Bleurgh.
My blog has been spammed. The ‘fixes’ aren’t working. Think I’m done with tumblr.
“Syd hates these trips to the West Coast. You can’t get a decent veal sandwich and just yesterday he met a woman who lived on a houseboat in False Creek who gave her two Abyssinian kittens bimonthly fish-oil enemas. Guys walked around downtown carrying waterproof briefcases and wearing flip-flops. How could you do business with these people when their hair-tufted toes were showing?” Z. Gartner (2011)
A delicious discovery from todays writers fest.
The Canucks have a new goal song. Oh yes they do.
Electric Worry, “Clutch”
Booker Prize winners (from yesterday to 1989).
Feist and her band performing “Graveyard” on CBC Q.
On repeat. So great.
Oops. These followed me home for work.
One day, I’ll submit a grant without the 11th hour insanity. Until then, time to recover from that which preceded today at Friday at 5pm.
Edith Piaf, ‘Non Je Ne Regrette Rien’
Love. Love. Love!
I’d put this on my Christmas wish list but for this book, patience is not an option.
Michael Odaatje, The Cats Table (reviewed here).
Reading fiction increases your empathy
Sounds good to me.
I just made my grant deadline - and survived the first week - solo! Happy Friday!
The Onion: We Need To Do More When It Comes To Having Brief, Panicked Thoughts About Climate Change (here). This would be (even) funnier if it weren’t quite so true…
What to do with an abundance of CSA zucchini!
This recipe just may save my abundant CSA squash from a composted fate.
