tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52413082011-09-12T13:01:20.719-04:00Eventually, I will die. Here is my blog leading up to that point.No Onenoreply@blogger.comBlogger3041100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241308.post-90351069552510520132010-11-16T16:13:00.001-05:002010-11-16T16:14:56.451-05:00

(caution: swearing ahead)Blog-to-eBook deals of the futureRules For My Unprocessed Human SlaveShit My Sentient Weaponized Transport SaysLook At This Fucking Fleeing HumanI Can Haz NutrientSludge?Stuff Processing Droids LikeThis Is Why You Will Be Ruled For Millennia By Your Own CreationsFuck Yeah Human Tears

No Onenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241308.post-12800364599577265232010-01-11T13:00:00.002-05:002010-01-11T13:04:56.396-05:00

I think the biggest lesson I've learned as I've gotten older is that you cannot free people. They must free themselves.

No Onenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241308.post-73361690534554080802009-12-08T01:10:00.003-05:002009-12-08T01:18:00.881-05:00

Somewhere in between running an improv school, doing shows, teaching classes, surfing the web, playing Torchlight, playing Mega Man 9, playing Baldur's Gate, playing with my kids, something something something with my wife, I finished my novel. It's a straight up Fantasy novel. No wizards or elves or what not but it does have "Swords with Names", one of the biggest cliches ever. Still, I think

No Onenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241308.post-63255781368771310572009-10-28T00:57:00.002-04:002009-10-28T01:05:45.388-04:00

The fight scene I've been struggling with for years. The one I've delayed writing until this final revision. The sequence of one of the two BIG FIGHTS in my book is finally falling to my fingers as I write it out.I've got 4 other fights scenes that have been in there since the beginning and though they have been revised twice, this is one has read for years as:== fight here, 1000 wdsI've had the

No Onenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241308.post-8950524474956047962009-10-14T16:55:00.003-04:002009-10-14T16:57:47.759-04:00

I was thinking of the Senryu today when considering forms of poetry that are pleasant to write. I remembered learning of them from McSweeney's (one of my fave online destinations) and their Senryu contest. I liked my entry even though they didn't.I silence the screamfrom the devil's digital facenine more minutes.

No Onenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241308.post-2050815051403495302009-10-02T00:00:00.000-04:002009-10-02T00:01:02.734-04:00

McSweeney's

No Onenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241308.post-25036730144057306612009-09-24T14:16:00.002-04:002009-09-24T14:21:13.899-04:00

"News is what somebody somewhere wants to suppress; all the rest is advertising." - Alfred Harmsworth, Lord Northcliffe (1865-1922)

No Onenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241308.post-40034195847338587512009-09-16T15:08:00.001-04:002009-09-16T15:09:37.314-04:00

I was totally going to do this with Ben once we got some Marshmellows this summer but we never did.Oh, The Temptation from Steve V on Vimeo.

No Onenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241308.post-78002062272884743792009-09-07T23:04:00.003-04:002009-09-16T14:57:25.144-04:00

1) When buying audio equipment, especially headphones/speakers, I have often read about a "break-in" period. New equipment is supposed to be broken in by playing white noise continuously for X number of hours to open up the acoustics of the gear (Protip: Forget white noise, just pipe in any FM music station).Now I had always been pretty skeptical but now I'm sold. My trusty Sennheiser cans (

No Onenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241308.post-86198765927187730062009-09-03T08:57:00.000-04:002009-09-03T08:58:10.224-04:00

FAQ for Four-Year-OldsQ1) Why?A1) Because Mommy needs a break.Q2) What's that?A2) This drink has bubbles. You won't like it.Q3) What's this?A3) Put that down!Q4) Where's Mommy?A4) She went out with her friends.Q5) Cookie, please?A5) Fine. Here.Q6) Is it my turn now?A6) No, it's still Daddy's turn to watch something.Q7) Are you ok?A7) Yes, Daddy's just sad because his drink is empty.

No Onenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241308.post-41655678788683427592009-08-13T10:28:00.002-04:002009-08-13T10:30:00.679-04:00

No Onenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241308.post-15678933156710169562009-08-10T00:55:00.001-04:002009-08-10T00:55:50.559-04:00

This applies to all things everywhere.

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No Onenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241308.post-43323186165582007752009-06-22T09:42:00.003-04:002009-06-22T09:49:00.687-04:00

The rundown on yesterday's Father's Day:- Sleeping in- Bacon and Eggs- Afternoon nap- Family grocery excursion- Mowing the lawn (boo!)- Beer with my feet in the kiddie pool- Watergun fight with kids- Steak for dinner and Apple Crumble for dessert- Playing video games with the wifey (not a euphemism)Mood: Feeling loved

No Onenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241308.post-90687313648821907702009-06-04T09:10:00.000-04:002009-06-04T09:11:25.698-04:00

Side by side comparison with the original

No Onenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241308.post-29316573443399009462009-06-02T22:24:00.002-04:002009-06-02T22:26:54.098-04:00

Found this in a slashdot conversation today. A lot of this seems at first blush to be total BS but I need to think and talk about this more before coming to a conclusion.Warren Farrell is a somewhat controversial author on men's issues who has actually spent quite a bit of time exploring this exact question. He proposed, with appropriate evidence, that while women have made great strides in

No Onenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241308.post-91316953714699238412009-05-28T13:35:00.002-04:002009-05-28T13:53:31.449-04:00

Take your hands and put them in mineGive me your kisses and power divineTo the stars, the nighttime skyWe dance, we dance, we cry, we cryI run my hands along your hipsYou bite me softly on my lipsAnd here I could dieAnd here we both die[optional coda]Oh my, 'twas only met'phoricalOh love, this poem's rhetoricalI seem to be bleeding so liberallyWhy d'you take things so literally

No Onenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241308.post-84200981221513960512009-05-11T09:58:00.001-04:002009-05-11T09:58:53.690-04:00

No Onenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241308.post-90223215909407775312009-04-24T12:45:00.006-04:002009-04-24T12:51:01.699-04:00

One of my favourite shows on TV is Mad Men (well, it's not "on" because Season 3 only starts this summer).One of my favourite sites is boardgamegeek.com.So it was pretty cool to find out that Rich Sommer (who plays Harry Crane) is a hardcore boardgamer and did a podcast with the BGG guys.You can find the mp3 of the podcast here.[73MB]Warning: it's 2, yes 2, HOURS, yes hours, long. First hour is

No Onenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241308.post-25491264916594081682009-04-02T18:38:00.001-04:002009-04-02T18:40:12.937-04:00

Q. What do you call 30 millionaires around a TV watching the Stanley Cup Playoffs?A. The Toronto Maple Leafs.Q. What do the Toronto Maple Leafs and Billy Graham have in common?A. They both can make 20,000 people stand up and yell 'Jesus Christ'.Q. How do you keep the Toronto Maple Leafs out of your yard?A. Put up a goal net.Q. How many Toronto Maple Leafs does it take to win a Stanley Cup?A.

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Roger Zelazny's For A Breath I Tarry

No Onenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241308.post-39912570663273069982009-03-16T23:46:00.001-04:002009-03-16T23:49:50.038-04:00

How many more women have to be hurt or killed before we get over a job that is not going to go away?

No Onenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241308.post-60761841541269197682009-02-12T02:14:00.003-05:002009-02-12T02:30:59.756-05:00

I just read that Lily Allen's new album was co-written and produced by Greg Kurstin from the bird and the bee whom I love. I guess I'll have to give it a listen. Also worth a listen is Lily Allen's cover of Britney's Womanizer.Bonus note: Cathy Dennis (previously mentioned here) is a co-writer on Katy Perry's I Kissed A Girl, which is another international mega-hit for Ms. Dennis. Ho hum.

No Onenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241308.post-13750624428724398782009-01-21T11:20:00.002-05:002009-01-21T11:49:34.095-05:00

A meme, from Clare. I'm too busy starting up a business and taking business classes to think and write anything useful.bold = done ititalics = want tostrike = don't want toPlus snarky comments1. Started your own blog. Um, duh? Are people posting this on telephone poles?2. Slept under the stars. Well, a tent with the roof open.3. Played in a band.4. Visited Hawaii.5. Watched a meteor shower.6.

No Onenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241308.post-23200415011327222432008-12-25T22:53:00.003-05:002008-12-25T23:00:26.349-05:00

Gegorian CalendarJust an awesome Wikipedia article. Check out how Sweden handled the transition from Julian to Gregorian. Also, the switch was supposed to be applied in 1582 but Greece doesn't change until 1923. Nice work, Greeks. Of course, the Turks don't apply it until 3 years after that.

No Onenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241308.post-76538001441732817082008-12-19T01:05:00.003-05:002008-12-19T01:27:30.609-05:00

This space has been utterly ignored for a good while. It's just that I've been busy since being dropped like a bag of sand from a hot air balloon. Doing what?This.After being axed twice from well-paying but uninspiring technical jobs, I'm going to fire bullets into the air and hope none of them land on me. I've already set up and completed one class. It went crazy awesome and I'm hoping to line

No Onenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241308.post-30720457783646912122008-11-05T14:15:00.003-05:002008-11-05T23:29:56.289-05:00

So once again, three more states have amended their constitutions to exclusively recognize marriages between a man and a woman: Arizona, Florida and California. The silver lining on this cloud is that the percentages are not more than one or two generations away from being overturned. Arizona: 56%, Florida: 62% and California: 52%. The tipping point is approaching before people realise either:1)

No Onenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241308.post-13093699506655374282008-11-03T14:55:00.001-05:002008-11-03T14:57:03.497-05:00

No Onenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241308.post-32774945031695496492008-10-06T09:41:00.004-04:002008-10-06T09:44:28.188-04:00

I've thought about this from time to time and wondered why I'd never heard of anyone else's thoughts on the topic. So when I finally discovered that someone had formalised Ruin Value as an architectural principle, I also discovered why it might not be so popular.

No Onenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241308.post-29537579636960272612008-09-22T21:11:00.002-04:002008-09-22T21:20:56.385-04:00

I started this blog when I was unsure whether or not I had cancer and had just been let go from my job. It was a pretty low point for me but I came through it in fine health and found myself in a new job and two pretty cool kiddies. So when I was let go from my job today, I was glad to have a big happy family to come home to with all of us in good health.With the economy tanking faster than a...

No Onenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241308.post-78190615199299499422008-09-18T22:55:00.001-04:002008-09-18T22:56:55.411-04:00

Yes, more Wizard Poetry. That's the last I'll mention of it here.

No Onenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241308.post-41485807164934278282008-09-10T22:47:00.004-04:002008-09-11T00:53:44.608-04:00

I guess I'm old enough now to start talking about my retirement provided I make it that far and I don't have to work right to the end. Plan one is to drive from amusement park to amusement park enjoying roller coasters for months. Plan two is to live in NYC for a 6 months to a year. Plan three is to live in London for 6 months to a year.I have a love affair with London and its history. I like to

No Onenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241308.post-20600096365145807292008-09-01T00:31:00.003-04:002008-09-01T00:32:38.374-04:00

I doubt I'll use it a lot but I plan on amusing myself from time to time:Wizard Poetry

No Onenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241308.post-41653052966598439582008-07-16T23:50:00.002-04:002008-07-16T23:56:46.290-04:00

With the new iPhone adding applications, the iPod Touch got some of the app love as well. I just upgraded so that I could mess around with the new apps and found that Apple made a Remote app to control iTunes from my iPod via WiFi. So no matter where I am in my house, I can control my iTunes.Ah, but you see I also have the Airport Express as my WiFi router. The Airport Express has a nice feature

No Onenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241308.post-71397244826421150162008-06-16T14:40:00.003-04:002009-01-22T01:25:12.601-05:00

I was out with some friends last night and my kids came up. It's inevitable that the topic of my kids comes up though I try desperately not to involve them in every damn conversation. But it's tough since they are so central to my life.Later on in the evening I was asked, more or less, if I saw a lot of the kids. I was a little stunned. I replied, incredulous, "Are you asking me if I'm divorced?"

