Quick Notes: October 7, 2008

Oh yes. Still practicing my deficit of imagination here in titles for my postings. Unfortunately, I'm on the run a bit at the moment. So...

First: Noticing the vandals and threats in play in Toronto and Halifax in connection with this year's federal election. I am Displeased with this behaviour and would prefer that it stop. Yesterday. Failing that, I may get signs from all four federal candidates for the family lawn by way of sending a message. Much as I dislike a great deal of what certain of the Big Five parties have been pushing for in their platforms, these kinds of shenanigans must not be tolerated by any of us. Ever.

Second, a shout-out to the_moo about the latest issue of Canadian Screenwriter, published by the Writers' Guild of Canada: you may be interested to note that Mr. Gross and his new movie Passchendaele are the cover feature of that issue, now on sale in better newsstands across Ottawa and Confederation as a whole.

Third, a weekly meeting moderated by the aforesaid Moo is going to be held at the Nihao Tea House at Gloucester Centre Mall tonight at 7 PM. It's called Pen and Paper, and it's a workshop for writers of all sorts: poetry, short stories, essays, novels, plays, and so on. Open to one and all, at least as far as the fire safety regs will permit, and I'll tack on a poster I designed to advertise these events...


Can't promise that I'll be there, but I think it'll be worth your time if you've any interest in writing at all.

Back to you...