I actually have a good excuse as to why I haven't written in so long, but "busy with life, work and writing" doesn't hold water for my legions of fans who beat a path to my blog every day... Hi, Mom!

What a thrill on Saturday morning when I crept down to steal someone's newspaper... Believe it or not, my very first piece published in a CanWest Global paper earned a front page nod! The topic was "case modders," people who cut windows into their computers and fill it with lights, etc. Now I've seemingly become the tech person for Ed and they have already approached me to do another piece...

I'm still knockin' them out of the park with Vue, however! We went to Co Co Di to check out a rumour - turns out that bubble pipes can be smoked in separate patio areas so long as no food or drink is served. I wrote about the experience I should have had there. I have two pitches just waiting to be delivered - we'll see what my newly promoted editor-turned-editor-in-chief thinks about them.

My daughter is running and using more words every day. I love the mimicking phase - my wife used to imitate Napoleon Dynamite's "Dang!" until the first time she heard Maeryn pipe up from the back seat, "Dang!" Too cute for words. We're still waiting breathlessly for my bride's acceptance into her Master's program at Athabasca and we have a new couch.

Well, I think that's all the news that is news. To come: commentary on current events, people, places and the deeply depressing lack of anything resembling originality on movie screens this summer.

Forgotten English of the Day
Peninsulated: nearly surrounded with water. I like the sound of it and what it means.