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UMO by OOIOO

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A while ago I posted this.But some Belgians came up with this. That's even better. I guess it was just an idea whose time has come.

No Onenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241308.post-45045909543018631992008-05-15T10:27:00.001-04:002008-05-15T10:29:25.886-04:00

"Truth never triumphs -- its opponents just die out." - Max Planck

No Onenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241308.post-48693840062974322602008-04-08T23:00:00.003-04:002008-04-08T23:04:51.724-04:00

There is a torrent out there for the music from season 1 of Yo Gabba Gabba!. It's not great quality as they're ripped from the torrented videos but the songs are great. I recommend giving them a listen as there's likely a few you might like. If there's an album coming out, I'll buy it.

No Onenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241308.post-66723325164251273262008-04-03T10:17:00.002-04:002008-04-03T10:48:01.833-04:00

Oh , baby.Man, I hate posting links. And I despise random Bush administration ranting on blogs. But I'm posting this because it strikes me as one of the most ridiculous constitutional arguments I've ever had the misfortune to come across. Reference: Fourth AmendmentWhen Abraham Lincoln suspended habeas corpus during the civil war, there were militias marching on Washington D.C. and rioting all

No Onenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241308.post-43551549839510977112008-03-21T00:33:00.005-04:002008-03-22T01:11:11.934-04:00

I am lucky to know people who keep excellent email journals. Not blogs, but emails that essentially perform the same function as blogs. Somehow it feels a little more personal to get one of these in my inbox.My cousin Natasha is in Kigali, Rwanda as a legal aide for an NGO:I have been so taken with the city, that it seems almost surreal that the atrocities of 1994 could ever have occurred. During

No Onenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241308.post-56301635526830821522008-03-14T14:23:00.000-04:002008-03-14T14:24:06.906-04:00

Sir, I bear a rhyme excellingIn mystic force and magic spelling.

No Onenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241308.post-41017003661985807572008-03-08T10:33:00.002-05:002008-03-08T10:36:05.650-05:00

Anyone out there want to exchange Skype information? It's an application I'd like to use more but I have nearly no contacts.Send me an email and we can swap info.

No Onenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241308.post-7384510330014355012008-01-17T23:10:00.000-05:002008-01-17T23:24:01.429-05:00

2008 has already been kind to me.I had swung once and missed. My second try was hit for distance but didn't stay fair. But today, ah today, I looped one into left field, a solid single to leadoff the inning.

No Onenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241308.post-18513890138283302832008-01-02T22:26:00.000-05:002008-01-02T23:02:57.199-05:00

- Daughter born. Niiiiice.- Trip to Boston. Awesome. Not so much for Boston but for seeing old friends and tours of MIT + Harvard.- Guitar Hero enjoyed, then purchased. Leads to Dragonforce ("Through the Fire and Flames") and Priestess ("Lay Down") and Heart. Jeers to the wireless guitar that doesn't work in my setup (too much wi-fi interference).- iPod Touch. Watching movies and learning to love

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GIVE THE MAN A DRINKA storm came in one Christmas day, a-raging from the eastThe air was whipped with ice and snow, unfit for man or beastThe local pub ran thick with fools at any given timeBut Christmas day, it's long been known, the brew is at its primeThe fireplace was golden bright, the air was full of talesIn ev'ry eye, a wink and smile, in ev'ry hand were alesThe pub door, she did open, and

No Onenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241308.post-30539726481482054512007-12-18T23:55:00.000-05:002007-12-18T23:57:07.180-05:00

I wrote this.So now comes this.And that's that.

No Onenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241308.post-56218209767149094172007-12-04T23:01:00.000-05:002007-12-04T23:03:20.080-05:00

Ok, I finished my birthday present. Only 2 months late...

No Onenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241308.post-43186659951649513922007-11-16T23:54:00.000-05:002007-11-17T00:43:19.127-05:00

I've been watching Garrett Lisi's physics paper make the rounds from physics news to Slashdot to, finally, cbc.ca over the last couple days. I've also been reading furiously trying to understand exactly what he's done. I have a rather feeble grasp on it but what I do understand of it is very super awesome.Mr. Lisi, who has cultivated a surfer dude image that the media is eating up, has posted a "

No Onenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241308.post-53061707583326880022007-11-11T22:25:00.000-05:002007-11-11T22:28:34.969-05:00

Chinese restaurant name #1 seen in Toronto:"C'Est Bon"Fishing and Hunting area in Ontario:"Cast & Blast"Chinese restaurant name #2 seen in Toronto:"Ho-Lee-Chow"

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67. I get sick at least once every two months and it sucks donkey.68. Spiderman would beat Batman.69. There is nothing sexier than a pony tail, a white cotton tee and blue jeans.70. The Gaussian distribution is the best distribution.71. I lost my original wedding ring.72. Twix from Europe is the best chocolate bar. I can't eat the Twix here.73. My wife's default cell phone ring drives me nuts.74.

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"Well-written, but we're going to pass, I'm afraid..." The Four Stages Of Poetry I: Grounded Your oppressive regime Paints your face black I am a slave to your whims I want my PS2 back II: wo manly hands reach my sensitive Y a gentle caress! finds me (thank god my father paid for the abortion) III: In the morning light Horus stills

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34. I was a college radio DJ. I played the Friday 4pm-6pm shift for 5 people in the cafeteria.35. I was one of 5 editors for my college literary journal. It was called "Arcady: The Swimfruit Edition"36. I was also a cartoonist for the college weekly. This was before everyone used clip-art for their comics. I can hardly draw a lick but I guess it was either me or whitespace.37. I watched about 40

No Onenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241308.post-36210765380999715242007-09-10T23:37:00.001-04:002007-09-11T00:49:09.633-04:00

Ok, I might as well do this one.1. I'm not sure I can come up with 100 things of note.2. I've been inside the White House. It was a tour.3. I've sat in on English Parliament while it was in session. It was both dull and cool.4. I've walked across the Brooklyn Bridge. The towers are made of stone.5. I've walked across the Golden Gate Bridge. That sucker is long.6. My family says I could read at

No Onenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241308.post-59486754899648704842007-09-06T23:19:00.000-04:002007-09-06T23:41:54.385-04:00

Last year I decided to start a little tradition for myself. On my birthday (or as close as is feasible) I would edit one wikipedia article. I wouldn't just correct some typos, either. I would re-organize, clean up, and polish to a shine any existing article of a reasonable size that badly needed editing.2006's selection was Blaise Pascal's entry and I'm happy to see that most of my structural

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I submitted a list to McSweeney's a few weeks ago and it was rejected today (probably because of my item from 1236). I was encouraged to submit again so I may just do that. In the interests of not wasting work, here's a blog post:Famous Trades in History1940To Germany: Japanese signature of Tripartite PactTo Japan: Samurai Tradition1863To England: Codification of Football (soccer)To Germany:

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I recently had my daughter christened/baptised/whatever. I personally don't believe in any of it so I cringed inwardly when we "renounced Satan" on our daughter's behalf. I briefly thought about not going through the whole affair but there were only negatives to doing so. It's a brief ceremony, my mother and father-in-law would have thrown flaming crucifixes at me (never mind the endless

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1) I've got mononucleosis. I know you totally want to make out with me right now. You have two more weeks to try your luck.2) I'm very much excited by Flight of the Conchords, a new show by two musical comedians on HBO. If you get chance to give it a chance, do so.3) M.I.A. is coming to the Osheaga Music Fest here in MTL but it's 70$ and while you do get access to a ton of pretty good acts, the

No Onenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241308.post-68928287816585491602007-06-14T22:53:00.001-04:002007-06-14T22:59:27.764-04:00

1) My female counterpart recently bought a book called "The Happiest Toddler On The Block". I only caught the title at a glance and I thought she was reading "The Stupidest Toddler In The World". I really, really want to write that book.2) I've had a post title in my head for weeks now but I'll never really get a chance to use it: "Soylent All These Years". God, I pray Tori Amos eats a corpse.

