The Zamo the Destroyer Show #204
New episode of The Zamo the Destroyer Show: Technical Support Monkey has managed to avoid a bunch of unnecessary expenses, including university tuition and exterminator fees, but instead of sharing that money with Zamo, she’s keeping it like the selfish chimp bitch she is. In other news, none of...
Free downloads on the maQLu site
Copied and pasted from what I just posted over on maQLu.com Hey-o… It was brought to my attention that some folks were looking for some of the old experimental releases I used to have on Bandcamp like 5 years ago, for example The maQLu Tarot. I ditched Bandcamp probably...
Forget what I said about university, lol…
First up, an update about the whole returning to university thing: Yeah, forget that. LOL… I mentioned a bit about this on the last episode of Under My Skin, but the decision is now final. I started having doubts last week, though both my brother and my best friend...
Top 10 Reasons to learn your ancestral language
10. Convince telemarketers, bill collectors, and your annoying ex they got the wrong number 9. Kids won’t be able to decipher your discussions of what Santa’s not bringing them 8. Banish annoying people by pretending to not speak English 7. Now you can lord it over your lesser, monolingual...
Pop Quiz: So… how are the New Year’s Resolutions coming?
1. What’s your favourite vegetable on your new diet? a. Broccoli’s not all that bad when you slather it in paleo-friendly butter. b. Pickles count, right? I like extra pickles. c. Pizza sauce is made from tomatoes and it totally counts. 2. How’s it going at the gym? a....
Book of the week: The Artist’s Way (plus how I ended up working through it)
Where to begin with this one… well, about a year ago I was feeling the need to get back to making some sort of art, having spent the majority of my creative energy in the previous couple years either involved with buying and renovating and decorating my house (plus...
Poem: Recurring Theme
the ever-present bed draped in velvet and faux-furs a wild kingdom for your talents —your real talent?— or perhaps your ever-present need enticing luring tempting innuendo that if the price is right and the time is right in stolen moments you might invite me —or any of a million...
The Zamo the Destroyer Show #203
New episode of The Zamo the Destroyer Show: The Lord hath punished Technical Support Monkey with a squirrel infestation in her attic, and it’s going to cost her $500 to solve the problem. Unfortunately, Chimpette is insisting on paying that money to an exterminator instead of paying Zamo to...
Winter’s last (I hope!) snow tantrum and I’m never wrong but I might have been not entirely correct this one time
Ah, it seems like I just wrote the last Saturday blog… The snow fell, about 5-6” of it at my house, and while it did cover everything, it seems the irises are now emerging from it not that much worse off than before it hit. I expect this is...
Top 10 Signs of Spring on Vancouver Island
10. Crackheads adopt a more cheerful zombie shuffle 9. Yard is filled with mangled stumps where the deer have ruined your spring bulbs 8. Teenagers switch to a fruitier-smelling vape juice 7. Politicians seem somehow bouncier when they lie 6. Instead of unsolicited love advice, insane old cat ladies...