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And we've lost another one: Comerford's Cigar Store.

https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/deachman-a-victim-of-covid-and-changing-times-comerfords-closes-after-75-years

I used to visit for the newspapers, the magazines and the snacks.

Public health matters on public transit and this is another part of why.
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[personal profile] ysabetwordsmith pointed out this item on one method being used to make affordable housing doable.

Looking at my personal library...well, I can be branded a hoarder. Or militantly well-read. I wouldn't want much for kitchen space, but I'd want accessibility in anticipation of days to come when I need a walker, wheelchair or some other appliance for moving around. And I would absolutely demand space for my library. Affordable housing and I are going to have an antagonistic relationship, I think, for a very long time. Even if I manage to cull a large portion of my reading collections without sending it into landfill, which I still hope to do.

*sigh*

I'm going to have to find new homes for a lot of comic books, aren't I? I haven't even been able to catalogue them all properly yet.
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Searching and researching resumed this morning.

Although, to be honest, the job alerts I've subscribed to via Indeed, Jobilico, Workopolis and the Canadian federal job bank never stop, not even on statutory holidays. So I find myself spending at least an hour a day on weekends and holidays looking at those alone, no matter if I click on any links or not.

I went down to the ByWard Market on Sunday. It's been over a month since my last visit, and I worried that Globe Mags and Cigars and Mags Plus were both finally defunct. I am pleased to report that the first of these is still in business selling newspapers, magazines, and (not so pleased to say the same about) assorted smokeables and related gear. Google Maps tells me Mags Plus on Rideau Street - about a block or so east of ByTowne Cinema - is still active, and I wasn't about to push my luck by personally confirming that as well.

I was amused by the displays currently active at the LEGO Store at the Rideau Centre: the Disney Castle, a replica of a classic Adidas running shoe(!), the apartments of Friends, and a four-story Marvel-authorized Daily Bugle playset, with twenty-five figures of assorted Marvel characters. Both Spider-Men, Parker and Morales. "Spider-Gwen" AKA Ghost-Spider from Earth-65. Daredevil. Firestar. Even Spider-Ham! Venom, Carnage, Doctor Octopus (Otto, not Carolyn), Sandman, "Green Goblin" Osborn, and a few others. Probably runs to C$500 to take that one home, and Marvel fan though I am, I am not that fanatic nor anywhere near that wealthy.

Still waiting for the advisory to go to the pharmacy to get dose # 2. I'm on their e-mail list for this, so that notice should be soon. Perhaps before the end of the week?

Have received word from Lloyd Penney that there will be physical and online components to "Third Monday" tonight, the latter for those of us unable/unwilling to visit Orwell's in Toronto in person. This is good news, I think.

Hoping to see Black Widow next week, finances and health/safety rules permitting. I do continue to read the current ongoing comics series that inspired the movie. Both Natasha and Yelena are core cast members in the comic book series, which is currently set in San Francisco. You should be able to just drop in on the story arc in progress without too much trouble.

More as it occurs to me.
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Is anyone here reading Communication Arts?
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Just got announced on Twitter.

https://twitter.com/cinefexNOW/status/1364282780490682369

If there's no rescue for this publication, it will indeed be a sad day for movie makers and the people learning those arts.
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Seemed like a good mix of reading material while I had supper tonight.

Starships and Railroads
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Fighting with Apple Photos to export pix of covers of 39 issues of Carto - le Monde en Cartes, a French-language magazine using maps heavily to explain then-current affairs at the time of publication. I'm looking for new homes for those too now. [profile] duncan_mac has expressed an interest, but I don't see how he's alone in having such interests. Here's the Flickr album

https://www.flickr.com/photos/dwight_ew/albums/72157716600770592

Sorry I missed yesterday.
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Made up my mind. Those six titles get purged.

Keeping the NatGeo maps, though, if I can.

I'm still not moving fast enough.
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This is a multi-purpose posting.

1) To promote myself as a writer, and show that I've done work that draws attention.

2) That I am still seeking to build expertise in Ottawa-Gatineau history.

3) To promote Spacing Media as a news/cultural/historical affairs organization. Matthew Blackett's team are doing good work, with or without my contributions, and I'd like to see that work continue and expand. I hope that if you're not already reading their blogs and hardcopy magazine, that you'll start as a result of this.

More on other stuff later in the day...
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This is what I wrote for tonight's workshop session. I told them I'd probably be posting it here, so...

The story is after the cut... )
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Job-hunting.
Trying to rediscover my copies of ImagineFX # 178, 179 and 181. (Which have since been rediscovered.)
Listening to Q on the radio. (Stopped for lunch-preparation chores.)
Trying to find a way to write something for tonight's writing workshop. (Still trying.)
Feeling like my brain is starving from lack of oxygen. (Improved.)

That's my morning right now.
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I got this via the newsletter subscription for _Script_ Magazine today. Since I'm a fan of Coroner specifically...

https://www.scriptmag.com/features/interviews-features/running-the-show-morwyn-brebner-showrunner-of-coroner
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  • Uppercase (crafting and design magazine published in Canada)
  • Branchline (published by Bytown Railway Society)
  • Star Trek
  • The Atlantic
  • Warships - International Fleet Review
  • Bloomberg Business Week
  • Toronto Life
It seemed a good idea at the time, while I was making my way home.
And yes, this is a not-so-veiled clue to Metro, Shoppers Drug Mart, Rexall, and a few other companies operating in Ottawa. I've spoken of this before, after all.
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As a reminder to myself. The Gifted Type dropped it from their roster of magazines they carry about a year ago. I don't get to visit Hobbyhouse often. So it looks like that's going to leave subscription as my option of choice.

https://bytownrailwaysociety.ca/index.php/branchline
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Hey, thanks, PC Optimum!

Now, could you stock some of the magazines that would get me shopping at your stores?

Harper's, ImagineFX, Trains, The New Republic, Bloomberg Business Week, Mother Jones, Cinefex, Mark (an architecture magazine), Canadian Architect, Quill and Quire...it's a long and incomplete list.

Also, I remember when pharmacies really packed in a wide selection of paperback books...
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  • Bloomberg Business Week
  • 3D Artist
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As in "hardcopy print editions"?
  • ImagineFX
  • International Designers Network
  • Briar Patch
  • The New Republic
  • Harpers
  • Quill & Quire
  • Wired
  • Carto: le Monde en Cartes


I'm not done with print. Even if "market forces" want it to be done with me.
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On Facebook: Okay, FB Purity is still installed, but I've temporarily turned it off. Not happy with that, because I like being alerted when friendlisters "go away".

On newsstands: I hate seeing my current favourite newsstand either shrinking its available selection of magazines...or seeing their distributor do it for them. I'm not sure which of the two situations is truly in play here, but it scares me.

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