair .. prague post .. ragtime .. geeky school photo .. ed wright .. birthday bash .. banana slugs .. tom smith interview .. insomnia .. moose .. cottage blathering .
July 1997
. chocolate-covered ginger cookies .. cool site of the day! .. the who .. seaplane .. 1000 e-mails .. herb garden r.i.p. .. quatro studios .. toronto trek report .. toronto trek prep .. guest blatherer: rand .. pre-toronto trek .. for writers .. scanner .. frisbee golf .. comdex .. rigor mortis .. ut comic .. sea monkey explosion .. r.i.p. hershey .. men in black .. sigmund pregnant .. hershey .. fractal painter 5 .. scoff .. no-see-ums .. canada day .
June 1997
. a blathering .. cba conference .. jolson .. oreo .. raccoon .. herb dilemma .. amber .. ginger cookies .. tamagotchi .. more sea monkeys .. geek sotd .. mac site .. cinemachine .. sigmund progress .. niagara .. e-mail proposal! .. nancy baker .
May 1997
. winnipeg report .. sigmund .. sea monkey babies .. blue jays .. buffalo visit .. sea monkeys .. winnipeg visit .. milky way withdrawal .. ookla news .. new york visit .. parsley .. peanut butter cookies .. 10,000 subscribers! .. writers bbs .. remote posting .. keycon prep .. basil .
April 1997
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