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Things this week
“I embrace my desire to, feel the rhythm, to feel connected
enough to step aside and weep like a widow, to feel inspired, to fathom the power, to witness the beauty, to bathe in the fountain, to swing on the spiral, to swing on the spiral, to
swing on the spiral of our divinity and still be [...]
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An Open Letter to America
Transmission, third World War, third round
A decade of the weapon of sound above ground
No Shelter if you’re looking for shade
I lick shots at the brutal charade
As the polls close like a casket, on truth devoured
A silent play on the shadow of power
A spectacle monopolized
The cameras eyes on choice disguised
Was it cast for the mass who [...]
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Little Stampede/WWF Wrestling reference from a long time ago there…
The start of the hockey season always makes me happy. After 3-4 months of boring crap like baseball or mildly interesting but not so compelling (to me) soccer, hockey is back. Yay! I love a good hockey game. I even love a bad hockey game if [...]
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OMG it’s been along time since I last wrote here! Someone asked me the other day why I haven’t posted in so long, and my response was “dunno…just haven’t felt the muse, I guess”. Weak-sauce! So…time to post. Although…I can’t say as I have a whole lot to say. Not much is sticking in my [...]
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At least once a season the Canucks go thru a period that makes me question my fan-ness. Not to sound like a talentless Vancouver Province sports writer who’s only trying to generate controversy, but man they sucked last night. For the last couple weeks actually. Listless, bored hockey, with few players stepping [...]
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Wheee, Christmas
“You’re a triple decker Saurkraut and Toadstool sandwhich, with Arsenic Sauce” –You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch, “How the Grinch Stole Christmas”
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The Grinch has always been my favorite Christmas special, mainly for the song… second favorite would be a tie between Charlie Brown and the old Rudolph one. Really I love them all [...]
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A few things on my mind today:
Wayne Gretzky for commissioner. Why not? Chris Chelios suggested this like 3 years ago, and I don’t think I’ve heard anything about it since. Let’s look at the facts: A: Gretzky was and is probably the best ambassador hockey ever had. Perhaps [...]
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Of Tasers and Immigrants
The story of Robert Dziekanski’s death is all over the local media (perhaps beyond local as well). If you weren’t aware of it, this guy is immigrating to Canada, flies into Vancouver where his mom is going to pick him up at the airport, and ends up stuck in the airport for several hours. [...]
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So if you’re Canadian you’ve spent your whole life paying a larger dollar amount for printed goods than Americans do. This was never an issue, as our dollar was worth much less than the US greenback. It all worked out the same in the end. We bought our magazines for 5 dollar, [...]
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Yes, thanks for the link love Miss 604, it sent a certain amount of traffic my way. I will do my best to return the favor someday.
For those who don’t know, Miss 604 is a good friend of Duane’s and a long time blogger and podcaster here in Vancouver. Today she has a [...]
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A few thoughts for the Canucks
I know, it’s early in the season, and I have no intention of writing off my team yet; I’m no Ed Willes or whatever his name is (a journalist for the Vancouver Province who falls on and off the wagon quicker than a junkie at an opium farm). BUT…
Learn how to complete a powerplay
Learn [...]
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It’s not that I dislike America…
It was brought to my attention recently that to an American maybe sometimes my blog has a bit of an anti-American feel. Nothing could be further from the truth; I’m definitely not anti-America or anti-American. I’m happily anti-bush…but then so is anyone with half a brain and open eyes. But to me, Bush is not [...]
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Ahhhh TV… The lows, the highs…
Man…I’m starting to sound like a TV hound…
I really don’t watch that much, but I do tend to comment on things I see there occasionally. First off, due to it’s passing-a-horrible-car-wreck, aren’t-we-ridiculous-as-a-culture attraction, I was in a situation where I had to watch alot of Age of Love. Ok… do I even need [...]
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Vancouver’s big weekend
This past weekend has traditionally been my favorite of the year to be a Vancouverite. Ever since I first moved here, the weekend that crosses over between July and August has been the one that I look forward to all year. Everything happens on that last weekend in July. It’s actually a [...]
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I don’t know who’s worse…the judges or the contestants, but overall what a load of crap this show is. I watched last week and this week to see the 20 finalists, and I gotta say…if this is the best that America’s got to give on the talent side, I fear greatly for the artistic [...]
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Crazy From the Heat…
“I wanna live it up, wanna quit my job,
tell the boss to go to hell.
I ain’t complainin’, you do the best with what you got.
I know you’re laughin’ ’cause it’s easy to tell
I’m goin’ crazy, goin’ crazy,
oo, from the heat. “
Goin Crazy, David Lee Roth, Eat em and Smile
Yeah, not just anyone can whip off [...]
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Make a comment, help some kids!
The Chief is running a cool contest over on his blog. This was actually begun over a week ago, but I was travelling a bit, then behind the 8 ball a bit, and then just plain lazy for a bit. So, I’m linking it now. I’m generally not a fan of promoting contests that are [...]
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Oh, the places we’ll go…
I was going to comment here how I haven’t written much because I’ve been doing a bit of travelling. But then I realized I haven’t really done that much in the past couple of weeks, and frankly I’ve just been lazy. Then I started thinking about all the places I’ve been in my life, and [...]
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fas·cism /ˈfæʃɪzəm/ Pronunciation Key – Show Spelled Pronunciation[fash-iz-uhm] – –noun
1.
(sometimes initial capital letter) a governmental system led by a dictator having complete power, forcibly suppressing opposition and criticism, regimenting all industry, commerce, etc., and emphasizing an aggressive nationalism and often racism.
I dunno, maybe this will get me on the [...]
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Ok this guy really pisses me off. Not only is he wasting resources and time with an obviously ridiculous lawsuit, HE’S A FREAKING JUDGE!!! Has America become that Litiginous that someone who is sworn to uphold the very court system he’s possibly abusing is able to get away with suing some poor korean immigrants for [...]
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