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Canada, your outrage is severely misplaced
Liberal swearing ahead. Moreso than usual. Recently our esteemed government saw fit to reward Justin Bieber with a Diamond Jubilee Medal. Canada is outraged at this. The outrage seems to be of two camps: one, that Bieber received such an important medal. The medal is actually a large joke, but hey, Canadians are nothing if…
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Thomas King, Vancouver Poetry Slam, and my health
The past four or five days have been interesting. I had an adverse reaction to some belladonna applied topically on Thursday night, and since then the ache in my left shoulder has intensified to the point of my arm being pretty much out of commission. Advil helps, but there’s still pain. I plan on seeing…
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Signs you may be a witch
You can grow mushrooms without even trying. Or possibly signs that Katje is terrible at gardening. Six of one…. Signs Katje should not be allowed near Photobucket’s editing program: this post. Does anyone know what kind of mushrooms these are? Or if this is a sign that I’m killing my herbs? I love hearing…
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EL James’ Fifty Shades of Grey shortlisted for UK’s National Book Award; world cries tears of blood
Trigger warning: Fifty Shades of Grey is the romanticization of an abusive, rapey fucknozzle named Christian Grey, and I’m ranting about this shit. I try to be fair. I try to leave room for people whose kink is not my kink, and that’s okay. I’m, overall, not a huge fan of erotic romance, and even…
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#ziewrites — a new hashtag for genderqueer writers
If you’ve been following my Twitter account for the past week or so you may have noticed that I’ve started using #ziewrites on some of my posts about writing. This is sort of a response to the hashtag (and website) #shewrites — which I think is awesome. I think there should absolutely be ways for…
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Advertising — yes, I’m hosting it
You may have noticed, if you visit this site without adblock activated, that I have started hosting ads in the far right column. I did this via Project Wonderful, because I’d heard good things about them (and several webcomics that I read/have read over the years use them for advertising). I can now add to…
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My mother-in-law’s cats
My mother-in-law — well, bonus mom, ’cause she’s not technically an in-law yet — has two cats. Xander and Willow. (The names are a coincidence. I swear.) Willow is a pretty mellow ginger kitty who has set himself up as my NaNoWriMo mascot. By which I mean he likes to sleep on the back of…