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Category Archives: PopCulture

Pirate Joes: A Unique Take on Cross-Border Shopping

A friend in Vancouver posted this story on Facebook mentioning that the story of a local man who’s going across the border, buying hundreds of thousands of dollars from Trader Joe’s (which doesn’t have stores in Canada) then re-selling the goods at his “Pirate Joe’s Store” is apparently a big deal out there. I’m obviously […]

Posted 16 October 2014 § Canada § Jobs § Travel § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

“Instead of begging, he provides book reviews.”

This young man sits on the side of Empire Road in South Africa and instead of begging he provides book reviews. He collects all these books, reads each of them, and provides reviews for people passing by. If you like the review, he will try to sell you the book. This is how he makes […]

Posted 14 October 2014 § Jobs § Photo § Randomness § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Music Monday – “Running through the graveyard/We laughed my friends and I/We swore we’d be together/Until the day we died/Until the day we died”

“Innocent When You Dream” – Tom Waits

Posted 06 October 2014 § MusicMonday § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Music Monday – “Clap along if you feel/Like happiness is the truth”

Libraries are happy places… “Happy” – Pharrell Williams

Posted 29 September 2014 § Humour § Library § MusicMonday § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

“I thought that music mattered. But does it bollocks? Not compared to how people matter.”

Here’s a great scene from the highly underrated British movie, “Brassed Off” which I re-watched this afternoon. (Bonus points for this speech also providing a sample for the song “Tubthumping” by anarcho-punk collective, Chumbawamba) This band behind me’ll tell you that that trophy means more to me than owt else in the whole world. But […]

Posted 28 September 2014 § Jobs § Politics § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Music Monday – “Well my name’s John Lee Pettimore/Same as my daddy and his daddy before”

“Copperhead Road” – Steve Earle

Posted 22 September 2014 § MusicMonday § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Robin Williams’ Library Riffs

Williams riffing on libraries for the opening of the new San Francisco Public Library in 1999…

Posted 21 September 2014 § Humour § Library § Video ‡ Comments (0) °

Friday Fun Link – How Would Steve Jobs Sell You A Pen?

“Sell me this pen.” An old business school cliche, recently brought to attention again in the movie, “The Wolf of Wall Street” gets a fictional Steve Jobs spin.

Posted 19 September 2014 § FridayFunLink § Technology § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Music Monday – “I watch the ripples change their size/But never leave the stream/Of warm impermanence ” @rdio #rdio

“Changes” – David Bowie Rdio, a streaming music service similar to Spotify and Pandora but which is available in Canada (at least without requiring you to use a VPN or other sorcery to appear to be an American), recently released a major upgrade to their user interface. This was the second major change since I’d […]

Posted 15 September 2014 § Internet § MusicMonday § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Some Thoughts on the Movie “Boyhood”

Every year, Shea and I go to a movie for my birthday, a tradition that probably stretches back well over a decade now. Since my birthday is in mid-July, most years, we go to some big summer blockbuster – the latest Marvel or Batman or Jurassic Park movie (told you we go back a ways!) […]

Posted 14 September 2014 § Randomness ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: