One step closer to apocalypse preparedness

From today's National Post: Farms in the city win backing -- but not pigs in the city.

(And come on, could we not all write a tidier headline than that drunk with one arm tied behind our backs and typing with our noses?)

But anyways. Never mind that. This means despite their constant taking-away of my hypothetical awesome balcony chickens, check this out:

Corn stalks growing along the Gardiner Expressway, tomato plants lining University Avenue, and chicken coops in thousands of backyards.
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To nurture the brainstorming process for the city farm policy, due in the coming months, the city's parks and environment committee invited gardening activists to plant seeds of inspiration. A panel discussion produced suggestions ranging from turning more parks into community plots, edible landscaping and markets to sell off produce raised in leased-out backyard gardens.
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Richard Butts, the deputy city manager, said untangling a nexus of zoning regulations that hamper the plowing-over of parking lots and bylaws that complicate rooftop gardens are expected to be a major part of getting Toronto growing.

It's like they looked in my head under "Paradise."

*swoon*

Thud: Sugar, and Conventioneering

February 6, 2009 Progress Notes:

"Sugar"

Words today: 2000.
Words total: 29,550.
Reason for stopping: My head hurts and I've been working much too long for this. I need to goof off and fill my brain back up. Hardcore.

Books in progress: Robert Graves, The Long Week-end; Sean Stewart, Clouds End.
The glamour: There was no glamour today. Just writing.

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I need a break. I have spent today on writing, multiple clementines, and honey blossom tea. Blaaaargh.

It appears (heh) I will definitely be appearing as a panelist at Ad Astra in March, so if you're going to be there, so shall I be. While I'm usually at this con, it's usually as someone who is trapped behind a dealer's table for most of the operating hours, so this'll be a nice change.

And now I am going to eat me some nacho chips and play some vidya games until I feel ready to take another go at this. :p