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End of year wrap-up (Stolen from Reid)
This Year ( Read more... ) -
At work...
Customer: "Has anyone told you that you look like that girl from...."
Me: "The Cosby Show?"
Customer: "Yes! You look exactly like her."
Me: "Yes. This is true." -
beverages for bowling
“When I first encountered it in the 1970s, the White Russian was something real alcoholics drank, or beginners,” said David Wondrich, the drinks correspondent for Esquire. Now, ordering the drink is “the mark of the hipster,” he said.
I would totally attend a Lebowski Fest, even with the promise of a killer hangover. -
That time of year... to procrastinate...
On the twelfth day of Christmas, ( Read more... ) -
At work...
Me: Good morning ( Read more... ) -
At work...
Often, sitting in the bookstore on slow Sundays, I get a little Kitchener "colour". You know the type (if you're local). A little smelly. A little dirty. Kinda boozy. No plan to buy anything, just plans to warm up a littleThis one was a little rude and, opposed to engaging in conversation, felt a need to declare a list of inaccurate statements ( Read more... ) -
I've never been more heartbroken...
Paul Newman, who recently succumbed to cancer at 83, had the uncanny ability to turn hustlers, hucksters and outlaws into lovable, silver screen rakes. In "Cool Hand Luke" he played a untamable prisoner, in "The Verdict," an unscrupulous lawyer and in "The Sting," a wily con artist. And he made those lying castoffs reasons to buy popcorn and cheer ( Read more... ) -
On race and romance
Apparently, when I don't indulge in the 'soylent green' for extended period of time, my (already crazy) spider-senses go on overload and when I sit back to reflect on things, I'm seeing a much bigger picture ( Read more... ) -
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By plucking her petals you do
not gather the beauty of the flower.
-Rabindranath Tagore, "Stray Birds"