February 23 I'll be at Vancouver Writes at Performance Works, Granville Island: Get ready for an engaging, interactive evening of wordplay that will bring together aspiring and established writers to produce instant literature. Join host Billeh Nickerson, Caroline Adderson, Elizabeth Bachinsky, Kevin Chong, Steven Galloway, Zsuzsi Gartner, Genni Gunn, C.C.

Today marks the end of UBC Okanagan's first Outweek. Who knew Mark Tewksbury was so funny and gracious? Who knew he'd led a cheer at the pre-Olympic Canadian national team swim camp: "I'm a beaver, you're a beaver, we are beavers all. And when we get together, we do the

Lookie, lookie, I have a web site. How about that. It makes me feel sort of shy. It makes me wonder how to spell "lookie." I kind of think it's really "lookee," only that looks wrong, too. But, um, anyway, hi. (Tentative wave.) Hi. Or, as Elwy Yost used to