Category Archives: Aliens and uncharted planets

In which technology proves my point, as if I needed more proof

Posted on March 25, 2008 by Tentative Equinox North

I am having an identity crisis with the paper towel dispenser in the bathrooms at work. Sometimes it refuses to believe I exist and will not dispense towels to me no matter how frantically I wave my hand in front of … Continue reading →

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I, Widget

Posted on March 23, 2008 by Tentative Equinox North

You are approved. Operation prohibited by disc. You have 81 friends. This page has a skabillion hits. You are not authorized to access this information. You know those movies where killer Robots take over the world? I, Robot or Terminator are … Continue reading →

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It’s a bird, it’s a helicopter, it’s me, plummeting to my fictional death

Posted on March 9, 2008 by Tentative Equinox North

I’ve been meaning to post this for a while.  This is the green screen work that was done for the concert version of “It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s Superman” with APPLAUSE! Musicals in Concert.  In this I got to … Continue reading →

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Job Descriptions? We don’t need no stinkin’ job descriptions!

Posted on March 4, 2008 by Tentative Equinox North

I was a lifeguard/swimming instructor all through my university years. This job was a logical extension of my love of water–I am after all a Pisces. I had spent all my summers from grade three onwards being a pool rat … Continue reading →

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Of Oil Leaks and Knighthood on St. Valentine’s Day

Posted on February 15, 2008 by Tentative Equinox North

So, it was an eventful Valentine’s day. Valentine’s Day is my husband’s birthday. (I detest the expression DH when referring to one’s husband in e-communications. You will not see the two letters DH strung together on this website). As I … Continue reading →

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Kids–Beloved or Ballast

Posted on January 14, 2008 by Tentative Equinox North

Last weekend saw all the big Christmas tree chipping events around town. We were en route to taking ours to the local high school when I saw the following scenario: a red-necked yahoo (I may be characterizing a little) in … Continue reading →

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Sign of the Times

Posted on January 4, 2008 by Tentative Equinox North

So, as I’m waiting for the light to turn green, I see this sign posted on the back of a road sign:   Self-Defense Dog Training Stop Smoking. Only one lesson needed. Call: ###-###-#### This is a case of trying … Continue reading →

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Dens of health

Posted on December 29, 2007 by Tentative Equinox North

Why is it that physiotherapists’ offices (all of them, I’ve never seen one that’s different) look like a dominatrix’s den of inequity with tastes that run to dusty rose?  Seriously.  There’s all these beds with truss-like equipment up the wazoo … Continue reading →

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