Squirrels, painting and FilKONtario

Thanks to Sherman Dorn for pointing me to the above image in Timothy Burke's blog.

The power went off again last night. It was back on by the time we woke up this morning, but I have little doubt what caused it.



After my post about squirrels vandalizing the local power generator, Shane McEwan said that in Australia, they have possum problems instead of squirrels. "As they're nocturnal they only attack at night. Usually they content themselves with just having a party in the ceiling above your bedroom . . . all . . . bloody . . . night! Sometimes, however, they get a little boisterous and start playing on the power lines. Roasted possum hanging by their tail from power lines used to be a more common sight that those pairs of sneakers you see hanging from the power lines in front of crack houses."

Had problems getting e-mail most of yesterday; turns out it was because I went over my mailbox quota. :-( Thanks to Bryan Fullerton of Samurai Hosting for the help in getting things sorted out again. I ended up losing some e-mail so if you sent me something and don't get a reply soon, please do re-send. Thanks!

Thanks for the encouragement re: my painted tank tops. I put one of the finished tops into the washer and dryer machines yesterday, and the painting came through just fine...yay!

I wore it to an Urban Tapestry get-together last night with Allison and Jodi. We're already starting to make plans for next year's FilKONtario (April 3-5, 2009 in Toronto), where we're the Filk Waifs/Toastmasters. This is our VERY FIRST Toastmaster gig and it's going to be soooooooo fun, so make sure you come.

Heather Dale will be the Guest of Honour, Gerry and Sandy Tyra will be Interfilk Guests, and author Robert Sawyer will be the Author Guest. And Urban Tapestry will be the Toastmasters/Filk Waifs, of course. :-)

For more info, please see the FilKONtario website.



Urban Tapestry performing in Rochester. Photo by Korak.



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