I've had a good year. I'm surrounded by incredibly generous friends and relatives who help me whenever I need it, and I have a remar...

On wednesday, I was taking a little tour of the garden centre at Hole's when Anne, one of my coworkers, asked me if I knew what a dremel...

On Wednesday or Thursday afternoon, Bruce and I got talking about brand inspectors - guys who inspect cow brands, making sure they're au...

Lines for Future Scripts All is still dry on the creative front - I can't seem to write anything that has any meaning or sense, as s...

Production Dysfunction On Friday night, I decided to watch an episode of Star Trek . (Contrary to popular belief, this is not something ...

Is This the End of Zombie Chaucer? Last night Sylvia and I played three games of Zombies! , the game of...er, zombies. She won two out o...

The Long Shadows By Earl J. Woods The man in the long brown trenchcoat staggered down the deserted street. There was a sudden gust of wi...

I just can't get enough of that...

...often leads to unfortunate circumstances. Many years ago - I believe it was 1989 - Philip Cresswell and I returned to the lounge area...

About fifteen minutes ago, I woke up and asked Sylvia what would happen if a giant threw a bunch of people into a giant mixing bowl. She o...

Thanks to reality TV, there's a lot of talk these days about the return of "bread and circuses," i.e., the tendency of the rul...

I finally figured out what Peter Gabriel is singing at the beginning of "Games Without Frontiers." It's "Jeux sans fronti...

1. So Arthur the assassin goes to the grocery store and whacks a trio of targets, garroting them. His employer gives him a shiny new looni...

Q: Do you believe in the Lord? A: Even though I don't personally believe in the Lord, I try to behave as though He was watching. -Chri...

We've moved in! Well, we moved in September 4th, but we've been unpacking since then, one box at a time. It's going slooooowly.....

Sanity...crumbling...still...packing...but...no...boxes...must...stuff...things...into...other...things...plastic...bags...unused...gifts......

My apartment has been reduced to an empty shell filled with cardboard boxes. In three days, Sylvia and I are moving into our new condominium...

It was February, 1992, and fifteen members of the University of Alberta Star Trek and Scuba clubs packed into a van and drove from Edmont...

My brother Sean and I were goofing around last month at my parents' place; here's my favourite action shot. (Click for a larger ve...

Earl is an artist, too!

What Grows Here? is now at #5 on the Edmonton non-fiction charts!

I found out today that our latest book, Jim Hole's What Grows Here? Volume One: Locations , has just hit #7 on the Edmonton Journal...

Invincible Earl has nothing to fear.

Have you ever fantasized about having some kind of superhuman ability? I have. Usually I like to imagine having the power to fly. But someti...

W00T! Bought a condo! W00T!!!!11111!!!! :-O   Earl am teh roxxorzz!!!!!1111!!!!   It's in Terra Losa, a couple of blocks north of W...