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Shannon Frances Smith for Prime Minister
Hello Dreamers. Given that the world is on fire, I think now is a good time for me to go into politics and run as prime minister. "Don't you need to be the leader of a political party before even thinking about being Prime Minister?" Absolutely! That is why we have the Space Whale Party, for which I am the party leader! Why should I vote for you, or anyone in your party? Lets go through all the issues that matter! Starting with: Energy Security Gas prices have gone up sinc
Shannon Smith
Apr 13 min read
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Attack of the Robins
Hello Dreamers There other day there were robins all over the place. Within every tree, along every fence, flying about everywhere. More Robins in one place than I've ever seen. Birds! It started with my mom's cat, Smokey, exciting looking out windows on the ground floor. We looked with him and saw, at first, two robins on the deck railing. Then we saw some in the nearby trees. There were more near the deck and on fences. All over the place in -11C weather, over a dusti
Shannon Smith
Mar 181 min read
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100 Questions String of Conscious
Hello Dreamers Transcript: So, I, um, need ideas for my blog, because I routinely find that it's my, that time of the week to write a new blog post and you don't frickin' know what to write about. I mean, it's not like I feel like always updating you on everything I'm doing or anything like that, so I asked, um... So I asked Gemini here, for anyone that doesn't know Gemini, Google's AI. Um, so I asked
Shannon Smith
Mar 411 min read
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A Valentine's Day Ouija Board Adventure
It was Valentine's Day. I'm single. There was next to nothing in Barrie I could do that didn't require a Valentine. After searching for something to do, I stumbled upon an Ouija Board workshop on Eventbrite. It was lurking somewhere on Queen's St. Yeah, sure, why not? I'm a skeptic, capital-A atheist who doesn't believe in the paranormal. But I love gothic, spooky stuff. Messing with an Ouija board in public? That sounded like a great social experiment. A Perfect Venue for Go
Shannon Smith
Feb 174 min read
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When Fake Law Enforcement Declared War
Hello Dreamers. Available in A4 format. Print it off, tape it to a stick. I can't. I can't be the only person that heard about the events in Minneapolis and feels on edge. Link in the event you live under a damn rock. The issue isn't so much that it happened, though an unarmed person getting shot by an armoured militiaman is terrible already, but its fallout that has me on edge. Here is Governor Waltz of Minnesota contemplating the use of the State National Guard to go aga
Shannon Smith
Jan 132 min read
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Happy New Years! Reflections and Resolutions
Hello Dreamers. Happy New Years! 2026 is around the corner, and 2025 had been just insane. I would like to just reflect, and discuss future goals. 2025 has been... Overall the world is in a strange place. The US went from being one of the most powerful nations in the world at the centre of western commerce and culture to being in complete decline. The world has faced disruption. Old allies are enemies now and wars have either started or intensified in that time. Canada
Shannon Smith
Jan 12 min read
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Toronowrimo, a Month in Review
Hello Dreamers. Wix Studio gave me tons of these November is over and now its December, so now that I have to worry about Christmas and New Years Eve, I would like to reflect on Toronowrimo. Its a good challenge to get words out. After all, no one has time to spend 10 years of their lives writing their magnum opus. Did I Make It? I wrote everyday for most days of the week. After all, to reach the 50,000 word goal you have to pump out about 1,667 words per day for the 30 da
Shannon Smith
Dec 2, 20253 min read
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No Kings
Hello Dreamers. While I am not American what happens in the USA has ripple effects in my home in Canada. So while I cannot be at a No Kings rally today, due to CanCon and being in Canada, I do want to show my support for the country and those watching what happens when you have an unitary president. The Symbol of Resistance: The Frog Portland, Oregon, had protests with people dressed up in silly animal costumes to demonstrate the ridiculousness of armed patrols in a town whe
Shannon Smith
Oct 18, 20252 min read
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Christmas Creep
T'was the day after thanksgiving, and all through the store Isles upon isles of Christmas decor If I may request that you commit To waiting until all saints day to sell that shit I don't think I'm being unreasoned There are some who want you to wait Until November 12th when Remembrance has passed Believing Christmas shit desecrate war vets So for the sake of sanity have some restraint Lets us get over Hallow's Eve first 55 days is plenty for Christmas Please don't overlap it
Shannon Smith
Oct 14, 20251 min read
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Happy Thanksgiving
Hello Dreamers. I would like to wish all of you a Happy Canadian Thanksgiving! Hope you have a nice rest with some yummy food! See you all on the other side! Or Ottawa CanCon, which starts Friday!
Shannon Smith
Oct 13, 20251 min read
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What "Respect My Existance or Expect My Resistance" Means.
Hello Dreamers. At time of write I have this side hustle trying to sell print on demand posters of some of my digital art. Its called Bold Expressions Spot if your interested to check it out. You can own this image as a poster print here. As part of operations I run a few ads on Facebook. There I link to other posters in the store. A/B testing showed that many resonated with the "Respect My Existance or Expect My Resistance" piece over others within my collection. Those
Shannon Smith
Sep 9, 20252 min read
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Why AI Won't be Managing this Site
Hello Dreamers. AI generated image. I promise there is a point to it Let me start by saying, unlike a lot of individuals in my profession as starving self-published author, that I do not hate AI. AI, like any computational technology or paradigm, is an extension of the mind. Just as early computing helped make math easier and less prone to error, AI can be leveraged to assist in many tasks. Yes, I am aware it isn't without growing pains, such as programming jobs disappeari
Shannon Smith
Aug 28, 20252 min read
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A Mistake found After Publishing
Hello Dreamers. There is nothing more cringe than finding an error in your book once its been published, and is out there for the world to see. Its why recording the audiobook version of my books can be a sad experience - any spelling, grammar, punctuation or formatting errors missed are found right as I am articulating the words on the page. The Error Course, its one thing to misspell a word, or forget to italicise a thought. In writing "Beakening from the Stars" I found a
Shannon Smith
Jul 16, 20253 min read
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One More Year
Hello Dreamers. July 8th, 1988, would be the day I came into this world. And it hasn't been the same since! Its a weird day for me. Too old to get excited about it, too young to complain about the passage of time. This year will be quiet. I hope next year I can have the capital to have a party. One thing at a time. In the interim I do have ko-fi if you want to throw money at me. I also have a PO box and a Throne account for physical items. Of course, the really big thi
Shannon Smith
Jul 6, 20251 min read
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