Old pictures of me are on the net!

My new apartment is nearly all furnished. I only need to get a few new things, get rid of some things (does anyone want a large ikea computer desk? I'll gladly give it away for free to someone I know and who has the capacity to come and pick it up. If not, I'm going to advertise it for a a nominal amount on craigslist), and all will be ready so ( Read more... )

There are so many questionable things that occur in this story that it's shocking ( Read more... )

Does anyone else remember The Hockey Sweater? It was a favourite book of from my early youth. I just found out that the movie version is available to watch for free on the NFB website.

I had forgotten about the T. Eaton part.

On a related, NFB note: Does anyone remember.....

Is riding the Montreal metro this exciting and 'sunny'? Do we all have shaggy/ironed long hair and wear our gaily-coloured dacron ensembles to gallavant and spin around the stopped train while purposefully blocking the doorway (which, as clearly marked on the train, comes with a 500 dollar fine)? Do dodgy-looking men in vintage T-birds always ( Read more... )

A vintage look at the Laurentian Restaurant, in Quebec City.

I wonder if this monstrosity still exists; maybe it's now a Nickels.

An excerpt from a story from CBC...

Riendeau had pleaded guilty, admitting to invading the homes of seven people ranging from age 63 to 90 over a three-month period by pretending to work for Hydro Québec ( Read more... )

I want to have my next big event (30th birthday perhaps?) on a private railcar. I want the panoramic car that runs from Montreal into the Quebec boonies. Very Crispin and Plum, with stainless steel dome car and liveried attendants ( Read more... )

A grad prank from 1969, at my former middle school, Hillside (until the early 90s, it was a secondary school). A couple of guys got a motorcycle and rode through the third floor hallway, which would have gone right by the main office, office of the principal, and various classrooms. The motorcycle isn't the disturbing bit; it's the fact that the ( Read more... )

This is an outrage. Very Fahrenheit 451. Cf. a few posts ago about the pathetic library system here; the idea of literacy doesn't seem to be valued. I'm sure a ton of record stores would have killed to get those records. Dear god, have a yard sale! I hope someone goes to the landfill with a truck and picks all of the books and records up ( Read more... )