April 2008
Overheard at Canadian Tire, a one-act play
Posted by on Monday, April 28, 2008 in - 3 comments
Setting: Waiting in line at the cash at a Canadian Tire hardware store. • Man (to woman): “Wanna go to WalMart?” • Woman shrugs. • Man picks up laser-pointer from display, shines light in woman’s eyes. • Man: “Cool light.”
Zap Your PRAM 2008: The Legend of Curly's Gold
Posted by on Monday, April 14, 2008 in - 1 comment
Back in 2003, when dial-up was still common and many keyboards didn’t have a “Windows” key, a few good friends and I put on a conference. The Zap Your PRAM conference was better than we could have hoped. We’re still in touch with friends made that fall. • We’re doing it again! This time we’ve …
Juno Songwriters Circle for a Saturday Afternoon
Posted by on Saturday, April 12, 2008 in - 1 comment
Last week’s Juno awards festivities (think: Grammy’s for Canada) in Calgary produced a few great performances. A few of these took place at the Songwriters Circle and were captured by CBC’s Radio 2 Podcast. • The two parts in include performances by Joel Plaskett, Serena Ryder, Jeremy Fisher …