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Poor Sara.Ben's blog was lots more fun and had better entries at this stage. I'd love to be able to write more text entries but it's always easier to just grab one of our many pics, clean and crop it and slap it in the blog. My energy levels just aren't what they used to be. My level of awe is diminished this second time 'round. My excitement and my ability to communicate the excitement I do get

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Who do I have to kill to get some sleep around here?Wait... Don't answer that.

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Captive sailor reportedly writes letter calling for Iraq withdrawalThe letter came on the day the UN Security Council accepted a watered-down statement expressing "grave concern" at Iran's capture of Turney and 14 other sailors and marines in the northern Persian Gulf.The statement also called for an early resolution of the problem, including their release.Britain failed to win support for a

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I'm flat-out beat. Having two kids is a lot of work and while it was initially more than twice the work it doesn't feel that way anymore (though that just might be me getting numb to the situation). What has me knocked out is that we've been going nuts on the house while I've been home on three weeks paternity leave. A group of old high school friends came over today (nearly all of the people

No Onenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241308.post-45458780203864149932007-03-08T23:22:00.001-05:002007-03-08T23:22:56.289-05:00

A meme, from Paul.1. Name a movie that you have seen more than 10 times.10 times? Hmm, if there is one, it would probably be Star Wars: A New Hope but I don't think I've seen it ten times.2. Name a movie that you've seen multiple times in the theater.I saw Phantom Menace three times on opening day. If I had dressed up, at least I could have hit rock bottom.3. Name an actor that would make you

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I am a column of water three thousand meters tallI am the sweet spot of a baseball batI am an insensitive break-upI am a slab of steel and hydraulicsI am the index and thumbI am an unexpected deathA thorough and pitilessCrushing

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At first, the urge to buy insulation and grapefruit will become irresistible. Sitting in a boring meeting, your will suddenly find your doodles populated by pigs and piglets wielding paint cans and brushes. You will dream of a parade of flamingos handing out cotton candy. A water faucet will drip, drip, drip but all you will hear is pink, pink, pink.The other colours will not die, other parents (

No Onenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241308.post-76494421253306734292007-01-17T00:33:00.001-05:002007-01-17T00:36:47.119-05:00

The first 2 lines from Shaun Majumder's wikipedia entry (as of today):Shaun Majumder (born on January 29, 1972 in Burlington, Newfoundland and Labrador) is a Canadian comedian and actor. His mother is a white Newfoundlander, his father is Indian.That last sentence is so Canadian it hurts.

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He flicked his blade, spattering the churned mud with blood. The sun was setting and the birdcalls had become loud and insistent, lonely souls seeking solace before the coming night. He wiped his brow and a spray of dried mud showered the ground. He roughly ran a hand through his unkempt brown hair; more dirt, some of it ruddy.The day's last breath, a whispering wind, shifted the leaves on their

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Thanks to Debi for sending me this for the coming baby.

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What Do You Do?What do you do with the mad that you feelWhen you feel so mad you could bite?When the whole wide world seems oh, so wrong...And nothing you do seems very right?What do you do? Do you punch a bag?Do you pound some clay or some dough?Do you round up friends for a game of tag?Or see how fast you go?It's great to be able to stopWhen you've planned a thing that's wrong,And be able to do

No Onenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241308.post-24250638159957535782006-12-19T22:31:00.000-05:002006-12-20T08:42:04.332-05:00

I love the lyrics to Joanna Newsom's Peach, Plum, Pear. She's a harpist that plays folk music (I've seen this new wave of folk called psych-folk and nu-folk but I am partial to the snarky term I read somewhere: freak-folk). In any case, I love the words here.We speak in the storeI'm a sensitive boreand you're markedly moreand I'm oozing surpriseBut it's late in the dayand you're well on your

