"I have just met you, and I love you."
Well, I’ve had an enjoyable forty-ish hours. It started Friday night when we walked down to Front Street to see this year’s criterium. I have no real interest in cycling, […]
Monthly Archives: May 2009
I'm off the case
Tonight I began the long, onerous task of removing my roughly 250 movies from their cases and jamming them into a giant CD wallet. This is the second phase of […]
A night at Splendido
Make it seven…but not how you think
If you live in Canada you’re likely tired of hearing about Jim Balsillie’s attempts to buy the Phoenix Coyotes, a team which recently declared bankruptcy, and move them to Hamilton. […]
"Oh yeah. Me and my friends are meeting at a gun store."
Well, that was another low-key, yet enjoyable weekend. After Friday’s movie excursion we slept in a little, then got up and did a little bit of furniture shopping. Something must […]
"The devil's hands have been busy"
After watching Terminator: Salvation (imdb | rotten tomatoes) last night Nellie said, “Whoever made the trailer for that movie should win an Oscar.” If you haven’t yet seen said trailer, […]
I Hold The Sound
The first time I listened to the new Thermals album Now We Can See (pitchfork | metacritic) I didn’t think that much of it. But something told me I should […]
"Lines, wrinkles and coarse, leathery skin"
A couple of articles found in the Maclean’s news feed that fill me with disbelief and a teensy bit of dread. For our planet. First, there’s “Sunbed Use To Rise […]
"It is still hard to convince people of the truth."
For over a year now my brother’s been writing on his blog about the after-effects, ten years on, of faulty a 1998 study linking childhood vaccinations to autism. From his […]
"You can whistle really loud, you know that?"
Victoria Day, shmictoria day. This was movie day. We watched four: Star Trek (imdb | rotten tomatoes) was as good as advertised. I don’t want to say too much about […]
Skirl | Dan Dickinson 