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This post was originally written in July?… maybe August 2009…. it’s been sitting in my draft mail, unfinished… unedited. It’s been calling out to be posted for months now… so now, I’ve decided to listen to the cries of words unheard and share with you the un-ripened fruits of my mind. Enjoy… It was originally called “Nothing lasts.. but nothing is forgotten” ***Warning: The following email

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In June 2009, I took a 3 month sabbatical from work, packed up my bags and headed off to Nepal to do some volunteer work in a Tibetan Buddhist monastery/orphanage... these my little peeps!My home for 1 monthThis photo says a lot about the kids and their monastic livesView from the teacher's lounge @ 6amNick name: The janitor. He always wore a white tank top underneath his frock and always

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***Pls. note that this post is about 6 weeks old, I originally wrote it on July 14th, right before going in to my Vipassana meditation course and subsequently did not post is here on the blog... much has happened since. ***Hello there intrepid readers... welcome to another installment of "Welcome to Absurdistan". It's been a while since my last update and I do apologize. It's not like I have

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Soooooooooo....... .... ... it's been 1 month and a 3 days I've been home now. I've got two posts that I haven't posted here... one is finished and I just never posted it. I think I will. It's my pre-Vipassna email to my peeps. And then there's this email/post sitting half finished in my drafts box. It calls to me to be finished, but I have no desire. It was started a few days after the

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So the monsoon has moved in and it has been raining for the past 48 hours... Was able to watch the most amazing lightning storms in the next valley... Also, I haven't been able to get to internet since Wednesday... There has been a bandha (general strike) on my stretch of road since Thursday. On Thursday night a bus driver killed two boys on a motorcycle. It's created a lot of chaos here... the

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Hello all.So when we last left our intrepid traveler, I was in the temple... bag of sand in one hand, staring at the golden idol on the alter... the heat was intense. Sweat dripping from my brow. ... using my very keen sense of observation, I adjust the amount of sand in the bag so that it matches that of the idol... Very skillfully I swapped the sand bag for the idol uhh... yeah... umm...

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Hello ladies and germs...well I suppose it's time for a first instalment of "White Boy Has AHard Time With the Heat as He Travels Asia, What Was He Thinking?". I'm not too sure how to go about doing these group email things (technically yes i do...smart asses); I figure different groups of you will want to know different things about my travels... and to be honest, I'm really not the type to

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Less than 24 hours to go and I'm on a jet plane.1) Montreal - London (24 hours layover... any suggestions? I was thinking the Tate Modern.)2) London - Mumbai (3 nights in Mumbai)3) Mumbai - Delhi (via Rajdhani Express)4) Delhi - Kathmandu5) Hyulsa Hyon Monastery, Besisahar, Nepal 6) Kathmandu (Vipassana meditation course) www.dhamma.org7) ... haven't quite thought that far yet... Annapurna

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je te check en train de me checker! ;-) busted!

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Hey!…. So it’s been a little while since I’ve updated my blog (except for the header, which is a photo I took in Hoi An, Vietnam last year) and I figured I’d give you guys a bit of an update of what exactly’s been going on in my universe. So much goodness has been permeating my life these days it’s ridiculous. (I’m thinking that this is going to be a marathon post… so grab a cup a joe and sit

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Replace fear of the unknown with curiosity...

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Fear is the emotional response to a negative prediction. The negative prediction is powered by anger. Anger is a defense against a feeling of vulnerability. The vulnerability is perceived rather than real. Therefore you are living in a creative fantasy and hence you are psychotic.

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I was out @ Les Bobards before the holidays at a Papa Groove show (surprise!) and after the show, I stayed behind to dance a bit as they were playing some really good music. For the first time in probably over a decade I went to the DJ booth to find out what was playing. Turns out it was Magic System... although it's kitch Ivory Coast dance pop whatever... I love it. Makes me want to dance all

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wingsuit base jumping from Ali on Vimeo.

