Artemis isn’t allowed outside, and since she really wanted to meet a fireman, she had to get creative…

Alas for her, I managed to fish her off from the ledge. I wonder what she’ll try next?

Leslie is in St Gallen, Switzerland at the 8th International Conference of the Book and just delivered her first international paper! She says it all went well and even got some kudos from the audience!

Wow, am I ever famous now… well, proud at least. But still I should get a bit of the fame shouldn’t I?

…but Carmen’s got a home. And so does Pedro. It’s lovely and we’re so happy for her…

Trying an upload with the latest release of the WP app.

A video of my wine, a geotag and a hope this works…

Leslie Vermeer (@lavermeer) wrote:
“A cube of sugar in the hands of a raccoon,
who cleans it until it dissolves.
This is not love …”

— Lynn Crosbie

I wonder what she meant by that?

Bar style…

I ran a bunch of my old prints through my document scanner. Seriously… mere minutes of scanning and editing. The world is a wondrous and changing place…

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John Scalzi drew my attention to this. It’s odd how this stuff makes the rounds. Still this is awesome enough to steal from Youtube and give a permanent home here…

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I dedicate this to the one person who will really appreciate it ( you know who you are…); may we all revel in our inner 15-year-old boy! A backup version to be permanently found on a page on the sidebar.


(Ian Martens/Lethbridge Herald/Canadian Press)

“I got out of the jet two seconds before impact and I know that and I don’t take that for granted,” he said in an interview with CBC News.
Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/calgary/story/2010/08/17/calgary-pilot-jet-fire-crash-cf18-lethbridge-tells-story.html#ixzz0wv0mf7bY

See some video here as well…

Jeesuz! Talk about a spectacular picture of an awesome scene.

Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi
dabris, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam.

I have a catapult. Give me all your money,
or I will fling an enormous rock at your head