Bits and Pieces at the Start of December

[dewline]

Carol Goar got me thinking about the idea of Tommy Douglas as the father of not just Canadian medicare, but of "cloud medicine" as a key component of medicare.

Linda Wiken, past owner of Prime Crime Books here in Ottawa and author of a new mystery or two nowadays, informed me of concerns re: a planned bottleneck in availability of Canadian-written mystery novels.

The longstanding fight between CBC and Quebecor/Sun Media is heating up again. I'll admit right here - once again - to pro-CBC bias. Without apology.

budgie_uk has got a volume of Fast Fiction out in the planetary marketplace, if memory serves me correctly. Having provided the occasional bit of inspiration for these bits at his request, you'll forgive me - I hope - if I take a little bit of vicarious pride over this state of affairs...and encourage you to buy that collection!

If you're in Toronto today, you believe in good public transit, and it's not already too late by the time you read this, you might want to hook up with this rally today. Never mind whether or not climate derangement's real, because my asthmatic lungs WILL thank you for joining the cause!

To elaynetoo: Congratulations to you and Robin on your 12th together as a Couple!

David Brin posted this link to Facebook on a proposed food transportation infrastructure idea over in the UK that looks intriguing, and could possibly be put to use in the Territories from Yukon to Nunavut.

More as we all jointly think of it...

Comments

[budgie-uk.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the shoutout, Dwight, but it's not quite out there yet.

Have put the book together, and have ordered the proof. Will release it for purchase once I've received it, checked for typos (already found one, rats) and uploaded a correction.

The proof is mainly to check the cover looks ok, and to check the quality of the interior printing.

And yes, two stories, created from your challenges are in the second volume.

[dewline.livejournal.com]

Having corrected the shout-out to cover only the one volume I knew was out already before reading the reply you just posted...I'm now torn between screams and laughter as a response to this!

I guess I'll go with laughter! :-D