Alias: Shin Barker Affiliation: Minion of CHAOS Real Name: Jack Shemp Height: 170 cm Weight: 65 kg Hair: Brown Eyes: Blue Di...

The UFO Mystery Ship docks at Port Earl Frank Henriquez, the very kind fellow who runs the Lief Erickson tribute page I mentioned a few...

I've added a few new links to my sidebar, and you should check them out. Liam Johnstone's relatively new blog, In the Now, is very e...

Well, the results of the Tyee's Teen Angst Poetry contest are in - and the verdict is... "We really enjoyed the poem and the back...

Mike sticks his finger in his mouth as Pete looks on in horror. On Saturday, I went over to Pete's place to help our friend Colin pla...

Yesterday, July 10th, was Mom's birthday. So Sean and Sylvia and I went to Leduc to celebrate. Presented in pictures, here is the tale o...

If click on this post's title, you'll be taken to a webpage devoted to the AMT/Ertl Leif Ericson Galactic Cruiser model, later reis...

I'm taking three weeks off from Hole's, and none too soon. I haven't been this exhausted in a long time. I plan to veg out for a...

Since my last vending machine photo was so popular, here's another, taken at the Edmonton International Airport earlier today. Many ex...

Oh, the Moon in June is a Big Balloon Squishy McMonkey has returned from her trip to Fort St. John! I brought her balloons and a Dave Cha...

Sylvia's back today! After a whirlwind cleanup, the condo is fit for female habitation again. Time to head down to the airport.

Publicity photo for DuMont Network's "Air Girl and High Toad," 1984. The offhand comment was more insightful than Peter kne...

All Choked Up Earl J. Woods, secret agent, crept into the apartment, eyes darting back and forth in search of hidden foes. But there was ...

The Tyee, an independent news outlet based in BC, is running a "Teen Angst Poetry" contest. I wrote a lot of very, very bad poetry...

This has got to be my favourite comic strip ever: The Perry Bible Fellowship, a treasure trove of absurdist humour with a malevolent twist. ...

Back in the day, my friends and I used to hold Smash Things Up parties (well, to be fair, there were only two, and I missed the first one be...

Can't...talk...eating Before taking Sylvia to the airport, we took my brother to Mom and Dad's place for a Father's Day lunch...

North...to Fort St. John, she's going North, the rush is on... Well, Sylvia hopped on a WestJet flight to Fort St. John, BC this afte...

I despise the reality TV phenomenon, and yet I keep thinking of new ways to exploit it. In a dark, dystopian future, I envision an entire ch...

Tonight after dinner, I began to absent-mindedly roll my tongue, making it into a U and sticking it out into the open air. "Hey,...

You Seem Wise, for a Woman: Gender Roles in Star Trek 's "Who Mourns for Adonais?" Star Trek has been praised for its prog...