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About Me

Birthday: 08/07/1960
Gender: Male
Hometown: Toronto
City / Town: Toronto
Country: Canada
About me: Ira Nayman is a member of the Danaus plexippus family. He is sometimes called "milkweed Nayman" because his larvae eat the plant. In fact, the milkweed is the only thing his larvae can eat! Most predators have learned that Ira makes a poisonous snack: the toxins from the his milkweed diet have -

No, wait. That is the Monarch butterfly. Sorry about that. I find it easy to confuse the two.

Ira Nayman is a comedy/humour/satire writer. He is the author of two books of science fiction journalism featuring the Alternate Reality News Service (ARNS) in print: Alternate Reality Ain’t What It Used To Be and What Were Once Miracles Are Now Children’s Toys. They grew out of a political and social satirical project Ira started in 1984 called Les Pages aux Folles (http://www.lespagesauxfolles.ca); the project migrated to the World Wide Web in 2002. Since it was started, Les Pages aux Folles has grown to include experimental writing, cultural parody and satire and three original cartoons, My Toronto, Blackout Funnies and Delicate Negotiations. New articles and cartoons are posted weekly; new Alternate Reality News Service articles are posted every third week (look for the ARNS label).

The Alternate Reality News Service Café, a Facebook group for fans of the books, can be found at (http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=logo#!/group.php?gid=116977754987580). It contains original material and ways for fans to contribute to the Alternate Reality News Service. The Cafe, in conjunction with the Grasping for the Wind Web site, is running a contest in which three lucky winners will win a free autographed copy of the latest ARNS book (http://www.graspingforthewind.com/2010/07/18/contest-calling-all-alternauts/).

The Weight of Information, the pilot of a radio series based on Alternate Reality News Service stories is now available on YouTube! Part One (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GdLRV-S4mY) and Part Two (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIXAi9gnpSk) are available for your listening pleasure!

Ira won first prize in the 2010 Swift Satire writing contest.

Ira was also a member of the Dead Air radio sketch comedy troupe and has written scripts for film and television. Shh...it's his secret weapon...
State: *I live outside the U.S.
Home Planet: CREATIA
Website: http://www.lespagesauxfolles.ca
Writer's Genres: Comedy
Sci-Fi
Sitcom
Writer's Applications: Microsoft Word

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Jhonny Shah replied a discussion Anyone like the idea of an anthology series? in Creatia group

Chicken had to move his pimp-mobile..he'll be right back. Ya guys can't blame me for that explosion..ya should blame the suits that were in the van,

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Yesterday

Jhonny Shah replied a discussion Anyone like the idea of an anthology series? in Creatia group

*a hippy van explodes in a plethora of paislies, unicorns, ufo's, blue diamonds, purple horse-shoes and rainbows*

10:39 PM

Jhonny Shah replied a discussion Concept Art Story Fragment #1 - Jhonny_Shah's pic in Creatia group

Diggit, thank ya GC. XD

04:44 PM

kaedance replied a discussion Anyone like the idea of an anthology series? in Creatia group

He was alive the last time I checked- admittedly, it's been a few weeks since then... hmm, did I remember to lock the window? Anyway, glad my cover i

11:02 AM

2 days ago

Jhonny Shah replied a discussion Anyone like the idea of an anthology series? in Creatia group

dig, feel free to send us a synopsis.. ..but most importantly, how do we know your not working with the fed's, trying to help them infiltrate and shu

08:31 PM

kaedance replied a discussion Anyone like the idea of an anthology series? in Creatia group

Just went through and caught up on the entire thread. So glad to see a working collaboration on MOS again- the last one I saw was a Star Trek project

06:13 PM

kaedance Two weeks til filming commences on a new project. So excited to see it finally happening. :)

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4 days ago

Jhonny Shah replied a discussion Anyone like the idea of an anthology series? in Creatia group

welcome back to MOS, shep.

02:34 AM

5 days ago

RogerVenk added a new comment on the photo Copperland trilogy

Artwork for the Copperland trilogy depicting an Arios vessel over Callidorn merged with the face of N'hoj.

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RogerVenk added 3 new photos in Novels album

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6 days ago

RogerVenk “The Callistan attempted immediate Governance for change; they did not assist change through understanding, like any advanced civilisation should.” Michael Cameron.

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