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The last while has been very tumultuous. We've been in the process of finding a place and selling our own for a while now and it looks like the end is in sight. We found the place we wanted, sold our own and are now going through legal hoops to finish it all.The problem is we had to sell ours Nov 24. We buy on Dec 1 but don't take possession until Dec 7. So there's a gap there of 2 weeks where we

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So I've been busy cleaning our condo for sale and looking at new houses. This has provoked all sorts of heated discussions in the household. We're both stressed and tired and our patience is mostly used by the energy-vortex known as our son.Against this backdrop, I'm undergoing an internal debate. I got my expected rejection letter for my novel. Now, this is a single letter from a pretty big

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I went away for 6 days and came back to find a little boy in my house. Whither went the baby?

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What is wrong with me?I am so ashamed.I know I have pretty trashy taste in music but it never really bothered me because I like what I like. I can't help it. I don't really analyse the music I hear unless I hear a song that demands my attention. I usually just listen distractedly and bop along to the rhythm (sadly, I am also missing the gene that codes for rhythm).In any case, I've hit a new low.

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I've been thinking about parenting and authority of late.Ben has started pitching fits when he doesn't get his own way. The worst is when he wants to be carried around as I kick a ball around the house. He is obsessed with it for whatever reason. I used to do it when he couldn't walk so I guess he's just used to that being the way things are done. But his appetite for it is insatiable, so much so

No Onenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241308.post-1156916761837517472006-08-30T01:44:00.000-04:002006-08-30T01:46:01.846-04:00

Just see here for the details.

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A wise man that I know, Simon, introduced me to http://www.lifehacker.com, which was moderately useful. Another cool site is http://www.tradetricks.org/. There's some useless info in there but some real gems, too.Anyways, I figured I'd post a few of my lifehacks. By all means, feel free to do the same. I love this kind of information. Perhaps you might find these obvious but they certainly

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I'm opening up meanderingly.com to new users. I figure that even though I don't have the time to contribute regularly, it shouldn't just sit there. I definitely do not want to open it up to the public, though. I'd like to not have to fight wiki-spam on a daily basis.If you're interested in contributing to the site, send me an email with your requested username. I'll send you your account

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I mentioned I was trying to hammer away at a blog post but I've given up on it. It supposed to be some meditation on the 15th and 19th US amendments (race and gender suffrage) that was interspersed with thoughts on homeostasis and equilibrium in social movements. But then I realised that I'm not in college anymore and without the grade of Damocles over my head, I don't actually have the energy to

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My insurance company just offered me a plan that would cover all my insurance premiums in case of accident or disability. Great, insurance for my insurance: meta-insurance.

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I've been hammering away at a draft blog post for a couple days now but I'm only just beginning to realise that I have no clue what I'm trying to say. So, while I sort my brain out, please accept these two CBC links to two cool Canadian blogs:Inside the CBC:http://www.insidethecbc.com/It's the CBC's official blog. I am totally in love with the CBC. The old CBC Radio 3 webzine was one of the

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"Those whom the football gods wish to destroy, they first put up by a goal." - Barbara Carey, "Gooooooooal!", CBC online article

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I'd be happier if we funded these guys out the wazoo...

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I've been at the Montreal Fringe Fest this week so I haven't had much time to blog. Or spend time with family. Or have a circadian rhythm.But I did take a second to find out what metonymy was...

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"The Da Vinci Code is a terrible book, made popular by the kind of people who give reading a bad name..."-Devin Faraci [chud.com], reviewing the movie

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Firebomb F. NeophyteAnchovy H. FosteredAbate D. SpecialistLithosphere L. HabitationOutsmarted B. PhonographErrors I. SkedaddleDisemboweled T. ParalyticRealization C. HeightenAttaching D. CapaciousnessReimposed B. LawsuitAcademia S. SixtiethDistribute S. FossilizeWisecracks J. DungeonUnstopping G. BeachedBeard P. HouseboatSprinkler K. CrocodilesMadwoman I. Maidenhead