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This is probably the highest point in my father's career as a car builder. This fall he made his way down to Arizona to deliver his first car to his customer. On his way down, he made a detour to Los Angeles and some how got an interviewe with Jay Leno, one of North America's biggest car collectors. Today, his birthday, is the day that Jay Leno's Garage launched the small web feature on his

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I just rec'd word that a good friend's mother and her boyfriend were killed in the terrorist attacks in Mumbai. It really makes the world feel small... it really makes the world feel unfair... it really makes me angry... :-(I'm so sorry for you loss... I'm so sorry for the hundreds of other families around the world who lost loved ones this week. I could not imagine the hell you are all going

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As seen on vanou's bla blah...1.Put your iTunes on shuffle.2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.3. YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER HOW SILLY IT SOUNDS!1) IF SOMEONE SAYS "IS THIS OKAY" YOU SAY?Punky Reggae Party - Bob Marley & The Wailers2) WHAT WOULD BEST DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONALITY?For Me... Formidable - Charles Aznavour3) WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL?

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I look out the window every 20 minutes, secretly hoping that the snow will have melted by the time I have to leave for work...

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Well, I did it. My first 10k run ever... holy crap. I finished 3rd to last in the entire race but who the hell cares. I ran freakin' 10k in 1hr and 6 minutes! I'm over the moon. funny how during the race I was cursing myself for having signed up for such a ridiculous endevour... and now, I'm planning my next 10k.... maybe even a half next year... BUT what this race has really done for me, is

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So I've discovered my new favourite thing in the world. Capoeira. Why haven't I been doing this all my life... I've been learning the basics with a buddy in Jeanne-Mance park on Sunday mornings... nothing like playing barefoot in the sand, doing kartwheels and handstands. ahhh... anyhow. With the cold weather approaching, I'm signing up for some indoor lessons next week. It's gonna be

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This past weekend, I was in Toronto for the Good Life fitness marathon. Wow.. what a great race. Mind you I've only run two, but I was able to improve my running time to 31m 34s!!! A whole 40 seconds better than my Montreal début. Despite having shin pains 3km (northbound on University and Dundas) in to the race and having to walk it off AND the retardedly jam packed start of the race where

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Galapagos from Darek Sepiolo on Vimeo.

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A bunch of buddies and I went camping and hiking this weekend near Lake Placid, NY. Fun times... but man was it cold... damn cold. They were saying that at the top of Whiteface there was 6" of snow. It's only the beginning of October!! Anyhow, our hike was supposed to be on this mountain called Big Slide, but there were so many people out this weekend, that they needed a shuttle bus for a

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The first picture is of me on Cat Ba Island in North Vietnam. It was at this moment that I had my "epiphany" and knew that my life had to change. The second photo is of me (and my friend Kate) about 30 minutes after I accomplished one of the most challenging feats in my life. Running the 5km @ the Montreal marathon. Before and after... although I'm easily recognizable in both pics, the

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Today I ran my first 5k Marathon. I can now truely say, today my life is different. In the beginning of 2008, I weighed in @ 235 lbs, I drank 2L of diet Coke a day, I only ate processed foods out of a box and was smoking again (pack a day). One day when I was in Vietnam, I snapped. I had had enough. My life style was preventing me from actually living my life. I remember the moment. 1 km up

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Talking about art @ 3:30am in 2006 • I miss you dude... move back to Montreal. King Hajo from nectar75 on Vimeo.

