Zodomatica Bits of Tzaddi’s Life

Kurt Vonnegut was brilliant as ever in How to Write With Style. (via Jason Santa Maria’s oddities). I enjoyed the full article, but here is the summary:

Find a subject you care about
Do not ramble, though
Keep it simple
Have guts to cut
Sound like yourself
Say what you mean
Pity the readers

These guidelines are good no matter the forum you’re [...]

Posted: July 31st, 2008 under Web Tips.
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My friend Marleen just gave me some sad news: she had a painting stolen on Friday from her exhibition at the HSBC Building (Pendulum Gallery), less than 24 hours after the show’s opening night. Even worse, it’s one of four which are meant to hang together. It’s tough to imagine someone having the guts to [...]

Posted: July 21st, 2008 under Art.
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This past weekend I took part in a SoundOut Improv Choir workshop with Viviane Houle.
There were 22 participants (all women for better or worse) and we had such a hoot! I haven’t laughed so hard in a long while.

When I learned about the workshop I was quite intimidated by the improv aspect. But now I [...]

Posted: July 15th, 2008 under Goofy, Fun & Cool, Life.
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I received the latest newsletter from Quest Food Exchange, an organization I’ve written about before. They do an amazing job of diverting food that would otherwise go to our landfills into “nutritious meals and hampers, garden and greenhouse compost and animal feed”. Now they’re expanding their great model across the province.
So without further ado, I [...]

Posted: July 10th, 2008 under Activism.
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PutPlace is asking you to “show your data loss disaster face” to win a one year subscription for 100GB data storage, plus $200 USD Amazon gift certificate.
I created the contest banners for Darren (PutPlace is a client of Capulet Communications), so I thought I’d share it with y’all. You could have a lot of fun [...]

Posted: July 3rd, 2008 under Computers & Tech, Goofy, Fun & Cool.
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