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Three songs to start off the summer right:1) Nelly Furtado ft. Timbaland - "Promiscuous Girl"2) All-American Rejects - "Move Along"3) Notorious B.I.G. ft. Twista & Krayzie Bone - "Spit Your Game"==I've finally finished a submission package for my wanna-be novel, "Four Siblings". Out of the nest you go, little birdy. I've started sketching my second grab at the brass ring.==The things no one told

No Onenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241308.post-1146843634435296202006-05-05T11:30:00.000-04:002006-05-10T21:29:34.616-04:00

Wikipedia has a great list of cognitive biases. A cognitive bias is a distortion in how humans perceive reality. A lot of them are generally known, like confirmation bias (the search for or interpretation of information that confirms one's beliefs) or false consensus bias (the tendency for people to overestimate the degree to which others agree with them).There are a few in there, however, that

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If you are a Fido cell phone customer and want to talk to a human being:- Dial 611 from your cell or call the customer line.- Choose the option to report a stolen phone.You get service pretty damn quick.

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Peter: Man, I hate people holding signs in commercials.Me: Really? You've noticed a new trend? It's a pretty old device.Peter: I'm just getting crotchety.(pause)Me: I wonder if the adjective is based on the noun "crotch".Peter: I hope so. Otherwise, what a waste.

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My good friend Dustin has the job any true nerd desires: video-game developer. He has made many waves with his Risk-like game, Lux. The free demo comes with 20 free games, the AI is not too shabby at a higher difficulty and you can play it online with humanoids. If you like Risk, I can pretty much guarantee you'll like Lux.Just recently, he's completed a new version of the game called American

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I was reading a bit about Jane Jacobs (via Byzantium's Shores) and something she said struck me as very true. It was the idea that another Depression is the one thing that must be avoided at all costs. And I think she's right, the scars of that time have not yet healed. Judging by how governments measure their country's health one gets the sense that the economy is far and away the unit of

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1 - I added Byzantium's Shores to my blogroll.Kelly Sedinger, aka Jaquandor, blogs about anything and everything. To distill it down to a few subjects does not do it justice. But I've never been about justice. Jaq writes about Buffalo (the city), classical music, The Bills, politics and whatever else pops into his head.Update Frequency: Daily2 - I amended a rule in my Swacky post. I thought it

No Onenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241308.post-1143688578048232382006-03-29T21:49:00.000-05:002006-04-08T10:01:27.250-04:00

I already explained The Nameless Game so now, at the leading edge of Spring, it's time for Swacky.Playing hacky-sack is not typically my cup of tea. It seems so aimless. I like goals. I'm a measurement-motivated person. I need meaning, no matter how arbitrary, artificial or arcane. Swacky takes the wishy-washy, just-goofin'-around aspect of hacky sack and obliterates it in a tightly-controlled,

No Onenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5241308.post-1143003973577722542006-03-22T00:01:00.000-05:002006-03-22T00:06:13.590-05:00

"It's amazing to watch her process information whenever someone speaks to her: The period between when something is said and when it's actually processed is unusually long, as if her brain is still running on a 14.4 baud modem while everybody else has gone broadband." - Scott Tobias, The Onion AV ClubAs an aside, this new trend to capitalise after the colon offends me.

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Blogroll update...Name change:Without ME becomes S'WonderfulBlog change:babyresearcher is abandoned, but its author, the only Amy worth knowing (and the only Amy I know), writes on about sociology in amy writesNew blogs: emilieonline.comEmilie, living in Quebec, is currently pregnant and writes about whatever pops into her head. Unsurprisingly, most of it is about the bébé-to-be these days. She

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Plagiarised from exBostonian:Friday, March 3rd, at noon: come to VAGANZA VI, McGill Improv's annual 24-hour comedy show! It's on the second floor of the Shatner building, 3480 McTavish Street, runs straight through until noon on Saturday, March 4th. Admission is $3 for students and $5 for non-students, and all profits will go to a local charity.

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If you have yet to read The Lottery, I suggest you remedy the situation.

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