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As some of you know, reading websites sucks and RSS is the way to go. Still, judging by my stats, not enough of you know that. Anyhoo…

I’ve been an avid user of Nick Bradbury’s FeedDemon reader since it was a gleaming beta in Nick’s eye, and prefer it over all others I’ve tried (Newsgator for both Outlook and web, Sage, Thunderbird, BlogBot, Bloglines, several others that I don’t even remember now). His new 1.6 beta is even better than 1.5, but, well…

Tday Google released theirs and it’s pretty sweet. The reason I like it? They designed it to work like newsreader software (specifically FeedDemon), not Outlook (like Bloglines or Newsgator). And the UI is sick.

I’m not sure it’s feature-rich enough to make me switch, but you know Google will be pumping fixes and features into this thing almost weekly. As fast as Nick is with updates, he’s not that fast, so at some point it’s reasonable to think that the Google reader will have better funtionality. We’ll see.

In short, getcherself a newsreader and forget about reading websites (for the most part; some of them still aren’t on board. Cough cough pitchfork cough.).

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I’m tired. And hungry. Want to go home and relax.

This is nuts. We’re so far behind on our movie watching that we may never catch up. Check it: The Aristocrats, Broken Flowers, Everything Is Illuminated, The Exorcism Of Emily Rose, Flightplan, Grizzly Man, In Her Shoes, Lord Of War, Nine Songs, Pretty Persuasion, Proof, Thumbsucker, An Unfinished Life And Where The Truth Lies.

We also have four movies — The Ring Two, Jules et Jim, Vera Drake and The Dreamers — at home waiting to be watched. I’ve been watching the Dreamers here and there over lunch but I still haven’t finished it.

We also have Wednesday’s Daily Show and last night’s L Word to watch and, though it’s already kind of irrelevant, I’d like to watch the TSN NHL preview.

If someone’s figured out a way to watch movies in your sleep, can they please email me? Merci.

“Imaginary Friends” by Nada Surf and “More” by Tugboat Annie.

Les Habitants are 2-0 after Michael Ryder’s second game winner in as many nights. All the kids are stepping up for Montreal.

I usually look forward to Fridays at work — relaxed, quiet, few meetings — but today I have a four hour meeting…9:30 to 1:30. Which means I’ll be bored stiff and I’ll have to play catchup when I get out. Ptoo.

And finally, happy birthday to Jen and Jenn. One I haven’t seen in 11 years and barely hear from anymore, the other I see nearly every day but is moving to the far end of the country in a few months. Still, it’s their birthday and I’m thinking of them both. Have a good one, kids.

Can I just tell you how happy I am that in 40 minutes I’ll be watching the Canadiens play the Rangers on TSN? Now mit iodine pizza!

We just got back from the condo design centre place. Finalized the finishes & upgrades, gave them a cheque, walked out with many more papers. And now we wait. For…oh, 18 months or so.

I keep forgetting that Monday is the Thanksgiving holiday. The going theory is that it doesn’t feel like fall, which I suppose has something to do with the 26 degree weather and compete lack of colour in the trees.

WHO FUCKING CARES?

Sigh…several people, apprently. If one of those people is you, I can’t be friends with you anymore.

Speaking of Vancouver, you may have noticed a new link in my sidebar. Stanzi has started a blog chronicling her migration westward as she takes a year off to live and compete in Vancouver.

My family may recognize the phrase that I suggested she use for a blog title: “A change is as good as a rest.” It’s a saying that our grandfather always used (not that he made it up, but he certainly popularized it with our father’s side of the family) and it’s one we’ve found pretty helpful over the years. Hopefully it helps her too.

And finally, on one last Stanzi-related point, she and I had post-pub greasy deli breakfast this morning, so I’m feeling a little bloated now…but it’s so worth it.

Hoo ha. The Habs got off to a good start last night, and I got to watch Toronto lose a shootout to the hated Senators in a bar full of angry Leafs fans. That was awesome. I had to careful about cheering too loudly. I kicked ass in my pool last night too: 70 points, 20 more than anyone else.

Speaking of the bar, we stupidly left without leaving any money, so we had to double back on the subway to leave some cash. It wasn’t our finest moment.

Toronto: 9th best city in the world in which to live. Vancouver was rated #1, and deservedly so.

Canada actually had three entries (Calgary was the other), one fewer than Australia. The three European cities: Vienna (I believe it…I loved it there), Zurich and Geneva (both of which I’m desperate to visit).