But first… happy twentieth birthday to Debra, my little – uh, younger sister! She is in Copenhagen on exchange right now, but I think everybody who reads this and knows her should send her a “happy birthday” email right away. And make sure to do as our parents did and blow her one mention of [...]

This week’s post is a little late, but I hope you will forgive me in that I couldn’t possibly make it before the event I am about to discuss had actually happened. That’s right: yesterday, Saturday the 18th, was the second annual Cross-Ottawa treasure hunt – PIRATES! First of all, a huge THANK YOU to [...]

The structure of a benzene molecule. The tune for “Yesterday”. DNA. Special relativity. Frankenstein. How come other people get all the inspiring dreams? I’ve been working on my character Karen Crowley and her adventures at Willy Mac’s for four and a half years now, and I’ve only ever had two dreams about her crowd.

Unsurprisingly, there are a few spoilers behind the cut. If you don’t want to know Snape’s motivation or fate, then, Gentle Reader, beware. I’m typing this in the middle of designing this website: I have undoubtedly meddled with a thousand little bits of code that probably were better off without my interference; the only text [...]