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2011 annual report: evolution

December 31, 2011by Dan Dickinson 1 Comment

Some time around the spring of this year I suffered what I guess would be considered burnout. I don’t talk on this blog about where I work or what I […]

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Annual report, Me

Best movies of 2011

December 30, 2011by Dan Dickinson Leave a comment

As of today — and keep in mind that we haven’t yet watched A Separation, The Interrupters, Le Havre, The Muppets, The Guard, Knuckle, Moneyball, 50/50, Coriolanus, Midnight In Paris, […]

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Movies

Best songs of 2011

December 30, 2011by Dan Dickinson Leave a comment

This is what made my best-of-2011 playlist. Please see previous post for ‘these are all the things I haven’t listened to yet’ qualifier. …And You Will Know Us By The […]

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Music

Favourite albums of 2011

December 30, 2011by Dan Dickinson 1 Comment

Note that I’m calling this post ‘favourite albums’ rather than ‘best albums’. I’m not sure I’m listening to enough music these days to say that this would represent the best […]

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Music

"This is too much madness to explain in one text!"

December 29, 2011by Dan Dickinson 1 Comment

Our year-end movie tear continues, and over the last couple of nights we’ve watched two of my favourites so far: Attack The Block (imdb | rotten tomatoes) was unlike anything […]

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Movies

Scenes from an anniversary

December 28, 2011by Dan Dickinson 3 Comments
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Daily life, Food / drink, Toronto

"Oh, hey, nerdiest old dude I know, you wanna come cook crystal?"

December 27, 2011by Dan Dickinson Leave a comment

Something else we’ve been watching a lot of (in addition to all those movies) is Breaking Bad. We’d watched the first season some time ago, but then took a long […]

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TV

"I'm gonna peace you in the side of the fuckin' head if you don't give us the dog."

December 27, 2011by Dan Dickinson 1 Comment

After having been negligent in the movie-watching department for the last several months, we’ve been on a tear the past week: The Lincoln Lawyer wasn’t quite as rubbish as the […]

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Girlfriend Du Jour, Movies

"I promise to wave from apogee."

December 20, 2011by Dan Dickinson 1 Comment

It’s official: my buddy Joe is GOING TO FREAKING SPACE!!!!!

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Friends

An artistic composition

December 18, 2011by Dan Dickinson 1 Comment

A couple of years ago, on our first visit to the Niagara wine region, we added ourselves to the mailing list at what would eventually become one of our favourite […]

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Food / drink, Friends

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