The Unknown Studio

My co-host Scott C. Bourgeois and I had the opportunity over the weekend to spend an hour interviewing Mike Young and Simon Crowley, co-writers of the Edmonton Fringe production of Captain Hook versus the Zombies. Click here to read more and download the podcast.

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Every now and then, when good friend @ChrisHenderson and I get together, we’ll chat for a little while… And when the awkward silences become too unbearable, we’ll watch an episode or two of Star Trek: The Next Generation. Read the rest of this entry »

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On rare occasions when I happen to pick up a copy of Edmonton’s newspaper of record, the Edmonton Journal, I frequently stumble upon the “Venting” section. It’s a place where people can share their views on a host of topics in short snippets — essentially the newspaper equivalent of Twitter. But there are several key differences. Read the rest of this entry »

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The other day, stalwart blogger and friend Mack Male posted a tweet about his dining experience at Sabor Divino. His tweet said: “Overheard at Sabor Divino, waiter to patrons visiting from Texas: ‘Of all the places you come to Edmonton?’ – That’s our problem.” Read the rest of this entry »

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This is the third in a short series of posts about my family’s history, living in Canada as landed immigrants in the 1950s and 60s. You can read the second tale here, and the third one here. This particular series discusses my mother’s experiences living and working on a southern Alberta farm as a child. This will be the final post of this brief series.
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This is the third in a short series of posts about my family’s history, living in Canada as landed immigrants in the 1950s and 60s. You can read the second tale here. This particular series discusses my mother’s experiences living and working on a southern Alberta farm as a child.

I wish I could say that my Mum and René left Georges be. But if they had, I wouldn’t have such tragic and funny stories to tell. So we plod on, and discuss some of Georges’ evening habits… and his fears (aside from the twin spawn of my grandparents).

When I last spoke with Mum and René, they told me and my brothers that Georges had a bizarre aversion to gophers. He didn’t dislike them as some people do magpies or mice. He was afraid of them. Evil vicious little things, he thought.

Naturally, the twins wanted to leverage this little-known fact. And since the last story I told you dealt with Georges’ morning routine, I’ll tell you a little bit about his evening routine. Read the rest of this entry »

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