May 2011
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Jack Sparrow (feat. Michael Bolton)
via youtube.com I’m embarrassed to admit it, but this made me spit pudding all over! He’s so into it, it’s great!
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"Jersey Shore" Gone Wilde, Part 1
via youtube.com Oh dear. I admit it, I snickered. Thanks to Douglas for the link. Ooh, and it’s only part 1!
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On Top of the World - Literally
I’m looking at this photograph of George Atkinson who has just become the youngest person (at age 16) to complete the Seven Summits challenge by scaling the highest mountain on each of the seven continents. This is George on top of Mt. Everest. That’s right, 8,848m above the rest of us, the world at his feet. Two things cross my mind: How is it that, at the age of 11 years, you...
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Fontana Dei Matti located in Gubbio, Italy
via atlasobscura.com “… with residents and tourists alike always flocking to the fountain, where, according to tradition, visitors can gain a license of “matto di Gubbio” (literally, madman of Gubbio) by being baptized with its waters after making three turns around the fountain. This ritual, though, must be performed with the assistance of a native citizen and,...
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All Missed Up
I don’t like the title “Miss”. It’s so… extraneous (especially at my age), and even remotely demeaning, as if my name were not a sufficient thing. Yet my bank insists it’s necessary for the name field of my cheques. I’ve had to call and ask they remove it - again. What’s more, I can’t use the check-out on Yves Rocher’s website, because...
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Exchange
Me: Good evening. Blue Line Taxi. Customer: I’d like a taxi to (I really want to add the address, but I won’t). Me: Okay. Thank you. Customer: (snotty tone) You’re very welcome. (as she is hanging up the phone) Fucking bitch. Did I miss something? Possibly there is some other meaning of “thank you” to which I have not previously been privy? Have I been left out...
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25 Abandoned Yugoslavia Monuments
via cracktwo.com “These structures were commissioned by former Yugoslavian president Josip Broz Tito in the 1960s and 70s to commemorate sites where WWII battles took place (like Tjentište, Kozara and Kadinjac(a), or where concentration camps stood (like Jasenovac and Niš). […] conveying powerful visual impact to show the confidence and strength of the Socialist Republic....
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Maghidet, Libya
via fotopedia.com More photos of deserts to feed the desolation-loving beast.
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Storm-chasing photography
via extremeinstability.com Stunning.
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The Accidental Sea
via youtube.com “I go there [Salton Sea, California] to catch a glimpse of what the world will be like without us. […] a tragic failure, or a post-apocalyptic wonderland.” A place that combines both the desolate and the abandoned - and definitely on my list of places to go before I die.
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Save Busuu - The Busuu song (English version)
via youtube.com
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Euthanasia Coaster : socks-studio
via socks-studio.com “Euthanasia Coaster” is a hypothetical euthanasia machine in the form of a roller coaster engineered to humanely – with elegance and euphoria – take the life of a human being. Riding the coaster’s track, the rider is subjected to a series of intensive motion elements that induce various unique experiences: from euphoria to thrill, and from tunnel vision to loss of...
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Communion
I have just returned (a few hours ago, at this point) from the First Communion of my oldest friend’s daughter. A simple ceremony in a comfortable church, and a large dinner reception after at a local restaurant that specialises in Eastern European cuisine. I have seen some of the people that were there, my friend’s family, off and on at various functions for the past twenty some-odd...
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Lament
via youtube.com This is the video for my cousin Cassie’s band The Dorothies. She’s got such a lovely voice. Also, the painting of the poppies was done by her mother, my Aunt Marie - also a lovely person. :)
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A Tiny Apartment Transforms into 24 Rooms
via youtube.com In Hong Kong, because of the space, apartments are small and expensive. Gary Chang, an architect, decided to design a 344 sq. ft. apartment to be able to change into 24 different designs, all by just sliding panels and walls. He calls this the “Domestic Transformer.” I am not normally given to claustrophobia - but I think that this apartment would challenge even my...
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Types and Toms
After 42 years I have finally figured out what my blood type is: I asked my mother what hers was. I figured that since one or both of us would be dead if mine were different from hers, knowing hers would mean knowing my own. I can’t believe it took me 42 years to come up with that one. I won’t tell you how long it took me to remember which animal was Tom out of the Tom & Jerry...
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Rules of Engagement
Here are some simple rules that one should try to give heed to in life: Never summon what you can’t banish. Which goes well with: Be careful what you wish for. Don’t piss off the gatekeeper. … because if you piss off the person you’re asking for a favour, guess what you might not get? Never think that what you do goes unseen. … and remember to...
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Burlington Sound of Music Festival schedule
Thursday, June 16 ArcelorMittal Dofasco Stage 7:30 p.m. — Opening Ceremony 8:15 — Yukon Blonde 9:45 — Bedouin Soundclash OLG Stage 7 p.m. — Dave Featherstone Band 8:00 — The Stanfields 9:45 — The Resptectables Friday, June 17 ArcelorMittal Dofasco Stage 7 p.m. — The River Junction Band 8:00 — Ladies of the Canyon 9:45 — Emerson Drive OLG Stage 7 p.m. — Gentlemen...
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The Box - My Dreams Of You (... and a little bit...
via youtube.com A long time ago the CRTC (Canadian Radio and Telecommunications Commission) instituted Canadian Content rules that (amongst other things) forced radio stations into playing a certain percentage of Canadian music per every hour of a broadcast day. They used the MAPL system to determine if a song met the broadcast guidelines. A song would need to fulfil at least two of the MAPL...
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Dear Fellow Canadians
You know I love you, but let me take this opportunity to take a verbal strap to your deserving backsides. It is neither charming, nor funny, nor intelligent for you to spend so much of your time in your revilement of the American population. Your arrogant detractions are spiteful, juvenile, unsoundly based and racist. You embarrass me, you shame this country, and you debase yourselves. If you...
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Perception
via jeffbridges.com Washington, DC Metro Station on a cold January morning in 2007. The man with a violin played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time approx. 2 thousand people went through the station, most of them on their way to work. After 3 minutes a middle aged man noticed there was a musician playing. He slowed his pace and stopped for a few seconds and then hurried...
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Splendor in the Grass
I really enjoy the film Splendor in the Grass, but so many parts of it are about as frustrating as parts of Rebel Without A Cause, and sometimes about as painful as A Taste of Honey (a movie I’ll never watch again, because it’s just too painful. It’s so good, and so painful, I just can’t put myself through watching it again). These poor, frustrated teens trying so...
