Mass consumption

Well, it's confirmed: our first foray into something with a wider readership than our more-indulgent blog-reading friends will be published this Saturday in the Vancouver Sun travel section. We found out this evening and, after Nazma stopped hyperventilating, she agreed it was a good thing after all, reluctant as she is with "sharing our story with the world". Better yet, we're getting paid for it!

We had the highly unusual task of describing ourselves in such a way that the average Sun reader wouldn't immediately dismiss us as (a) boring or (b) way too controversial: I suppose race becomes a pretty touchy subject on newsprint. Also apparently I use too many semi-colons; still, I think the first piece turned out okay, and once we get on the road the punctuation will dampen down and the creative juices are bound to start flowing.

In any event, we look at it this way: anyone reading the article will have bought the paper for other reasons, so we're not too worried about disappointing them. Hurray for fluff!