Accepted Article

I just received an e-mail telling me that an article that I had submitted to a peer-reviewed journal back in December has been accepted! With revisions, of course, but it's an acceptance nonetheless! Yay! Now will come the work of editing to the satisfaction of the editor--including cutting the length by 50%!--but an accepted article is an accepted article, and I'm thrilled to the moon!

Loose Change

Another film that I have not yet seen in its entirety, but I've seen enough (and read enough previously) to know that it's also worth seeing, is a little independent film that is being shown on the net. It's called Loose Change, and it debunks all the fake science and lies being propagated by the US government about the collapse of the World Trade Centers on September 11th and the government conspiracy to cover up the facts. The film's site is at: http://www.loosechange911.com/ You can see the film online at Google Video: http://www.provostdesigns.com/clients/lc2e/index.php . See it. It too will be an inconvienent truth for many.

An Inconvenient Truth

Before going to ISA, I saw Al Gore's film An Inconvenient Truth. Everyone should go see it. It's shocking! I knew that climate change was happening, I knew that it was bad, but I had no idea that it was THAT bad! It is. It's worse than most people realize. We have to do something, and fast. 10 years to entirely change our habits and the state of the planet is no time at all. Especially not the way that politics work--at a snail's pace. It's up to the people to raise each other's consciousness, to demand change before it's too late, and to take action any way they can. That's the one weakness in the film though; it doesn't make enough concrete suggestions for change at the end, although it does suggest going to the film's website for more info. It's at: http://www.climatecrisis.net/ Go there. Now.

Back from the ISA

I'm back from the International Shakespeare Association's World Shakespeare Congress that is held once every 5 years. It was in Brisbane, Australia. Brisbane was very cool, and I love how much Australia is marked by little traces of England which indulge my Brit fetish--meat pies, cheese and onion crisps, bangers and mash, all those unhealthy staples of the British diet that one can't live without. The accent is cute too. And everyone was soooo polite. I swear, they were even nicer than we Canadians are reputed to be! That was cool; what was less cool was how damn obediant they were. Nobody would jaywalk--ever! It was ridiculous; not a car coming for miles around, but everyone would stand there at the light waiting forever for it to change, like mindless drones. A Brit friend, who was taking the mick with me, commented that at least they weren't being a drain on the public health system by crossing and getting themselves killed, as I was likely to do! Not that I did. The weather was great too. It was about 18C the whole time--not bad for the middle of winter. I could get used to winters like that! It's good to be back in Québec though, although the jet lag on the way home nearly killed me. 23 hours door-to-door from the airport hotel in Australia to my own home. Talk about a trip!