May 2011
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“I’ve never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great...”
– Mark Twain. The NYT obituary for Osama Bin Laden is seven pages long. (via @pwmorris)
March 2011
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November 2010
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October 2010
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September 2010
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July 2010
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“By and large talent is in such short supply, mediocrity can be taken for...”
– Charles Saatchi
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Pity America
There’s a laundry list of reasons that America is becoming less and less relevant in the 21st Century. It’s glory days far, far behind it the good ol’ U. S. of A. can barely get any progressive action out of the (seemingly) most progressive POTUS elected since Clinton.
The tip of the iceberg is Human Rights. One of the best examples: the fact that the rest of the planet is...
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June 2010
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Tweetstock 1.0 is tonight!
I’ll be at Tweetstock tonight at the Piston Broke Pub in Brantford, at 8:00 PM. If you’re in the neighbourhood check it out!
“A social media networking event!”
www.tweetstock.ca
Follow Tweetstock on Twitter
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Finally, a use for Ayn Rand books... →
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May 2010
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“Police… say the death was “accidental” and that the CVS...”
– Chicago Sun Times. Only in America can a tube of toothpaste result in death, with police standing by, and no charges be laid, no responsibility taken. It’s toothpaste. Is it worth taking a life?
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Hike for Hospice 2010 →
We hiked today in memory of my Dad to raise money for the Hospice.
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April 2010
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Glenn Gould Interviews Glenn Gould about Glenn...
G.G.: Well then, I’ll try to answer likewise. It seems to me that if we’re going to get waylaid by the numbers game, I’ll have to plump for a zero-to-one relationship as between audience and artist, and that’s where the moral objection comes in.
g.g.: I’m afraid I don’t quite grasp that point, Mr. Gould. Do you want to run it through again?
G.G.: I simply feel that the artist should be granted, both for his sake and for that of his public – and let me get on record right now the fact that I’m not at all happy with words like ‘public’ and ‘artist’; I’m not happy with the hierarchical implications of that kind of terminology – that he should be granted anonymity. He should be permitted to operate in secret, as it were, unconcerned with – or, better still, unaware of – the presumed demands of the marketplace – which demands, given sufficient indifference on the part of a sufficient number of artists, will simply disappear. And given their disappearance, the artist will then abandon his false sense of ‘public’ responsibility, and his ‘public’ will relinquish its role of servile dependency.
g.g.: And never the twain shall meet, I daresay!
G.G.: No, they’ll make contact, but on an altogether more meaningful level…
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“There are no passengers on Spaceship Earth. We are all crew.”
– Marshall McLuhan, 1964
In line at the annual Symphony book sale… doors open at 9:30, I have 2 hours standing in line for cheap books!
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The Ministry of Silly Rides?
As the ash from Iceland cripples flights across Europe, Cleese takes a cab ride:
John Cleese, the British comic actor who was part of the Monty Python troupe, found himself stranded in Oslo. He hired a Mercedes taxi to drive more than 900 miles from Oslo to Brussels, where he hoped to get a train to London, said one of his agents, Dean Whitbread. Three drivers took turns at the wheel and the fare...
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March 2010
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WatchYellow Moon Band -Barehed
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Death to Arachnids
The spring spider invasion of my house has started… killed 2 this morning.
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A Gluten for Punishment
Well, today is the day… the diagnosis is in: Celiac Disease. Time to begin the gluten free diet.
Not worried about what I’ll miss really, looking forward to the challenges, and to feeling well.
That said, I will have a Homer moment and lament the loss of beer, cold and thirst quenching on a hot summer day.
Once more into the breach…
February 2010
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School Days...
Well, it’s here, first day of school… now where is that Pee Wee Herman lunch box and my Laurentian pencil crayons?!?
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LBJ Orders Some Pants. →
Who needs the internet when you call the company and have ‘em made to order just the way you want them!
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