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Flash Imagination #20 – Merry Chr…. oh right!

Dan — Sat, 25 Dec 2010 05:01:17 +0000

Geeky Wrapping Paper from ThinkGeek.com

I wanted to take this opportunity to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, but it would seem that some believe this to be politically incorrect.

I’d therefore like to take a page from Think Geek and wish you all a Satisfactory non-Denominational Capitalistic Wintertime Gift Giving-Season!

(Thanks Ingram for the link!)

2010

Dan — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 03:41:07 +0000

As we move into another one of Arthur C. Clarke’s novels, I just want to take the time to wish you all a Happy New Year 2010!

Merry Everyone!

Dan — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 05:25:35 +0000

I just want to take a few minutes and wish everyone Happy Holidays!

I hope you all get what you asked Santa for, and if not, well, you only have yourself to blame, now don’t you?

Working 9 to 9

Dan — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 13:40:40 +0000

I just want to take a breather and apologize for the lack of posts. Its crunch time at work right now, and though they don’t make us work 12 hours per day, we’ve been working a lot.

Come Christmas vacation, however, I should be free!

Remembrance Day

Dan — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:54:26 +0000

Today being Remembrance Day, I figure this is the least I could do:

Lest We Forget

In Fanders Fields

By: Lt.-Col. John McCrae

In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved, and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.

New Short Story: Halloween in Montreal

Dan — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 03:29:42 +0000

Eight days ago (almost to the minute) I was standing in Notre-Dame-de-Grâce park with my dog Koji, watching a handful of disguised children zigzag through the streets in search of candy. The wind then picked up and yellow leaves circled around both of us for several minutes. I was inspired, and quickly began piecing together a story about a disgruntled guy who’d just moved to Montreal and who, for the first time in his life, was spending Halloween night alone in his small appartment.

The result of that moment of inspiration is the short story Halloween in Montreal, the first non-fantasy story to be published on Folaji.com. The short story consists of four parts that will be published over the coming week, and tonight I am proud to present you with part 1 of the story.

A quick note before we get to the link: this story contains some vulgar language and mature themes, so if you’re not into that kind of stuff, don’t click on the link below. Otherwise, hope you enjoy!

Here’s the link: Halloween in Montreal - Crazy Lady

Civic Holiday Long Weekend

Dan — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 17:13:13 +0000

This weekend will be a long weekend, and as is typically the case on long weekends, some of you may be out of town.

Could you confirm, either by phone, email, pm, or by commenting on this post, whether you will be available for DnD this weekend? Also, if you can make it, what time would be best? (Saturday? Sunday? Monday?)

Let me know!

Back in Ottawa!

Dan — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 00:56:30 +0000

We’ll we’ve been back in Ottawa since last Saturday, but with the trip just behind us and tired like hell, I decided not to have any DnD last week. I do not know if anybody is away on vacation this weekend, so I’ll be placing calls to you guys tomorrow, and if everybody is present and willing, then I don’t see why we can’t have a DnD session.

You’ll also notice that all Vikas Journal Entries have been published, and you can read through all of them by using the links below or by viewing the Vikas Journal Entries Series Page. This series of 7 pages taken from Vikas’ journal details how he became the owner of the Death Valley Inn, how he began working for the Soulhers, and how he and many of the farmers of Cory became undead creatures. Hope you enjoy!

And finally, a few notes about website updates. On the day before the day before we left on vacation (that’s not a typo) WordPress announced the release of WordPress 2.8. I will be looking at upgrading the blog to this new version in the following weeks, though I expect the site will pretty much remain the same (upgrades mostly have to do with the site administration). I may also have to upgrade the forum and run some tests on the different plugins, so expect a little site down-time and possibly some minor visual changes in the not to distant future.

Hello From Winnipeg!

Dan — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:06:14 +0000

Hello everyone from Winnipeg!

The bike trip is going great, we are currently on our 6th day overall, and our second day in Manitoba’s capital. Since we’re staying here for two days, we decided last night that we would sleep in this morning. Being more of an early bird than my two other traveling buddies, I’m taking advantage of the situation to write a post .

So, if you havn’t already, I’d invite you to read Vikas’ Journal Entries, which you can find using the links below:

Also, before I left I uploaded to youtube a video we did when we were in high school. The 45 minute movie, entitled “La Science et vous – La Sécurité en laboratoire”, was our attempt at creating a 70s-style, satirical movie about laboratory security while in high school. The video is in french, and is chopped up into 5 parts (since youtube doesn’t allow for videos longer than 10 minutes). You can find each of the vids below:

War of the Soulhers – Vikas’ Journal

Dan — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 19:40:28 +0000

Tonight will be the last DnD night we will have until July, as I will be on vacation for much of the month of June.

I’ve therefore prepared some posts that will auto publish themselves, which should keep the site fresh with new content while I am gone. By the time I come back, you will have access to the entire contents of Vikas’ Journal, as it was found on his desk in that small, underground office. Today we begin with the first page in Vikas’ journal, which was surprisingly not written by Vikas at all.

Also, since we are dealing with a journal, and therefore dates, I’ve prepared a page that explains how dates work in Aethoros. This page is also accessible from the War of the Soulhers page, and I encourage you to read up on it when you get the chance.