In front of the Royal Canadian Military Institute, Toronto, 2000.

At the autograph table at Chicon (the 58th World Science Fiction Convention), Chicago, Illinois, 2000. I'm playing with origami dinosaurs that a Japanese science fiction fan had given to me. Photo by Yasushi Okada.

With Natasha Eloi, videographer from Space: The Imagination Station, at the masquerade of Chicon (58th Worldcon), Chicago, Illinois, 2000.

Canada's science fiction cable TV station sent Natasha to cover the Worldcon. Photo by Ken Grimes.

Caricature by comic book artist Elizabeth Hurlbut.

The Canadian and British flags are the flags that fly at the Royal Canadian Military Institute, of which I am a member.

Nicole, Manager of Hooters of Toronto Midtown, and I hold a copy of RicePaper, winter 2002 issue, which has my short story "It Came to Eat Our Chicken Wings", about a Hooters Girl, a car show, and an alien. February 24, 2003

At the D-Day 60th Anniversary ceremony in Toronto, June 6, 2004. I'm wearing the Order of St. John and the Service Medal of the Order of St. John, awarded for 12 years of service in St. John Ambulance. I helped organize the ceremony and gave bottled water to D-Day veterans.

I'm holding a DVD of the made-in-Halifax TV series Lexx: The Dark Zone with Amy Kerr, who guest-starred as Desh in the Lexx episode "791" (season 2, episode 9). In "791", Desh is covered in icky alien slime and crawls out of an alien pod, but she's still so beautiful. Toronto, June 27, 2004. See her website www.amykerr.ca

With Playboy Playmate Angela Melini (Miss June 1992) at the Wizard World Chicago comic book convention, August 6, 2005. There are no former Playmates; once a Playmate, always a Playmate. Ms. Melini's website is at www.angelamelini.com.

With Playboy Playmate Cathy St. George (Miss August 1982) at the Wizard World Chicago comic book convention, August 6, 2005. Isn't that a gorgeous yellow dress? Ms. St. George is also a talented make-up artist.

I'm with Whitney Iuliano, second runner-up of the Miss Hooters of Canada 2005 pageant (left), and Katherine Ryan, Miss Hooters of Midtown Toronto 2004 (right) at the Miss Hooters of Niagara bikini contest, November 16, 2005. Whitney has the largest photo in the international section of the 2006 Hooters calendar. Why am I at the Miss Hooters of Niagara pageant? Research...

I'm promoting science fiction and fantasy to Hooters Girl Katherine Ryan. You never know where you'll find new readers. Toronto, January 16, 2006.

The beautiful and talented Katherine is reading Northwest Passages: a Cascadian Anthology. Katherine is a Hooters Girl, Miss Hooters of Midtown Toronto, host of the TV show Teens Dating, stand-up comedian at Yuk Yuk's, and future conqueror of the world. And she has great taste in literature.