In the Pink


David Shepherd and Travis Price, heroes.

Although it only seems like a year ago,Pink Shirt Day is upon us again. Inspired by a couple of Nova Scotia high-school kids who decided to stand up against bullying in their school by getting hundreds of students to turn out in pink. Christy Clark of CKNW radio has been instrumental in coordinating a Day of Pink, in cooperation with Boys and Girls clubs.

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Deep In the Heart of Texas

The stars at night, are big and bright,
deep in the heart of Texas,
The prairie sky is wide and high,
deep in the heart of Texas.
The sage in bloom is like perfume,
deep in the heart of Texas,
Reminds me of, the one I love,
deep in the heart of Texas.

I get to travel to a lot of places. Sometimes it's pretty ordinary--nothing wrong with making the trip to New Jersey, but once you've seen one mob hit, you've seen 'em all--but many places are special, and one of the coolest, most interesting and delightful places I've had the privilege of visiting is Austin, Texas. This Friday I'll be heading there for a retailer conference with my pals at LD Carlson and I'm stoked.

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Not a Pepys Outta Me

Portrait of the artist as a 17th-Century crypto-blogger

It's a busy day in the annals of human history: in 1455 Gutenberg published his first book (go moveable type!), in 1836 the battle of the Alamo began, in 1942 Glenn Seaborg isolated and purified Plutonium for the first time in human history, in 1932 geek cultural icon Majel Barret and in 1944 melanin-challenged blues guitarist Johnny Winter were born, and it's Terminalia, the festival of Jupiter Terminalis. Whew!

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Happy Birthday SS - OV 101

The first space ship Enterprise

It's time for an embarrassing admission: I am a complete and utter nerd. Not only did I play Dungeons and Dragons when I was a kid, I also read a lot of science fiction, watched Star Trek and wanted to be an astronaut when I grew up. I eventually left the twenty-sided dice and the monster manual behind, and it was gently explained to me that monocular vision wasn't good enough for astronaut duty, but I never quit with wanting to be part of the bright shiny future. I wanted to live in a world where you could go to a Spaceport, buy a ticket to the moon, and wear exciting unisex jumpsuits.

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John J. Blaine, American Hero

The Honorable John J. Blaine

Today is the 76th anniversary of the Blaine act, a bill sponsored by Wisconsin senator John J. Blaine and passed by the United States Senate on February 17, 1933, to repeal the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution: Prohibition. The repeal helped stem the tide of social upheaval and criminal gangsterism that was driven by the massive profitability of contraband liquor, much of it flowing from Canada (and the source of some of the richest fortunes in Canadian history).

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What's Cookin'?

Nothing says home cooking like a pan of fried carrots

I had lunch with my publisher, Brad Ring, the other day (ooh, sounds fancy: I had a taco) and he asked me the same question he asks all the time: what was I reading right now? I don't know if it's a standard conversational gambit (not a bad one if it is) or if he's interested in my reading list in particular. I talked about four or five of the books in my pile right now, but I think the most gripping tome I'm reading right now is Harold McGee's On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen. I bought it because I had read Heston Blumenthal'sHeston Blumenthal: In Search of Perfection. Heston credits McGee with introducing him to molecular gastronomy.

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Where's Winedo?

Author not exactly as illustrated

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