Simian Farmer

Meeting the Man

One week ago today I was waking up in Aurora, Ontario after having spent Sunday meeting and mixing with the man I asseverate as my favourite author.  (Gotta use a big word there since, you know, he's an author and all.  I couldn't just 'claim' that he was my favourite author.  No!  Far too plebeian a thing to do.)

Me and a dozen or so other of his most ardent fans enjoyed having him buy us drinks for a couple hours and then he was so gracious as to sign whatever books we foisted upon him.  I am still basking in the glow of the weekend, not least because of the totally wicked people I got to meet.

For a complete synopsis of the weekend, I've already written one at his authorised site.

Meeting Guy Kay.  Sweet!

Him signing some books.  Double Sweet!!

Mini Vacation

I delayed the publishing of this post until the (scheduled) moment of my departure from the Edmonton International Airport.

At 7.30 AM (MST), Saturday 10th December 2005, my plane should be trundling out to the runway so I can fly to Toronto for the weekend and hang out with Guy Gavriel Kay (my favouritest author in the world) and a cabal of similar fans.  It's like my wife having the opportunity to go hang out with Orlando Bloom.  Only with less kissing.

The degree of geekiness, err, GGeeKiness, to which I am gleefully submitting myself, and for which I am expending money, is truly staggering!!

Back late Monday night.

w00t!!

Word of the day

embooken (em.book.en)
tr.v.  em.book.ed, em.book.ing, em.books

1. LAW.  To leave or give (a book or similarly bound print media) by will.
2. To pass (a book) on to another; hand down.  He embooked the omnibus edition to Simon for a totally rockin' clerihew.

Also see:
em.book'al or em.book'ment n.
em.book'er n.

Braggadocio

If you were to bless me when I say 'clerihew', you'd be excused for not knowing that it's really a form of poetry.  But it got me a book personally signed by my favourite author and I'm all excited about it.

Like, very.

A rather exhaustive list

Instructions:
- Mark those you've read, (mine are red, fittingly),
- Italicize started-but-never-finished,
- Add three of your own.

I realise the list is missing books 410 thru 499.  I know not why...  I've read 56 of the books listed, including the three I added at the end.

via he who must not be named.
(Who seems to have a penchant for starting and not finishing books by Charles Dickens.)

The Cuddly Menace

In an incredibly hilarious send-up of Little Golden Books childrens' books (and who didn't have any when they were younger?), I would be horribly remiss in NOT sharing the following link.

There is a LGB by the title of: My Little Golden Book About GOD. 

Well, this here fella translated it to its true format:
My Little Golden Book About ZOGG.

And remember, draining humans of their spinal nectar will build strength.