Diversity is something often on my mind. I’ve been thrilled to see translated Science Fiction becoming available in bookstores recently. It’s easy to forget that we — the white, english speakers of the world — aren’t the only ones with fantastic imaginations.

The package of mail from the states that I’ve been anxiously waiting for arrived today. I now have the last of the paperwork I need to continue with my permanent residence application, my Square reader, so I can accept credit card payments, and the sealed letter from the Illinois DMV so I can get my Ontario drivers license.

My dear friend and fellow Inkpunk Christie Yant recently wrote about the dos and don’ts of your online presence and it inspired me to do a heavy overhaul of my own website. I haven’t been happy with it for a while. It pulled in things like images from flickr, recently played music from Last.fm, and didn’t show enough real content.

I didn’t reach my original estimate of 5,000 words but this draft is done.

I missed a couple days of writing last week, which included a day spent trying to get fingerprints taken for immigration and ended up with an appointment one week out. Who knew that fingerprint technology had advanced beyond ink pads? One set for Ontario, and a set each for the FBI and State of Illinois to request my records. The saga, she continues.