On the DEWLine 2.0: Dwight Williams

Always a good combination in the tail end of January in my neighbourhood. Just enough snow and just cold enough for winter to really be here, and just enough daylight for a human to keep feeling human in most cases. If that blasted Expedia TV ad were really on the money on Canadians' reactions to the weather at this time of year, then the US could claim our real estate under eminent domain law alone, as most of us would've suicided from clinical depression with Seasonal Affectedness Disorder on the side for real and for keeps by now.

No. We're mostly okay here, or getting there again shortly.

Some other news:

I'm 2/3-done on the pencils for # 2 of Local Hero as of yesterday. Looking forward to seeing how the inkwork looks, and I'll share excerpts of the results of that whenever I can in the months ahead. Sales are slow and steady so far on the first issue, which is good news as well.

For light reading recently, I've finished re-reading kradical's Star Trek: Articles of the Federation. I'll say it again: it's a damn good book, and if you like either Trek in its varied forms, The West Wing, or both, you should give it a look yourself if you haven't already. Test-drive your local library's copy first if need be, but do it soon.

My next light reading project? The Last Spike by Pierre Berton. I'm only a dozen pages in, and already I'm kicking myself for not looking into this one sooner. I can only plead the stupidity of youth on this tome on the last years of the process of building the original main line of the Canadian Pacific Railroad, Canada's first truly transcontinental line.

I'll be attending the OSFS Annual General Meeting this afternoon. We have a financial statement, previous AGMs' minutes, and a new board to approve, elect, acclaim, or whatever it is we need to do as a chartered non-profit under Ontario law. And entertainment to watch afterwards, too. Should be lively, whatever happens.

More to come...and over to you now.