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Ok... so sometimes in life we have to look at things realistically. A few posts ago I mentioned that my goal for the fall was to do the Sprint Triathlon in September. Well I had a pretty big reality check when I started training for the swimming section of the race... hmmm... a little harder than I thought... actually much harder than I though. It had been 5 months since I had been in the

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Just thought I'd let you know that I'm still Dreaming of Babylon... whatever that means these days. Movin' life forward in a positive direction, I guess is how, I'd best describe it. I'm not sure if I've ever mentioned it, but the name of my blog, "Dreaming of Babylon" comes from the title of a book by one of my favourite authors, Richard Brautigan. Beat poet and author, pretty obscure random

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Hey y'all... it's been a while I guess. This is harder than I thought it would... pickin' up where I left off... which from what I see was a sketchy parking lot @ the Hanoi airport. LoL!... anyhow... just to let you all know that life is good... life has changed... and is still changing... but all going in a positive direction. Not sure how much blogging I'll be doing in the future... I tend to

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After seeing this @ Vanou's and Zura's blog, here is mine...Here’s how you play:Type your answer to each of the questions below into Flickr searchusing only the first page. Choose an image.Copy and paste each of the URLs into the mosaic maker at FD’s image maker.The questions:1. What is your first name?2. What is your favourite food?3. What high school did you attend?4. What is your favourite

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Well, I'm back in Montreal.... well to be honest, I've been back almost a month now. I stopped blogging in Hanoi as it was really hard to find an internet café (yes my hotel had internet but it couldn't hold the connection for more than 5 minutes) and after that, well, to be honest, I just didn't feel like it. Sorry... the trip was awesome and I'm really missing being over there. If you are

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Weirdness @ the airport. When I arrived I arranged for a pick up as the airport is about 45 minutes from the city. So I see the guy with the pancart with my name on itand we go out to the lot and the dude doesn't even know what car he isdriving... then there are these young girls looking kinda hip buthomeless, and these guys looking like pimps or hipsters but realsketch are all loitering in the

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Do I talk the talk or do I walk the walk? That's the question I wasfaced with on my last night in HCMC... As a generalrule, it seems that Eating out in Saigon is cheaper than going to theMarket abusing your food. So pretty much every meal is at arestoraunt. Last night was no exception. Jason and his good buddyNguya (pretty sure its spelled wrong but it's pronounced Nia) took meout for a meal

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The food here is amazing (however, I think I preferred the food in Thailand as I'm a sucker for a good Penang Curry); I pretty much try everything that is put in front of me(more on that in a future post), even if it's only one bite ( I won't do dog though... actually many of the Vietnamese themselves won't do dog either). So far there' only been this one sort of vegetable cake things with

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Getting around Ho Chi Mihn is like Frogger on drugs. To cross the street is an act in blind faith in whatever almighty being you believe in. Seriously. You just have to step out in to the road and walk no matter what sort of huge chunk metal is coming screaming your way. It just won't hit you. It might miss you by 1/8th of an inch and leave shit marks in your underwear, but you won't die.

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Actually i do know when I'll be back... but you know... that's the way the lyrics go.So once again.Fini le boulot, no more dodos... today is the big day! Montreal - Vancouver - Taipai - and Ho Chi Mihn... 29 hours from what I can calculate. Keep your eyes peeled for wonderful stories and luscious pics that will make your minds melt.Oh and please feel free to comment and email me as news from

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Make more, work less and live life...Don't ever live vicariously. This is YOUR life. Live.I leave for Vietnam in 7 days... It hasn't really sunk in yet. I've barely looked @ my guide books. Gonna land in Ho Chi Mihn City and kind go where the wind blows... T'is a fun way to travel. Is it odd that I'm already thinking about next year's adventure before I've even left for this years?... Oh well.

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So, flying back to Paris from Geneva this fine New Years Eve day, I witnessed a Full circular rainbow!!! Also known as an optical Glory.It's not the window, and it's not the camera. It got real cool, when the shadow of the airplane appeared in the middle. Here is a link to the phenomenon. Untitled from nectar75 on Vimeo.

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Denver Dating

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So I'm looking for a cheap (YEAH RIGHT)ticket to Geneva or Zurich for the holidays (dec. 21-29 aprox. I'm flexible)... I've been looking like a mad man. Anyone have any tricks? tried Kayak and many other sites... Zoom to Paris is sold out... I'd be happy with a cheap flight to the continent.

