What happened to the archives?

, January 31, 2009

A couple of days ago, I made the switch from WordPress to Textpattern. But after I copied the existing blog over to the new system, the place was a bit of a mess. I’ve got a lot of cleaning up to do in order to get the archives up to par. So for the time […]


Posted in Housekeeping |

Writing up a storm

, January 29, 2009

The thirty-second edition of “A Thousand Things That Piss Me Off” has just been posted on Shplang. This one’s heavily dependent on Iron Maiden. I hope you enjoy it. Meanwhile, two new Righteous Melody strips have been posted this week, as per our usual schedule. You can check them out here and here. By the […]


Posted in Writing |

Taking the plunge

, January 28, 2009

This website is going to be a bit of a mess for a while. Tonight, I finally decided to make the switch from WordPress to Textpattern. I’m hoping it will allow me to do a lot of things with this site that WordPress wouldn’t. But first I’ve got to clean the place up and make […]


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Looking for a niche

, January 27, 2009

If you’ve already downloaded the first hour-long episode of the new Babylon Telecom podcast series, which launched early yesterday morning, then thank you. If you haven’t, please feel free to do so – or better yet, subscribe to the feed to receive future episodes as soon as they’re available. A pretty decent number of people […]


Posted in Babylon Telecom, Events |

Good news for nerds

, January 27, 2009

The BBC has announced that it will air a two-part Red Dwarf reunion special during the Easter weekend. The special, which will be the first new episode since the show went off the air in 1999, will see the crew return to Earth at long last. That ought to be a hell of a thing, […]


Posted in Stuff |

The new sound

, January 26, 2009

For over a year, I’ve been talking about launching a Babylon Telecom podcast series. Well, as of tonight, I’m glad to be able to tell you that I’ve done it. There’s a full moon in the sky, and Parliament is all set to resume in the morning, so it felt like a good night to […]


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Texting with Paul Gagnon

, January 24, 2009

Paul: What’s cover there? Me: Free. Drinks are pricey. Just stopped in to write a few things down. Paul: Always with the notepad you Me: I am actually getting yelled at slash flirted with over my notepad now. Time to become unattractive! Paul: Wow ladies love the mystery reporter? Me: I told her I live […]


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I hate that purple kangaroo

, January 23, 2009

The thirty-first edition of “A Thousand Things That Piss Me Off” is now available on Shplang. Check it out, why don’t you?


Posted in Writing |

Everyone’s a DJ, provided they’re single

, January 22, 2009

Hosting Everyone’s a DJ on the second Saturday of every month is generally a good idea. In February, however, the second Saturday happens to be Valentine’s Day. Call me crazy, but I’ve got a feeling that we’re not going to see as many couples as we usually do. At any rate, the date’s been set, […]


Posted in Babylon Telecom, Events |

The Obameter

, January 22, 2009

Hey, remember when I told you about hundreddays.org? Well, cheap laughs aside, here’s a site that might actually be worth following. “PolitiFact has compiled about 500 promises that Barack Obama made during the campaign and is tracking their progress on our Obameter. We rate their status as No Action, In the Works or Stalled. Once […]


Posted in Politics, Writing |