FYI, folks, just got three short pieces of fiction published at Prick of the Spindle.
:) You can read them by clicking on that pink link up there.

And the OR column this week is my favorite so far, about this wonderful man who lives down the street from us (click on the Observer Reporter link, at right for more). I only wish I could have included all that he told me "off the record." At one point, in true Kim Cockroft bungler-style, I confirmed his wife's name: "So your wife's name is Margaret, right?" He looked humorously horrified and said, "Goodness, don't print that. She'll think I've been running around on her." (His wife's name is Nancy.)

It's a good thing I was taking notes for that interview, because after I'd taped the whole thing with my nifty new recorder, it went off independently; embarrassed at the sound of our voices, I panicked, pressed as many buttons as possible, and subsequently erased the entire thing. Machines stink. Pens rock.