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Gregor’s Bed – Scatter My Ashes

Where Multiple Streams of Inspiration Joyously Meet and Mingle Album: Scatter My Ashes Composer: William Susman “. . . Scatter my old bones. I am keeping the young ones fresh, strong the blood circles and weaves me into a whole piece with long slender red thead buried under my skin.” – from the poem by… Read more »

The Writer’s Toolbox – Grammar Police

You might be an editor if at least five people posted Weird Al Yankovic’s “Word Crimes” music video on your Facebook page. You might be an editor if it made you laugh and cringe all at once. You might be an editor if the silly satire stayed with you for weeks. Word Crimes If you… Read more »

Primal Numbers – Car Hacking

For the most part, car problems are predictable. A new set of brakes one month, maybe a new exhaust system the next. But now that our cars are getting more like driveable computers, there’s a new headache for drivers to face. It’s car hacking, a type of cyber attack in which hackers target the computerized… Read more »

In Conversation With . . . Susan Malmstrom, Part I

Susan Malmstrom is an artist specialising in digitally produced photography. She grew up and studied in California, received a Master of Fine Arts in Visual Arts from the University of California at Irvine, and has lived in Canada since 2004. Her life’s work manifests a sense of wonder, curiousity, a love of memorablilia, an obsession… Read more »

In Conversation with Michael Gauthier, Conclusion

Michael Gauthier is a Montreal-based jazz guitarist and teacher. His guitar sound is characterised by a warm, earthy blues inspired music and the technical skill of a jazz master. A native of Drummondville and a long-time pillar of the Montreal jazz scene, he’s played with and learned from many jazz greats, including Archie Shepp, Bill… Read more »

Dear Barb – Husband Issues

Dear Barb: My husband and I have been taking my elderly neighbor shopping with us for the past few months. I thought everything was fine until last week when she told me she no longer wants to go with us. She said she doesn’t want my husband to be responsible for her; she needs to… Read more »

The Mindful Bard – We Cause Scenes

Movie: We Cause Scenes: The Rise of Improv Everywhere Director: Matt Adams It’s Never Too Late to Have a Happy Childhood “Brilliant. There is just something so emotionally overwhelming to me when I watch a group of human beings . . . just being. To see them all spontaneously break out in smiles and laughter,… Read more »

Primal Numbers – All in Your Head

As scary as the prom scene in Carrie was, lots of people were intrigued by something else in Stephen King’s famous novel: the idea of telekinesis, or moving objects with the power of your mind. we’re not there yet, but science has brought us one step closer with a new app that lets you control… Read more »

Primal Numbers – Walrus and a Mop

In Alice in Wonderland, it’s pure fiction when the Walrus muses about sweeping up all the sand on the beach. What isn’t fiction, though, is incredible new technology that uses sand to power batteries. The breakthrough is good news for our energy-hungry world. But just as the Walrus gobbled up every last oyster in sight,… Read more »