Gong the Show

, October 22, 2010

Tonight, the good people at Comedy Bar will host the fourth edition of Gong the Show, their offbeat and unpredictable comedy competition. Kate and I will be there with bells on, and if you’ve got five bucks and you like to laugh, then you ought to be there too. My brother Jon, seen here in […]


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It’s Friday, so here’s the video for “Low Rider” by War

, October 22, 2010

Get ready, because you’re about to have this song in your head for the rest of your day. You’re welcome!


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The mayoral election and the prisoner’s dilemma

, October 22, 2010

“If Ford wins this thing,” I joked earlier today, “I’m moving to that American town that all those Kerry supporters abandoned in 2004 (they followed through, right?)” My friend Peter – yes, the same Peter who writes that blog I just told you about – replied by drawing an even better parallel. “It’s funny that […]


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Link of the Day: The Cheap Speakers

, October 22, 2010

These guys are playing a set tonight at the El Mocambo with Hands & Teeth and a host of other fine bands. Among other things, it’ll be their first live set with their new drummer. Do check it out if you’re able. In other news, I’m surprised and a little impressed to see that the […]


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Surprisingly, none of the lines in “Wrapped Around Your Finger” make a good title for this one

, October 21, 2010

If I were to tell you that my wedding band feels a little loose, would you promise not to read anything into it? Kate and I made each other’s rings at the Devil’s Workshop, as you may recall, and we had a little trouble fitting mine. I don’t want to bore with you with the […]


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Link of the Day: Power Smart Month

, October 21, 2010

Like Together is Amazing, which I mentioned on Monday, Power Smart Month is a rather innovative campaign happening out on the west coast. “October is Power Smart month,” according to the good people at BC Hydro, and that means it’s “time for discounts on energy-efficient products – and time for some great contests and events.” […]


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Remember the Milk

, October 20, 2010

I’ve started using Remember the Milk to keep track of my tasks and “to do” lists. I’ve taken my cues from an old post on their blog about configuring it for use with GTD, and although I’ve got an awful lot of data left to carry over, it looks as if it’s going to be […]


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Today, Phil Western and Ministry’s good news is my bank account’s bad news

, October 20, 2010

I’d like to open up this post by pledging not to become one of those awful bloggers who only ever talks about mobile phones and social media and what not. Yes, I recently bought an iPhone, and yes, I’ve mentioned it rather frequently since. But I hope you’ll believe me when I tell you that […]


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Link of the Day: Man vs. Clown!

, October 20, 2010

Peter Lynn is a friend that I got to know a number of years ago through Golden Words, the campus humour paper at our alma mater. He’s maintained a blog called Man vs Clown! for years, and like his work at GW, it’s funny stuff indeed. Like many people whose blogs have been around for […]


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Currently enjoying “Totally Together” by Meat Beat Manifesto

, October 19, 2010

At a recent edition of Everyone’s a DJ, which wound up being one of my favourites because/despite a number of things that I’ll tell you about later, I got to have a great conversation with a skilled young DJ named Mr. Sperken. He was big fan of Z-Trip, quite rightly, so I asked if he’d […]


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