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Do yourself a favour ! If you don't have tickets to see the Me Mom and Morgentaler reunion shows this weekend RUN! DON'T WALK and buy yourself tix to the remaining shows! Seriously Thursday night's show was soooooo cool. Easily, one of the best shows I saw this year. and for all you doubters out there, this is not nostalgia. Nay... these guys are raw talent and energy. Kim and Gus have

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Haruki Murakami... that's who it is.

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Man... serious memory problems these days. I was driving home from the folks tonight and there was this really interesting documentary about this Japanese novelist on the CBC... and for the life of me, I can't remember his freakin' name!!! The whole way home, I was repeating his name in my head. I parked my car and made a mental note right as I turned off the radio. I was going to go upstairs

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Everyone seems pretty psyched for this weekend's OSHEAGA festival. Me on the other hand, I could care less... All the big names don't interest me and the bands that do interest me are all local and would be better off seeing them in a small venue... Xavier Caféine, Plaster, Pawa Up First (i've already seen them 3 times this year!)... other than that... meh... With so much good music this summer

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So... Do I move to Amsterdam and try to find work in a design studio? ... or Do I get my PADI Dive Master's and then some how open up a guesthouse in Caribbean/South East Asia ... or do I go back for a master's degree... or stay put?!That's what twirling around in my head these days....

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Demain je vais avoir 32 ans, et pour une fois dans ma vie mon âge me tracasse. Pas une question d'avoir peur de vieillir... non... Beaucoup de chose culbute dans ma tête... le passé, le présent et le future... Des décisions a prendre, des chose a m'en remettre et des choses a faire. En tout cas, a 32 ans, ma "crise" de la trentaine commence.

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Manu Chao - Montreal Jazz Fest - July 1st, 2007 from nectar75 and Vimeo.

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glumbert.com - Ricky Gervais visits Kenya...sort of

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This is a bit after the fact but I just found this un pubished post from my travels... thought you might enjoy...On my way home from my awesome trip in Thailand, I had a scheduled 24 hour lay over in Tokyo... I thought that this would be an amazing opportunity to make a small film of my adventure. So! Here is the small film I made... It's not as cool as I thought it would be. You might notice

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So I downloaded Firefox recently and discovered this plug-in for it called Stumble... essentially it finds random web pages you might like depending on various parameters enter in your profile. I came across this article and well... it kind of stuck. I haven't had TV since October (approx.) and although in the beginning it was really really weird, I'm now very very happy and much more

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Concert sauvage dans le métro !Uploaded by lapapsprod

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Nokkie cookie @ Pad Thai - Chiang Mai Thailand on Vimeo

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With my three favourtie things...1) My Mac2) Holland/Amsterdam3) ChocolateCourtsey of www.weeworld.com

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create your own visited country mapYour travel type: Travel Yup The Travel Yup likes exotic and adventurous travel, but prefers big cities with fast paced life. He has a keen interest in other cultures and always brings home a few souvenirs. Shopping in Bangkok, getting a tailor made suite in Kuala Lumpur, that's the kind of thing the Travel Yup is into. Even though he likes to get away, he

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I got mine... just don't ask how much I paid... but I don't care.. it's worth it.

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24 hours in Tokyo on VimeoThere will be a follow up text in a few days to put the video in to context...

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If you guys are intersted, here is a link to my Flickr page with all my 600 photos from Thailand and Tokyo... enjoy and feel free to comment.

