In which I enter my mid-30s
Well that was a pretty good 34th birthday, considering it was in the middle of the week and I was at work for most of it. Nellie surprised me with […]
Monthly Archives: July 2009
"At least I won't be looking like a old leather purse when I'm 40."
Earlier today I saw this story (via @ecila) on the CBC site: Tanning beds cause cancer: WHO. Tanning beds and ultraviolet radiation cause cancer and have been moved up to […]
Maybe it's something to do with being an asshat
In today’s instalment of “What’s the most ridiculous and offensive thing said today by someone who should be educated enough to know better?” we have art critic Brian Sewell, as […]
Youthanization
Interesting chart in the Economist today: Interesting, too, this line from the Economist’s blurb accompanying the picture: “[A] shortage of jobs for the young means that political instablity, in many […]
Sometimes good news. Sometimes bad news.
I got my hair cut yesterday, as I do about once a month. Any longer between visits to the barber and two things happen: my hair starts to drive me […]
"Remember it was me who dragged you up to the sweaty floor"
Last year Frightened Rabbit (myspace) kind of appeared on my radar from out of nowhere with The Midnight Organ Fight, an album I loved instantly and which landed in my […]
Worth noting: last night he did half the show covered in cream pie
According to a new TIME magazine poll, Jon Stewart is the most trusted newscaster in America. Here’s a screen grab of the poll results: Not that an online TIME poll […]
The only thing that I got's been botherin' me my whole life
Ugh. I sat down, all ready to write a nice long blog post about something frightfully interesting, but my brain is so foggy from this cold and all the DayQuil* […]
Wrapping up the trip
In the twenty-four hours since my last blog post we: Watched Taken (imdb | rotten tomatoes) which was both highly entertaining and patently absurd; Had dinner at Seven Wine Bar […]
Back where it all began
I haven’t had an internet connection the past couple of days, and I have far too much to type to bother using this silly little keyboard, so I’ll keep the […]
Skirl | Dan Dickinson 