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Cornucopia List: July 26

I'm running out of time these days to write here. Which means I don't seem to have time to write my fiction and I really really have to finish a story soon. So with the five things (since my last list) for which I am grateful, I will start with:

Time–I am grateful that I have time, perhaps never enough but time is a great thing. I would love if time were timeless but although it isn't it is endless. Time to breathe, time to sleep, time to love, time to think, time to have fun. Sometimes these...

The Good, The Bad and The Ugly of Superhero Fashion

When looking at superhero fashion, there are several things we must remember:

They have perfect or godly physiques. Even if slim, or buxom, superheros are muscular and perfect. (There are exceptions like the Blob.)They have powers or abilities beyond the normal human.They are superbly fit and agile, as well as being able to withstand physical abuse that would disfigure, cripple or kill most other people (they never lose teeth for instance).They're exhibitionists. This goes for the evil...

The Difference Between Little Y Words

With the many forms of electronic communication, millions of people write notes, letters, emails, text messages, but not many spell well. Of course frequent written conversations have given way to slang (teh from common finger slip-ups…and one that I hate), and shortenings (thru for through, u for you), and acronyms (OMG=oh my god, TTYL=talk to you later, ROFL=rolling on the floor laughing). It has also increased many misspellings of words because we hear phonetically but the written word...

Cornucopia List: July 14

I've missed doing this list by a couple of weeks due to being far too busy to do much writing. So here is my latest installment of things for which I'm grateful.

Faeries–or fairies, depending on your preference. Sure, they're not real, but maybe they are, like ghosts and alien abductions. But I'm grateful for fairy art and tales of fairies and the wee folk. They're winged, they're small, they're mysterious and of the other realms. Once upon a time they may have been larger and powerful but as...

HST: One Week In & How It Affects the Little Guy

The provincial government's disregard for the overwhelming dissent over the HST is no surprise. After all, Campbell has disregard the public in many ways since he took office, arrogantly being above the law even in his drunk driving charge. Let's not get into all the politics but his minions…I mean ministers, have touted the HST and are now trying to tell us how good it will be, how it will create jobs, how it won't affect the common person very much at all. So, let's take a look at how it...

The Sucky World of Being Robbed

In my life I've been robbed a few times, too many in fact. My first robbery was in Mexico City, the first place I traveled to alone. Having only a week there, I did a whirlwind tour of three places, starting in la ciudad Mexico and ending there. Returning on a Sunday, I went to Chapultapec Park and the world famous anthropology museum, Museo Nacional de Antropologia where, speaking hardly any Spanish at all, I still managed to carry on a conversation with a Spanish speaking guard and...

Writing: Publishing News

I finally received my copy of Shroud #7, with my story "A Kind Hand." However, though I just received it, it did come out last fall. Sometimes there are time lags and sometimes there is miscommunication. I've been paid for stories that were never published. I've had articles published for which I was never paid. I've signed contracts after the story came out and I've been paid and informed of a publication after  it happened as well. None of these things have been frequent but none are...

HST? May Be Your Friend

It may be your friend, but not mine. I'm listening to BC's Minister Colin Hansen giving a good impression of double-speak right now on the radio. When one woman asked him exactly how she was going to save if the industries like mining were for the HST he said how much savings would be passed on to other businesses. Wow. So that's how that woman is going to save. Just like we all saved and saw prices drop when the GST was put in. Nope. We didn't.

He likes to say that they're removing the PST...

Insanity Has Invaded My Life

You'd think I was on holidays without posting for a week but with work being overly busy, some extra projects and a party, I just didn't have time to write.

Last night (now a week ago) I decided to start a bit of the Great Purge. You know, when you have been hanging on to things because of some sentimental reason; you'll fit those jeans again, you liked that person's poem, you might get back into that career, you haven't filed these papers in soooo long, you just had to have that collection...

The Cornucopia List: June 18

I think I missed my list last week of five things for which I'm grateful. I hit a really busy period so I'll just list five things for the last two weeks.

Pastoral Foothills–I drove to Osoyoos last weekend, a very dry part of BC, and even drier in Oliver where the large mudslide happened. BC is mostly the Rocky Mountain range from the coast to the border so much of our towns and cities are situated near mountains or in rolling hills. Osoyoos and area is rolling, humped hills, in shades of...