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Monthly Archives July 2010

Music Monday – "We could live/For a thousand years/But if I hurt you/I'd make wine from your tears"

Beck apparently gets together with a group of musicians regularly.  They record a cover of an entire album in a single day then release the results.  Here's their haunting take on a well-known song from INXS' “Kick” album (and yes, I'll admit it – one of my favourite songs from high school):(via NPR's “Top 5 […]

Posted 19 July 2010 § Main Page § MusicMonday § Video ‡ Comments (0) °

Happy Birthday To Me!

It's my dyslexic birthday today (I was born in '73 and am turning 37) and I know they didn't do it for me but what a great gift to stumble across a clip of a quasi-Beatles reunion as Sir Paul recently took to the stage to celebrate his old bandmate at the conclusion of an […]

Posted 18 July 2010 § Main Page § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Saturday Snap – Unfortunate DVD Case of the Week

I know its juvenile but given how he died, you have to admit that this DVD case for a David Carradine Tai Chi workout has some unfortunate text on the cover promoting its “benefits”.  When I saw the case at the library, I just burst out laughing.   Then I realised this would be my […]

Posted 17 July 2010 § Humour § Library § Main Page § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) °

Friday Fun Link – IWriteLike.me (July 15, 2010)

A new site called IWriteLike.Me claims to analyse your writing and tell you which author's style you most resemble.  I tried it with a couple recent blog posts and got Dan Brown (great! ).  On the other hand, when I copied in the recent article I wrote for real money and with a bit of […]

Posted 17 July 2010 § FridayFunLink § Main Page § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Book Will Celebrate RPL History

Here's some local coverage of a book that's being produced by RPL's “Friends of the Library” group to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the opening of our original Central Library.  I'm pretty excited as I ended up being asked to do a brief blurb on what RPL has meant to me over the years so […]

Posted 16 July 2010 § Library § Main Page § Work ‡ Comments (0) °

50 Foods Under $1 per lb

Sure, they're counting on some store specials in this list but the point they make about the healthiest foods that you can eat often being the cheapest is a very valid one. 

Posted 15 July 2010 § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Alberta Gets Snow in Mid-July? That's Nothing!

Someone posted on Facebook about the big dump of snow Alberta got today.  That reminded me of one year when Shea and I were living in Calgary when there was some sort of snowfall all twelve months of the year – including June, July and August.  A couple quick Google searches don't refresh my memory […]

Posted 14 July 2010 § Canada § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Music Monday – "But hell, I'm just a blind man on the plains/I drink my water when it rains/And live by chance among the lightning strikes"

I'm about as far from a Pitchfork following, Fleet Iver Weekend-listening hipster as you'll find. But I do have friends who fit that category and a recent visit to Vancouver where I got to catch up with one of those friends also introduced me to a new singer-songwriter who I think is probably very much […]

Posted 13 July 2010 § Main Page § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Update: Michael Geist Doing a Reddit "Ask Me Anything" on Friday

A few weeks back, I posted that Michael Geist was doing an “Ask Me Anything” thread on Reddit.  Here's a link to the actual questions that were asked and his answers. 

Posted 12 July 2010 § Internet § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) °

Saturday Snap – Shhh!

Posted 11 July 2010 § Library § Main Page § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) °