The Useful God of Fiction
There aren’t many churches which can deal with atheists with equanimity. Continue reading The Useful God of Fiction
The Useful God of Fiction
There aren’t many churches which can deal with atheists with equanimity. Continue reading The Useful God of Fiction
Darth Vader has a little fun with Luke Skywalker.
I’m Asian? Why didn’t anyone tell me????
A sad moment in Canadian naval history.
Thoughtful silverback is thoughtful.
New giraffe in Abbotsford. Cute!
New police brutality in Abbotsford. Not so cute!
Oh, how nice. The VPD will move into a building made for the Olympics.
Ashton Kutcher’s recent tweet: Barbra streisand is at my house. I have to admit I’m a little nervous. Ashton is aplusk on twitter. Yes, his spelling and capitalization suck; he’s an ecktor, not a friggin English teacher.
Also from twitter, William Gibson’s wife (whose name I should know but has not turned up in my research) recommends this video of an angry dude at a roadside pull over request. I’m sorry, even though I knew it was coming I still laughed. She also recommends this one too. I looked it up, Cullman Liquidation really exists. Also from Ser Gibson, the following link. Tibetan time lapse mandala. William Gibson is GreatDismal on Twitter.
I have written in homilies and other places about how the disappearance of a language is a marker for genocide. Here’s some good news internationally.
We’re blasting through Season 7… Keith is watching with us when we can. Ten reasons I love the show:
And so here’s a picture of a wanted criminal with a praying mantis on his head.
Check it out! It’s interviews with huge names in US TV.
In other news, Tommy Douglas is the man, and the US health care system is in CRISIS. This article flat out disgusted and angered me.
So they get a couple of octogenarians to cross the street, who cares.
Not impressed with this Pope. Doesn’t he understand he’s cheapening one of the best evar global brands?
The keywords here, kids, are RESPECTFUL and DISTANCE.
OOOOO. Autotune to the rescue.
Somebody’s covered Eminem’s Without Me in Klingon.
It’s good but he’s not yelling enough.
Instead I made a big pile of naan, and we fished food out of the fridge, and I also made poached pears with chocolate sauce. Now that was yummy.
The chores, undone from yesterday, now gape at me like a yawning grave.
I haven’t had any beer in three days. I think this is the longest I’ve gone without drinking beer for at least three years. Somehow going to Ontario made me less susceptible to its bubbly siren song. I certainly have noticed now that I am drinking coffee as an occasional stimulant and much less beer that my digestion is better than it has been in years.
Last night I cooked roast beef and home made gravy, side of horseradish, potatoes and onions done around the roast, peas and carrots, broccoli and spinach and brussels sprouts, yorkshire pudding (one recipe yields 12 pudding-lets) and others had ice cream for dessert but I skipped that part. I had a wonderful time preparing it and eating it, and watching Paul, Jeff, Katie and Keith demolish it. Frankly I think Katie enjoyed it most. She’s trying to cut sugar out of her diet and her eyes lit up when she saw all the vegetables. As Catherine said, at this time of year the produce in Canada is quite astonishing.
Today I have many ugly tedious chores to perform, a list of which would likely be more detail than any sane reader could bear. I hope to squeeze writing down one song in there… I am also hoping to listen to the two albums Dave gave me all the way through. And more Homicide… we’re close to the end now. The show ran 7 seasons and it’s been my constant companion for months now.
He should be glad he didn’t find it in France.
And now for something completely different.
Ten reasons I love Val Kilmer.
1. He once punched out Tom Cruise. (On the set of Top Gun).
2. Madmartigan in Willow.
3. Jim Morrison in the Doors.
4. Ray Levoi in Thunderheart.
5. Doc Holliday in Tombstone.
6. Heart heart heart Chris Knight in Real Genius.
7. He named his kids something reasonable. Jack and Mercedes are sane names, in my view.
8. He THOUGHT about running for Governor of New Mexico and decided against it.
9. He helps with wildlife rehabilitation.
10. He’s slept with Joanne Whalley, the lucky dog.
Off the first compilation album:
Anarchy in Muhammadpur
Allah save the Ayatollah
Yasmeena is a Punk Rocker
This Ain’t no Eid al-Fitr
IDF Punks Fuck Off
Indonesian Muhammad
Amir Hit and Run Nasrin
…. and there are hundreds more, but I’m sure you get the idea.
I just cleared the door from the concert… I have only one word. Go. If you ever have a chance to see them, go. Their musicianship; their cameraderie; their joy in performing; their choice of material; their glorious singing voices….. When Lianna first opened her mouth to sing she was standing in the audience not five metres from me and I thought an angel had dropped out of heaven to sing.
Kopper, mil beijos for thinking of me, it was frikkin great.
I made waffles and strawberries for breakfast.
I have a very long list of things to do and zero desire to do any of it.
Kopper and I are off to a show in North Van tonight. She has a clothing swap at her place today as well, which is very good of her and her housemate… it’s a community building thing. I need to get rid of some clothes myself now that I’ve brought more into the house, but once again that would involve working.
At some point Jeff and I will step out into this dreadful rain and get some carpet and some computer stuff. Possibly also some food.
Take a Nap (the last choon). I put percussion in (basic 2-3 rumba rhythm).
Margot is in her teenaged years now. She’s being very naughty and a hog for the wrong kind of attention. I’ve been playing with her as much as I can.