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Petroglyphssweltering-downrange

(What I hope is) A clever name for (what I hope are) interesting nuggets that I write or discover. A blog by any other name would smell as sweet.

Lenni Jabour and The Third Floor

I first saw Lenni in 1996 at Hagey Hall for the Humanities at the University of Waterloo, where she totally blew me away. Since then, she’s appeared on the Village Stage at Lilith Fair, released four CDs, and now performs regularly with her ensemble, The Third Floor, at several venues in Toronto. Oh, and in case it’s not obvious, I still think she’s great!

Sirens

Sirens are a local trio of musicians who have released three CDs; I’ve been their webmaster since July 2003. They’re currently seeking sponsors to help them produce their third studio release—as a sponsor you, too, can sing with the Sirens and appear in one of their videos.

Janes/​Melus Family Tree

Compiled by my brother and parents, this set of 127 pages contains genealogical information on 6639 individuals belonging to 2101 families, with over 1420 surnames listed.

Bob’s Celebrity Body Parts Game

I’ve known Bob Kapur since we attended the University of Waterloo together. While he was there, he started a webpage called “Bob’s Celebrity Body Parts Game”. Within a few short weeks, he had a worldwide following, receiving entries from as far away as Sweden and Australia.

Bob stopped creating new games in early 2001, so this is now the only place that you can actually play the game. Other than an introduction and some slight HTML changes, the pages archived here exist as they originally appeared in 1995.

Some Guy

And what website would be complete without a personal home page for the webmaster? Abandon hope ye who enter; there be dragons here. (Last updated )

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Harlan Ellison KICKed Internet Piracy

From April 2000 to June 2004, author Harlan Ellison and his attorneys, M. Christine Valada and Charles Petit, fought a legal battle against AOL, RemarQ/Critical Path and other individuals to protect writers’ creative properties. KICK Internet Piracy was set up to help pay the Ellisons’ costs and legal fees in this battle. On June 8, 2004, Ellison and AOL announced that they had settled the case.

Emm Gryner

Emm’s an internationally known musician, currently performs solo (and has been a member of David Bowie’s backup group), and she went to my high school. Is that cool or what?

UWO Mustangs Figure Skating

My friend Nancy Ford (far right, not that you can tell) is not only a medical biophysics grad student at UWO, she’s an accomplished figure skater and a key member of Western’s OUA champion figure skating team.

Lost Relics

Lost Relics are a Winnipeg-based pop-rock group with a sound similar to Blue Rodeo. They're on a bit of a hiatus at the moment, but I'm hoping they get that long-awaited album out soon!

Bob Cates’ Comedy in Motion

Bob also went to my high school; he’s since gone on to bigger and better things in his career as a 21st-​century vaudevillian.


Anderson Briefcase

I saw Pete and Andrea (performing at the time as Double Whammy) busking in Ottawa on a bitterly cold day in 2000, performing on a pair of one-man-band kits. (You know, the combination of drum and cymbals musicians wear on their backs?) I was hooked by the time they played The Back Tire. They’ve since moved to Europe and renamed themselves Anderson Briefcase.