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| What's this site all about? | This site is all about my various and diverse interests. Well, at least the ones I care to share with the world. What you won't find around here is blathery blogging, items for sale or material poached from other, more interesting sites. What you will find is wittily documented episodes of my personal and family history, experiments and creative ventures. You might get a chuckle out of the site, or you might learn something, or you might even be inspired to try something I've tried, just to show me up. There's an interactive forum where you can give me feedback about the site, say hello, or just leave your mark on the internet. This Month's Feature
| What's New?
|  CHARLIE FOXTROT & THE GALAXY OF TOMORROW My latest adventure game is now released! You can read more about it and download it for free on the GAMES page. March 27, 2008: The 2008 Easter Egg Competition results are now online! Check them out on the People page.
| December 31, 2007: Bookshelf building and the new house: check it out on the Projects Page.
| September 3, 2007: I've finally got around to posting some of my Old Nipissing Road ghost town pictures on the Projects Page.
| July 17, 2007: Charlie Foxtrot & The Galaxy of Tomorrow is released at last! Download this zany adventure game on the Games Page.
| July 6, 2007: The last two years' worth of Easter egg competitions have finally been posted on the People Page.
| January 27, 2007: Following recent research, minor updates have been made to the Vanderwyst Genealogy Database.
| October 18, 2006: A new conceptual Vanderwyst family tree can be perused on the Genealogy Page.
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| What's Alex Done Lately?
|  Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar by Simon Sebag Montefiore | Not a happy read, but the inner workings of the Bolshevik Politburo from the 1920s to the 1950s is nothing if not intriguing. Paranoia, conspiracy, deception, murder, songs and dance, mass murder -it's all here. Most memorable is Stalin's personal correspondance from the early years and an episode in the late 20s when he hides in the bathroom from his scolding wife. If you ever wondered why communism -or specifically Bolshevikism didn't work out -the answer is in this book. Click Here for Other Recent Reads...
March 22, 2008 Participated in Family Easter Egg competition. | March 2, 2008 Welcomed Magdalen to the family. February 29, 2008 Won the February MAGS game programming competition. February 2, 2008 Played the oversized gopher mascot for the local Winter Carnival. December 30, 2007 Built a book case. | ||||||||||||||||