Friday, September 12, 2008
I’ve printed out the first quarter or so of the interviews for the new book — this is essentially all never-before published stuff. Right now it’s a stack of interviews about an inch high. That doesn’t include any photos yet either. So, ack, that’s a big big big big book! I figure if I cut the interviews down to what’s most interesting, it’s still three or four hundred pages…
I’m still waiting to hear back from Lulu as to what the issue with the hardcover book is/was. I assume I will hear in the next couple of days and I’ll let you know how to get your copy then.
I’ve been meaning to put this picture up for a little while — it’s from the CNE. Can you tell which two in the picture enjoy roller coasters and which two don’t? The facial expressions are priceless.
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
I think this clip is my favorite “duck” that we’ve posted in a little while. It’s so cute… I was going through the images I have for the site (including some unpublished ones), and thinking about putting together a fun little coffee table book or maybe a 2009 calendar or something funny.
Speaking of ducks, Nefarious and I were at the park today walking along the duck pond and an old lady chastised me for allowing her to walk along the stone wall, which is about 12″ off the ground and a solid 24″ wide. As if a five year old can’t walk on a two-foot wide path without toppling off… sheesh! At first I didn’t even understand what she was talking about because it was so silly.
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
So after a day of somewhat stressful meetings, I came home to some nice emails from people who’d gotten copies of the new hardcover ModCon book in the mail, including this picture of Ze and his copy. Unfortunately that mail was followed by emails from Lulu telling me that unfulfilled orders on the book (including my own) had been canceled — at least temporarily — and when I logged into my store the book’s pages had been set to private. I can only assume that someone is doing what they can to cause me and/or the body modification scene annoyance. I’m waiting to hear back from Lulu now, so hopefully this is just a temporary hiccup and I don’t have to upload it to an alternate printer (although if someone wants to recommend one — or be one — don’t hesitate to write).
Either way, I’ll update for those of you waiting to order this when I know more.
Well, those of you who did get a copy now hold the rarest book I’ve ever put out!
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
I mentioned my distaste for the Conservative election ads here in Canada in a recent entry. Here is one of their latest ads, in which a bird flys over Liberal leader Stéphane Dion and shits on him. Seriously. This is an actual “official” ad (although it was later retracted and Stephen Harper “apologized”), not some joke ad or ad made by an Internet group. Pretty telling what they think the intellectual level of their supporters is.
Sunday, September 7, 2008
Asparagus, red shepherd pepper, and yellow zucchini with long grain and wild rice and cod in dill, lime, salt, and garlic. That’s it. Very simple, very easy.
Other than that, I’m really trying to wrap my head around how McCain is leading in the latest polls… I mean, it’s mind-boggling that Bush can have basically zero support, the country is heading toward ruin, and people are still seriously considering voting for not just “more of the same“, but worse — I mean, really, do you want an unstable moron who’s main claim to fame came from being bottom of his class and then crashing his plane over and over until he got tossed in a tiger cage? Someone who’s obsessed with saber rattling and risky gambling when a pile of other nations are ready to pounce? Real bright. Part of me thinks there’s some grand polling/voting conspiracy, but realistically I think people may be that dumb.
Here in Canada there’s a federal election coming up at about the same time and the Conservative party has been running ridiculous — and very creepy — ads of Stephen Harper talking about how much he loves his kids (the section that starts at 3:30 in this clip is an example of what they’re running). Not a word about his politics, which certainly echoes the US way of running politics. I hope that people up here don’t buy it, but I’m afraid they might. Personally I couldn’t care less what a politician does in their private life. I’m not electing them to do the right thing for their family, I’m electing them to do the right thing for the country.
We have a great NDP Candidate in our riding that I hope will be re-elected.
