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"Santino! Klaatu barada nikto!"

December 31, 2007by Dan Dickinson Leave a comment

I swear, I didn’t mess with the camera or the image file at all. Either my new camera does eyes badly or my cat is, in fact, Gort. Whatever. Time […]

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Pets

My favourite songs of 2007

December 31, 2007by Dan Dickinson Leave a comment

The National . “Fake Empire” Arcade Fire . “Intervention” The Besnard Lakes . “Devastation” Rogue Wave . “Harmonium” Grinderman . “No Pussy Blues” Vampire Weekend . “Walcott” Matt Pond PA […]

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Movies, Music

We're taking breaks only to eat, pee and buy fresh batteries for the remote

December 30, 2007by Dan Dickinson Leave a comment

We are movie-watching machines. We finished off the batch of four movies I rented on Friday and picked up four more. We watched the very troubling and very authentic-feeling This […]

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Movies

Who did this poll, Band of Horses?

December 30, 2007by Dan Dickinson Leave a comment

This news release presents a conundrum: Toronto, ON – A new Ipsos Reid poll conducted on behalf of CanWest News Service and Global Television finds that while two thirds (66%) […]

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Dumbassedness, News

"I can't become king if someone else already sits on the throne."

December 29, 2007by Dan Dickinson Leave a comment

In a belated attempt to see more of the best movies of 2007 (as ranked by critics anyway) we rented four movies yesterday in preparation for a lazy cinematic weekend. […]

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Movies

She rolled her Rs…her beautiful Rs.

December 28, 2007by Dan Dickinson Leave a comment

I just got off the elevator with a mother and her little girl. The girl saw the elevator button marked “R” (which opened or closed the rear doors — we […]

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Daily life, Humour

Like a thief in the night. Actually, it was exactly like that.

December 28, 2007by Dan Dickinson Leave a comment

Well, some joker got hold of my credit card number last night and used it to buy a bunch of stuff online. Mainly kids things, probably all highly fence-able. Luckily […]

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  • Dan D. is drinking a Tart Wild Ale W/ Plum by Luppolo Brewing Company December 5, 2019
  • Dan D. is drinking an Unify Or Die by Blood Brothers Brewing November 27, 2019
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