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Simon St. Laurent

@simonstlaurent.bsky.social

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Artist, cat-lover, and avid reader. Former film/tv tech, now customer service. Military brat, always! RCAF Station St. Hubert (QC), CFB Greenwood (NS), CFB Baden-Soellingen (Germany), CFB Borden (ON). Now living in Toronto. https://www.simonstlaurent.ca/

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Simon St. Laurent @simonstlaurent.bsky.social · Nov 24

My website/blog: "Simon St. Laurent — Squibber"
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Simon St. Laurent @simonstlaurent.bsky.social · 9h

My new website post:
www.simonstlaurent.ca/2025/11/pict...
Picturing: Building a Set for Graveyard Shift

"Last month I posted two pieces . . . on a set design job I had very early in my career... so early that I had only just started my second year of film school."

Simon St. Laurent @simonstlaurent.bsky.social · 20h

My website post today:
www.simonstlaurent.ca/2025/11/sund...
Sunday Fun: It's the Monster Mask!

On Friday, Halloween, in keeping with the spirit of ghosts and goblins, I posted a picture of a monster designed and built by me for a short-form motion picture.

Sunday Fun: It's the Monster Mask!

Click on image for "more scarier". On Friday, Halloween, in keeping with the spirit of ghosts and goblins, I posted a picture of a monster ...

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Simon St. Laurent @simonstlaurent.bsky.social · 1d

My new website post:
www.simonstlaurent.ca/2025/11/sund...
Sunday Fun: It's the Monster Mask!

On Friday, Halloween, in keeping with the spirit of ghosts and goblins, I posted a picture of a monster designed and built by me for a short-form motion picture.

Sunday Fun: It's the Monster Mask!

Click on image for "more scarier". On Friday, Halloween, in keeping with the spirit of ghosts and goblins, I posted a picture of a monster ...

www.simonstlaurent.ca

Simon St. Laurent @simonstlaurent.bsky.social · 2d

My website post (2 of 2) today:
www.simonstlaurent.ca/2025/10/happ...
Happy Halloween 2025 "Trick or Treat!"

Simon St. Laurent @simonstlaurent.bsky.social · 2d

My website post (1 of 2) today:
www.simonstlaurent.ca/2025/10/arch...
'Archie Bunker' on That Important Difference

"LOL" is my only response.

Simon St. Laurent @simonstlaurent.bsky.social · 3d

My new website post:
www.simonstlaurent.ca/2025/10/happ...
Happy Halloween 2025

"Trick or Treat!"

Simon St. Laurent @simonstlaurent.bsky.social · 3d

My new website post:
www.simonstlaurent.ca/2025/10/arch...
'Archie Bunker' on That Important Difference

"LOL" is my only response.

Simon St. Laurent @simonstlaurent.bsky.social · 3d

Another Athot for the Day
www.simonstlaurent.ca/2017/09/anot...

("It"?! Indeed!)

Simon St. Laurent @simonstlaurent.bsky.social · 3d

Book: Moments of Perception (Shedden & Sternberg)
www.simonstlaurent.ca/2022/02/book...

Moments of Perception - Experimental Film in Canada

Edited by
Jim Shedden & Barbara Sternberg

Simon St. Laurent @simonstlaurent.bsky.social · 3d

'Scotty' on More Diplomacy
www.simonstlaurent.ca/2021/10/scot...

You could. lol

Simon St. Laurent @simonstlaurent.bsky.social · 3d

Space Force: From the Files of Donald J. Trump
www.simonstlaurent.ca/2018/06/spac...

"Stories of the American men and women who face unknown enemy interstellar forces — drawn from the top secret (but available on Twitter) files of Donald J. Trump!"

Simon St. Laurent @simonstlaurent.bsky.social · 3d

H.G. Wells on Mankind
www.simonstlaurent.ca/2020/04/hg-w...

We're waking up to this notion, hopefully.

Simon St. Laurent @simonstlaurent.bsky.social · 3d

Picturing: Snow to Come?
www.simonstlaurent.ca/2020/11/pict...
... from November 2, 2020

Simon St. Laurent @simonstlaurent.bsky.social · 3d

Picturing: A Violinist in the Spadina Pedestrian Tunnel
www.simonstlaurent.ca/2024/11/pict...

"A violinist entertains noon-hour travellers in the "Spadina" TTC (Toronto Transit Commission) station pedestrian tunnel...."

Simon St. Laurent @simonstlaurent.bsky.social · 3d

A Forever Question: Quatloos and Sense
www.simonstlaurent.ca/2021/08/a-fo...

Simon St. Laurent @simonstlaurent.bsky.social · 3d

Book: Hitler (Bullock)
www.simonstlaurent.ca/2020/08/book...

Simon St. Laurent @simonstlaurent.bsky.social · 5d

My website's latest:
www.simonstlaurent.ca
... books, music, writing, design.

Simon St. Laurent @simonstlaurent.bsky.social · 5d

My website post (2 of 2) today:
www.simonstlaurent.ca/2025/10/redv...
ReDVD: Magical Mystery Tour (The Beatles)

This Beatles fan, if not quite "fanatical", enjoyed the group's first foray into "personal filmmaking". While this Magical Mystery Tour might not exactly be magical, it has its....

Simon St. Laurent @simonstlaurent.bsky.social · 5d

My website post (1 of 2) today:
www.simonstlaurent.ca/2025/10/a-fo...
A Forever Question: Ahead Warp Factor Nine

A Forever Question: Ahead Warp Factor Nine

“Since before your sun burned hot in space and before your race was born, I have awaited a question." Sir. Why is the concept of time travel...

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Simon St. Laurent @simonstlaurent.bsky.social · 6d

My new website post:
www.simonstlaurent.ca/2025/10/redv...
ReDVD: Magical Mystery Tour (The Beatles)

This Beatles fan, if not quite "fanatical", enjoyed the group's first foray into "personal filmmaking". While this Magical Mystery Tour might not exactly be magical, it has its appeal.

ReDVD: Magical Mystery Tour (The Beatles)

A few years ago I found out that my Beatles-fan brother had not yet seen a certain 1967 television opus. I asked why he hadn't sought out th...

www.simonstlaurent.ca

Simon St. Laurent @simonstlaurent.bsky.social · 6d

My new website post:
www.simonstlaurent.ca/2025/10/a-fo...
A Forever Question: Ahead Warp Factor Nine

Simon St. Laurent @simonstlaurent.bsky.social · 6d

Some Uplifting Quotes for a Monday Morning
www.simonstlaurent.ca/2024/04/some...
... even though it's Tuesday morning. Still relevant, though.

Some Uplifting Quotes for a Monday Morning

"You're so busy doubting yourself while so many others are intimidated by your potential." I should send that to someone. I'd adapt it sligh...

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Simon St. Laurent @simonstlaurent.bsky.social · 6d

Scanning: Theatre Books Book Marker
www.simonstlaurent.ca/2021/11/scan...

"In 1992 Theatre Books [here in Toronto] moved a short distance, to a grand house on St. Thomas Street, where it stayed for years. Spadina Avenue, just north of King Street, became home in 2012."

Simon St. Laurent @simonstlaurent.bsky.social · 6d

Guy Maddin on Liberation
www.simonstlaurent.ca/2018/03/guy-...

It may remind one where the walls are, sometimes.

Simon St. Laurent @simonstlaurent.bsky.social · 6d

An Ethical Question
www.simonstlaurent.ca/2019/07/an-e...

Yes, Why did the chicken cross the road?