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Ok... well I promised you guys a short film of my 24 hours in Tokyo... I'm going to do my best to pull one together. However, I must tell you that my 24 hours in Tokyo were hell. To be honest, I'm not sure how much video I got... I'm currently dumping my camera to my hard drive as I type. I should have something up in the next week or so...I'll fill you in on the going's on in the next few

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I'm back from my 1 month backpacking adventure in Thailand. I have to say that it was a mind blowing experience. I'm not really at a stage where I can sit here and bang off a whole bunch of anecdotes. There were many, but what might seem relevant and interesting to me, might be completely mundane to you guys... I will say that the trip blew my mind in so many ways... This trip opened my eyes

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Fini le boulot.Les baggages sont fait.Mon billet et passport en mains.Let the adventure begin.I'm on break until April.ciao ciao

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People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there light is from within.

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Rosemont 2007 - Cleaning up after the Valentine's day storm so that I can leave the house. Django snow removal on Vimeo

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I know the ladies always thought that Val Kilmer was hot, but now... he's officially a spice.St-Joseph and du Parc, not Robert Bourassa. Thank buddha.

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Ça fait plusieurs mois que je n'ai pas poster un billet en français, so j'ai décider que pour mon 100ème poste, elle allait être en français... même si j'ai tellment de la misère a écrire en French ;-p.So, mon décompteur dit qu'il me reste 5 jours, 10 heurs et 36 minutes avant que mon vol décole pour Bangkok... pour la première fois en des semaines je me sens calme... en anglais il y a

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I just got off the phone with a third friend who was in emerg yesterday... A few months ago he had a collapsed lung and yesterday, he got the exact same pain in the exact same place, so he mosied on over to the hospital... After a few x-rays, they were able to determine that his lung had not re-collapsed. The pain has since subsided but the doc wants to see him again on Monday....What the hell

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As I sit here, I am completely in utter in shock.... two close friends were admitted to the hospital today.Dave, whom I drove to the emergency myself this afternoon after he started loosing his sight and getting numbness in his face and hands... and the second, Mike, was admitted to emergency tonight after having suffered a heart attack...I am so fucking overwhealmed right now it mind numbing...

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Life is not fair sometimes.March 27th @ the Spectrum... four days before I come home from my trip... seriously not cool.

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HEY! everything is Ok...

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It just dawned on me that I have a 27 hour flight... ummm.... any sugestions on what I could do for 27 FUCKING HOURS?!!!!

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14 days, 9 hours and 30 minutes...!!!! HOLY CRAP!!!It seems that it's only just now becoming a reality. I'd like to say that I'm nervous, but I'm really not all that nervous... nor anxious. I actually more nervous about being away from the office for a month more than I am about Thailand. Cambodia is a different story though. Not too sure about that one. Not sure why... I think it's

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Oh yeah.... that's what I'm talkin' about.March 29thy, 2007... One man.one city.gazillions of possiblities!24 hours in Tokyo. Coming to a web video player near you.

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I just got the coolest contract!!! I'm desiging a backstage pass for a band's 2007 world tour! I won't mention who it is or anything until I find out it's ok to say who it is, but from what I understand they are a pretty big up and coming British band... they just finished their second album and are starting their American tour in the next few weeks... The funny thing is, before I got the

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So, if you are a regular reader, you will undoubtedly know that this fall my TV died on me in a frenzied Technicolor spectacle. Since then, I've been TVless. That's right. Nada, zip, zilch... ok that's not entirely true... When I was in Sudbury at X-mas, I watched an Arsenal and Liverpool game (soccer for those of you who don't know) and a few episodes of Jamie Oliver... but other than that,

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Trust your instincts is what I say... that or maybe I have a 6th sense for detecting "la Po Po", the five-0, the Heat.... no... no... that wouldn't be the case... I got a speeding ticket when I got lost in Terrebonne last week and ended up quite unintentionally at the offices of Québec Erotique (this wasn't my intended destination)...... motherfuckers.... anyway.... I was speeding, so what do

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So, a couple of days ago, I booked my flight to Bangkok. I'm so excited. 28 days backpacking solo through a foreign land. Sleeping on beaches, elephant treks in the jungle, scuba diving with exotic aliens. I think I'm most excited about the food. Apparently you can take one or two day cooking schools in Chang Mai (Northern Thailand). So I'm going to look in to that. I was looking in to some sort

