..sure plays a mean pinball.

Connor is not dumb or blind, and we’ve yet to ask him if he’s partial to pinball. He happens to be a young deaf Edmontonian in his first year of PoliSci. He also happens to be a going and growing concern in Eville’s live theatre community. Liquid Chatter will get a chance to interview Connor Thursday, November 19.. ever wonder what life’s like, sans Nickelback? Do signers make better lovers? Does deaf = handicapped?

We missed Alex Konye, owner of Broad Valley Books, to the flu last week. Alex is preparing to end a long and valiant run as one of Edmonton’s most excellent book purveyors. Here’s hoping we catch him in a few weeks, assuming the hwon-hwon doesn’t take the man.
http://www.yelp.ca/biz/broad-valley-books-edmonton

 

Finally, have you done your part to get Ester to Tanzania? And what is the proper pronunciation of Tanzania, anyway? Should one say it “Tan-zah-nee-a” or “Tan-zay-nee-a”? Get on over to vote for Ester, it’s painless and it’ll totally improve your sex drive:
http://www.i-to-i.com/campfire/gopeeinafridge/posts/1191-My-Ultimate-Trip-of-Novelty-and-Adventure

 

You gotta open an account to vote, but this is no biggie. If Ester does not win, someone evil is sure to.

katie did

A few weeks ago, our guest Katie Peterson described her travels with NGO Falls Brook Centre (via a CIDA-funded internship): http://www.fallsbrookcentre.ca/

In addition to exposure to sustainable forestry efforts and community-building initiatives in New Brunswick, Katie participated with ongoing attempts to revive and protect heritage forests in the region. She also attended a few grand barn dances. Katie then went on to Cuba to get involved with a number of farming initiatives in several regions, including an operation in Guantanamo province. Our visit from Katie quite fortuitously coincided with Sustainability Week. Shoot blindly, murder the stars.

In unrelated news, we urge all decent souls to help send Ester to Tanzania. This will achieve 2 worthy goals: Ester is as deserving as the next person to win a trip to Tanzania, and perhaps moreso than most. Ester will stop spamming people to help her get to Tanzania. Everybody wins. Just click the link, the small bother is truly worth it:

http://www.i-to-i.com/campfire/gopeeinafridge/posts/1191-My-Ultimate-Trip-of-Novelty-and-Adventure