July 2010
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WatchI was 10 years old when I saw this animated short for the first time and fortunately, at that age, had no real concept of procrastination. I didn’t get it.
Of course, that was then and for years now, Richard Condie’s Getting Started (1979) has essentially been the story of my life—and likely yours, too.
If you’re Canadian and haven’t seen this timeless gem, for...
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If you thought your dreams were weird...
…you obviously haven’t met my friend Johanna. I have yet to meet someone whose dreams are as vivid and utterly bizarre as hers. (This also totally beats my Texan friend’s dream.) If any dream analyst types want to take a crack at this one, I’d listen to your theories with great interest. Johanna: i had a dream you were suddenly with another guy and i was hanging out at some...
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Profiteroles (or, I'm old and so are you)
I’ve lost count of the times that people my age — and younger — have already whined profusely about “getting so old.”
What is it about age that is so upsetting? Or maybe the more accurate question is, when did it become fashionable to complain about getting old? I know I’m not counting down the days until I can justifiably whine about counting down the days to...
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Crescendo
Hesitation can be a beautiful thing.
I happened to be in NYC at the same time as the Play Me, I’m Yours art installation in which 60 pianos were given temporary homes in public spots across the city.
Purely by accident, I discovered the first one in Battery Park when Matt was attempting to figure out how to snap a decent shot of the Statue of Liberty.
It was a brutal scorcher of a weekend...
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WatchThis video is called Fat Marmot Eats Graham Cracker. Its subhead reads, “He’s so fat he can’t do marmot things an ordinary marmot would do.”
I think I’ve had my cute fix for the night.
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“How does anyone like their bass that high? It sounds like weaponized garbage.”
– Matt, reflecting on those who cruise through the city with their car windows rolled all the way down and the bass turned up so high that you can still feel the vibrations in your chest long after they’ve driven past—if you’re lucky, you may even get a slight ringing in your ears.
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No title does this story justice
While waiting to meet up with Mike last Friday, I stepped into a four-floor HMV with the intention of possibly picking up Super Mario Galaxy 2.
I ended up in the PS3 game aisle first and I wasn’t alone. Nearby, a dude in a black shirt was trying to catch my eye and mumbled something. I thought he was an employee asking if I needed help. “Just looking,” I said with a quick smile.
He kept...
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“He once told me that he spent an entire summer masturbating. It was also the...”
– The sun was strong and the shade was plentiful for a Canada Day picnic in High Park last week. It was during a conversation at this picnic that someone brought up a guy (who shall remain nameless) from our graduating year, and my friend Joe recounted this specific memory of him.
When such a memory...
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