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Soundtrack of my lifeNice little musical experiment that I stumbled upon at MAD WORLD who stumbld upon it @ SP4M for les francophones...1. Open your Library (iTunes, Winamp, Media Player, iPod, etc)2. Shuffle mode3. Press Play4. For each question write the music that is playing5. For each new question, press next6. Don't cheat.Opening credits: Welcome To Tijuana • Manu ChaoWake Up: Star

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Why?! more in the crazy Japanese gameshow video series that I love OH so much!!! Wish I could find some Iron Chef vids... anyone?

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Doesn't this just make you drool!!!Courtesy of foodtv.caMaple Mustard Pork Burgers Yield: 6Ingredients:Pork Burgers2 lb. ground pork (1kg)2 x large French shallots chopped, fine dice2 x cloves garlic, minced1 tsp salt (5ml)1 tsp ground black pepper (5ml)Glaze3 tbsp pure maple syrup (45ml)2 tbsp spicy grainy mustard (30ml)1 tbsp of cider vinegar (15ml)1 tsp of liquid honey (5ml)1/2 tsp of dry

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Those of you who know me really really well, know that I have this fetish for skateboarding. I used to skate when I was young and as I grew older I stopped skating. My love for the sport has never died...this video is of one of my skateboarding heros, Rodney Mullen... check it out and watch the whole thing to be blown away...

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I might not even go to Hong Kong... haven't decided yet...

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You know your a Apple/Mac geek when you've been dreaming about the yet unannounced Apple iPhone for about two days now... sigh....the one in my dreams looks a lot like this... sweet.

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FUCK YOU!!!! GO AWAY!!!! WHY DO YOU MAKE ME SICK YOU RETARDED SEASON!!!! COLD BEGONE!!! To whomever I've ever told that I like winter.... I lied... Yes. Winter is about enjoyable as being flogged with frozen squirrels.Bathe me in summers lovely lovely rays!My chest hurts... My throat hurts...wahhh wahh wahhh... Whine whine whine....four more months of this hell...just shoot me...

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Terrible things happen on the sadistic Japanese game show Silent Library. And, because it's set in a library, the contestants must remain silent.

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My hair after I fought with my clipper and lost!

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Here's a tat that I've designed and am considering getting... not sure. I like it, but I don't know... anyways, if I do get it done, it won't be until after my trip.(it was in CMYK before... das why it was a blue symbol...habit.... fixed!)

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Nov. 27, 2006 : 8:59pmMy TV is now officially dead... a spectacular psychedelic final moment... and now... darkeness.I can now start living again...I am free!Shit. I can't watch movies anymore.

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You really had to be there... this show was so good.

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Friday night was fucking amazing...Two bands, one venue.... Pawa Up First and Karkwa @ Club Soda...the most amazing show of the year. Let me preface this by saying that this year has been pretty show heavy (10 to 12), by my standards at least... c'mon, I'm getting old ;-) Cat Empire, Tomas Jensen, Grupo Fantasma, Chango Family and a bunch of other really good ones. However, the show that I

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I was going to paste a review of my newest aural discovery off of Psyshop.com, but I have to tell you guys... it comes nowhere close to conveying how good this album is. If you like music like Shpongle, Safi Brothers or the Orb... Younger Brother will blow you away... Same guy, different collaborator... Simon Posford at his best.Man I wish I knew how to put some proper music on here...oh well

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So in March, I'm going to Hong Kong and Thailand for three wonderful weeks of vacation. Yay! But today I found out that things might just get a little better. On a whim, I mentioned to my boss, that since I was in the area, would there be anything that he would like me to check out for him while I'm there? Call me crazy... As it turns out, he had been thinking the same thing. We have a

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I found this cool sculpture in someone's front yard when I was in Toronto last weekend. Wicked!

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