Thoughtmagnet

I have a post right now on the Pickup Podcast blog, talking about flaking.
I saw this phrase a few weeks ago, and it made me think…. I remember when I was young and new to the community, I used to get flaked on quite a bit, and it was a big issue for me and [...]

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You guys might not believe me, but I really haven’t been following the Lovesystems/Venusianarts lawsuit thing at all. It was all lawyers and arcane motions and stuff, and I really didn’t want to get too involved with it.
In any case, it’s nice to know that I, and Lovesystems, am no longer in the middle of [...]

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I would like to announce that I’ll be giving a free talk in Calgary on Thursday August 7th, at 7:00PM.
It will be in Meeting Room #1, of the Central Library at 616 Macleod Trail SE, T2G 2M2. I believe it’s near the City Hall LRT Station.
Also, Knoxville will be coming out, so we’re expanding our [...]

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Update: Thanks to everyone that offered their help. I’ve found someone to help update the blog.
I’m looking to pimp out this blog and another site, so I’m looking for a web designer who knows a little bit about wordpress and can draft me up something snappy.
I’m sure someone with a bit of talent could probably [...]

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Cajun and I have been talking about doing a bootcamp in Rio de Janeiro for quite some time, and we’ve finally decided to go for it. We’ve looked into flights and have booked a hotel near Copacabana beach, and we’re all set for an english-language bootcamp August 29th-31st in Brazil’s most awesome city.

Update: The bootcamp [...]

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I got an awesome certificate in the mail the other day from Frank B. Kermit’s Toronto lair, for the “Most Informative Speaker” for 2007. Frank is a great guy who runs the Toronto lair at www.torontolair.ca, and I spoke at his lair earlier this year. Anyone who is interested in learning game in the Toronto [...]

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