A woman who works here at the Bayfield Communal Commerce Necropolis, where youthful exuberance and small-business loans go to die, has dressed up as evangelical Christianity. Presumably for Hallowe’en. It was funny for the few seconds it took her to walk boldly past my kiosk. But then I thought about it until I was offended. [...]
Tim Hortonsthereisnoapostrophe has started with the winter-scene coffee cups already.
Actually, hockey is Canada’s official winter sport. The official summer sport is lacrosse and the honour is shared betwixt the two.
Between the eyeglasses store and my LG-and-angst enclosure there is a candelabra and two folding tables and some fake cobwebs and a pile of plastic swords and shields. This is all cordoned off with caution tape.
This does not bode well.
If the larp gets too intense I guess I’ll shut down and get an early start [...]
A wedding is no longer a one-day event. It spans months and is composed of several preliminary gatherings in plain clothes before a catered climax in coordinating colours. It is a time for celebration, but also for reflection, and for integrating the results of these reflections into your everyday life. A wedding is like Black [...]
They are larping in the lower level of the mall.
And the whole place is unaccountably busy.
So the only way this mall can make any money is with local twentysomethings behind a rope partition with Spock ears glued onto their heads and wearing cardboard-and-tinfoil armor and doing epic battle with plastic swords.
There’s a tear and there [...]
The guy who runs the retirement-slogan-t-shirts and formaldehyde-leaking-Croc-shoes-ripoff kiosk is taking a very long time to fire a very crying employee in the middle of this enforced buying space. Right next to me. Loudly.
We’re all professionals here. There was a newspaper involved and she had to catch the 9:05 bus.
Take all the bullshit I put [...]
They Might Be Giants music video = robot Julius Caesar.
Also, highlights from “distro day” in my Linux class:
Common Questions About Puppy Linux: A Poster (CQAPL:AP)
By Regan
Q. Is Puppy Linux made by Puppies?
A. No. That’s just not possible.
Q. Is Puppy Linux made for puppies?
A. No. Why would puppies need Linux?
Q. Is Puppy Linux made out of [...]