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Indoor outhouse. (My grandmother had one.)

0C in western Canada today. That's 32F for you hillbillies. Loving it. I'll send out my own F**K post as soon as the first three feet of snow hits and the temperature drops to -40. Just think, that's 72F below the freezing point of water! In Nunavut, that's considered balmy. Unfortunately, I gave away my monstrous parka about ten years ago. I kept my "Canada" boots but find them rather slippery on ice, so I bought a pair of serious "man" boots and they slip as well. They're real purdy to look at, though, whenever I open the closet.

I moved to Ottawa briefly many years ago. Had a condo with outdoor parking. Went home for Christmas for just one week. In the meantime it snowed/rained/snowed/rained/etc. By the time I got back, my windshield wipers were buried in 2 inches of solid ice. I spent three hours with the car running on high heat, continuous rear defrost, and an ice scraper used more like a hammer to free the car. I'm not sure why I didn't try a real hammer.

Ah, the memories.

EDIT: K, should western in western Canada be capitalized?

I've been talking you folks up to Bill Kandiliotis who recently returned to TNBW. Some of you may remember him. Sci-fi writer. And then I read through the previous page of posts.

Run, Bill, run like the wind!

Much as I would love to disagree with a unanimous opinion (I like italics), there are too many new words, and I can't italicize them all. And it's just weird to italicize words in dialogue just because they're new.

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I've been told that agents usually want to know the ending. Also, for your blurb, why is the labyrinth important? Also what is the zealot's agenda? You haven't said anything that would draw me into your book.

And let's not forget those cases where someone drops a major F-bomb in the subject line of their post.

Jersey City was small enough that you could take a taxi. Calgary is too big. Talk about urban sprawl. It cost me $100 to get from the airport to my mother's place on the day I arrived back in Calgary.

That man has an unusually large cranium. My own noggin has developed an atmosphere and a ring system as I've aged.

Elisheva, if it helps, I just spent a week in and out of the hospital, helping my mother who has two ulcers on her leg. Aside from the ER, there were multiple trips to the antibiotic clinic, and now, 2-3 months in and out of the wound clinic. Each in a different location. Things I did not know about the Alberta healthcare system. I don't know how they expect you to manage if you're sick and on your own.

Let me know if you need a photo to speed up your writing, Elisheva.

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