Thanks to all who came, bought or just supported us during FanExpo.

Thanks to Brian E for snapping photos, you can see some of them up @supcuztshirt on the twitters.

At the urinal next to me Darth Vader saddled up (he has a zipper??). I leaned over & advised: “Don’t “force” it. Hard to tell with the mask but he seemed less than amused.

Thank you Ash Slaughter for being a gracious host on Nerdgasm, it was a blast! Such kind words, what a nice boy!

Note: I’ll have the link up for the show soon as it’s up.

Argh! Planning for TheSampleBank is taking up way to much time. I’m afraid I’ll have to postpone this. Sorry…

Ok so most of you guys know my pal Jordan…from Sam Hell and the editor of my poetry book Red Letter Nights. He and another friend Mark are in this band called Vas Vega. They’re starting a residency on Monday nights, starting on the 10th and I’ll be opening for them…every Monday night with a couple of poems.

For the hopelessly romantic, for the bookworm now reading at a Grade 5 level or higher & for fans of Spider-Man this Christmas might I suggest my book: Red Letter Nights.

This one has it all True Believers! Mayhem, Magic and Much Much More! Hotter than Bratz & cooler than an ipad it has to be read—without pants—to be appreciated. This Christmas…give the gift of poetry.

Thank you to everyone who voted or dropped by my SXSW Panel Pitch.

Many will enter few will win. Winners are notified mid-September so…now I/we wait.

There were some amazing pitches this year. Some of the ideas people are developing are just incredible.

Regardless of who gets in at SXSW when it comes to the future there is much hope, progress and myriad possibilities.

Yes Guy!

So as per my agreement with Lana Gay and her wonderful CBC 3 show Lanarama I had to select 3 winners from Vancouver, who would receive concert tickets and then 3 winners from outside BC to get copies of my book Red Letter Nights.

Here’s what I picked along with some bonus commentary.

Woot! I get to be on the oh so wonderful Lana Gay’s show Lanarama on CBC 3 today AND…get to judge a Haiku contest.

Many will enter, few will win!

I’m almost getting cooler. Yes?

Ever sat at the uncool kids table in your high school cafeteria? Well no more! Here’s my chance to run with the fun and cool and hip kids.

I’ve got a SXSW pitch up and it’s available for public voting and…you’re public. Please vote, if one of us can escape the uncool kids table there’s hope and inspiration the rest of us can get there. Plus good karma, vote for me and usher in goodness into your life. (Offer Void in Quebec, Hawaii and Alaska).

So some details for those with questions:

The pitch is here.

Not sure what SXSW is? To the Internet! Oh…wait, we’re already here. Wow, things are moving more rapidly.

So SXSW means South by Southwest. It’s in Austin, Texas. Really cool hip town (the whole town is a cool kids table).

SXSW is a film, interactive and music festivals extravaganza all rolled into 1 over 4 days in March. Over 2000 bands, I dunno how many movies, loads of parties and as for the interactive part all kinds of web creators, entrepreneurs, designers and other funky fresh individuals show up and tell us about all the cool stuff they are working on. It’s nuts, I’m just working on today, some of these people are like working on the future.

In 2007 Twitter was launched at SXSW. Coolness.

You will need to create an account to vote, this is what the nice SXSW people say:
Voting is simple and FREE! Go to PanelPicker.sxsw.com any time between August 9 and August 27, 2010, click “Sign In” at the top left of the page. Next click “create a new account” and fill out the simple form. Once you are signed up you will be able to review, rate and comment on all submissions for the 2011 event. Voting officially closes on August 27, but the interface will remain open for comments through the event.

Feel free to add comments, questions, Eva Mendes’ phone number and jokes to the pitch.

So, go, vote, help me get to the cool kids table, I’ll bring you all with me. Promise.

Welcome. With the recent antagonistic actions prompted by the G20 being hosted in Toronto I felt enough was enough. This is beyond adolescent us vs them concepts. We’ve all grown past that: I hope.