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Join Greta’s Team today!
I’ve written a new Province Cares feature for The Province newspaper, where I work most days of the week. This one is about little Greta, a five-year-old girl battling a rare form of cancer. There’s a fundraiser to help the family stay at her side during this ordeal, so please help out and/or share this story if you can.
The grind never stops
Finished a new story today. Celebrated by climbing the Grouse Grind. Clearly, I need to get out more.
In between writing those posts about the Sad Hugo Puppies, I did manage to write about something truly important over at The Province: Deadpool is filming in Vancouver! Of course, I treat the subject with the utmost professionalism and respect.
Coffee Break: The Out of Cream edition
It’s Thursday. Are we there yet?
- Aftermath of a Kindle Daily Deal – Jim Hines discusses the boost to sales the KDD gave one of his books.
- For Sale, Baby Shoes, Never Worn – The (urban) legend of a Hemingway six-word story
- Authors of reddit/fantasy, how do you work? – Probably not by checking reddit
We get by with a little help from our friends
Artist Myke Amend is going through a tough time. His father has been diagnosed with liver cancer and Myke wants to move closer to his parents to help out. Funds are tight, though, and Myke could use a little financial assistance to make the move happen. He’s created a GoFundMe campaign, and I’d encourage people to check it out.
Myke’s one of my favourite artists — I’ve got three pieces of his art hanging in my office. You could always buy one of his reasonably priced works of art if you want something for your money. Your office will thank you.
While you’re at it, check out fellow artist Eric Adam’s Lackluster World Kickstarter. It’s to fund the “director’s cut” version of Adams’ comic books, which feature “an albino man trying to change his world through a combination of journalism and street art all the while fighting off his brother and sister, Kelvin and Celsius, and their extreme attempts to convert him to Christianity.” Or, as the movie pitch puts it, “Fight Club meets Office Space in Pleasantville.” Pledged.
Coffee Break – the video edition
It’s Monday — time to slack off at work!
- Superhero Soccer – Why, I guess Gandalf is a superhero.
- Jack White and Robert Plant? – Don’t mind if I do.
- Monica Lewinsky and the price of shame – Worth a watch if you ever laughed at the whole Clinton/Lewinsky situation.
Ikea wants people to stop playing hide and seek in its stores
Add guns to this strange Ikea story and you have The Warhol Gang.
Day jobbery: Princess Rap Battles, Firefly crowd funding and yoga wear
I’ve been busy over at my day job, writing articles about Princess Rap Battles, Firefly stars crowd funding a new comedy series and, um, yoga pants.
- Sarah Michelle Gellar stars as Cinderella in new Princess Rap Battle
- Stars of cancelled sci-fi show Firefly crowdfund new comedy about stars of cancelled sci-fi show
- This Week Has Seven Stories: The Yoga Wear Rage Edition
Now on BookLikes!
I stumbled across BookLikes recently, thanks to a review of The Dead Hamlets by It’s a Mad Mad World. It’s kind of like Goodreads mixed with Tumblr, but minus all the porn. I really like the feel of it, so I created an account. Follow me at I Breathe Words if you’re a fellow BookLiker!
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