Allez Les Bleus!!

Allons enfants de la Patrie,
Le jour de gloire est arrivé !
Contre nous de la tyrannie,
L'étendard sanglant est levé, (bis)
Entendez-vous dans les campagnes
Mugir ces féroces soldats ?
Ils viennent jusque dans vos bras
Égorger vos fils, vos compagnes !(Never thought I'd find myself rooting for France, but I got this nasty sinus ( Read more... )

Why do I not seem to be able to wipe clean and reinstall Firefox with no extensions or user data? Even my history bar keeps coming back to one point no matter how many times I clear it... wtf?

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Brazilians partying down the street after their victory over Japan

(*.avi, 2mb). World Cup Fever at the CervejariaI would have gotten closer, but I would have felt conspicuous and silly standing there with my digital cam while that kind of revelry went on ( Read more... )

As mehinda well knows, pluginthejebus liked to play down those personal qualities of his that reinforced stereotypical white notions about Asians, such as the fact that his hands were deadly weapons (to be fair, Sam favored western forms like boxing, that Russian special forces martial art, and submission wrestling). It also happens to be the case that Sam was ( Read more... )

I announce the passing of populist genius Aaron Spelling. This guy shit money, and he gave us Charlie's Angels. He will be remembered as a minor American cultural magnate of the twentieth century. My Greek great-grandmother lived until 100, knew very little English, but greatly enjoyed the Love Boat. So I give him credit for that, delighting an ( Read more... )

When the hell are book and magazine prices in Canada going to reflect the actual exchange rate? It's irritating to pay a 40% premium (on top of 15% sales tax...oh well cheap health care and they pay for day care...can't compain too much...)

One time I walked into Abelard books on College St and found pluginthejebus in the back corner, weeping into an open copy of A.E. Houseman's own verse. "So...young..." he snuffled. Then hurled it across the room, hitting the shopkeeper in the head. "Too young!" he shouted, "Why did he have to be taken from us so young?" Another used book store he could never ( Read more... )

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Don't mess with Samsonov:


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