StoneMtn

I noticed that a woman named Catherine Russell is playing at this. Her voice is unreal. She's a soul/jazz singer. (Her "regular" gig is on SNL, actually.) Everyone should see her, if possible.

This is really odd. I was just mowing my lawn, and a neighbour introduced himself. Among other things, he mentioned that his son is the drummer of a band called "Revolver" and the lead singer is from Slik Toxic. I then came in here, and opened this thread, like 10 minutes later. Should I tell my neighbour his son is featured at "Nudefest"?

I actually didn't read the original judgment for those facts, until I saw your question. I'll just set out the facts verbatim here, but I now see something else interesting. The Human Rights Tribunal actually did find that there would have been a case for this guy, if he had been addicted to marijuana. Unfortunately for him, he was not.

To me, this is an interesting case that was just denied leave to be heard at the Supreme Court of Canada level. The following is a summary, but in a nutshell it means that if your employer forces you to undergo a drug test, and then fires you due to the results of those tests, you do not have grounds to make a human rights complaint. The Supreme Court of Canada does not even believe that the matter warrants an appeal to the country's highest court, so it's over. Interesting.

In fairness, my meal or drinks have only been dropped on my lap a couple of times (out of hundreds of times eating there). The service, though, generally sucks. You were lucky, Mammoth.

The one place you have to eat is called "Baru". It's Peruvian food, and located in Dunbar. (Dunbar is not far from UBC.) The restaurant referred to above is actually called The Naam (which means The Meeting Place, from back in the days that 4th Avenue was called Rainbow Road, and was full of hippies. It has good food, but plan to be there for hours before you're served, and don't be surprised if your meal is accidentally dumped in your lap when they first try to serve you. It's all part of the charm.) Baru is really the "must-eat" place, though. Hidden gem; for sure.

We have a client, who is asking us to deal with a will of her father who died. One term of the will is that he insists that his former residence be "donated to the government, specifically for the purpose of being made into a half-way house for violent offenders". Telephone to client... "Why would your dad want this?" "Oh. He really, really hated his neighbours."

It's my last name translated into English.

I can't say I've ever heard B and D, actually.

I love ZZ Top; especially live. The last chance I had to see them has to have been more than 15 years ago in Ottawa, and I always swore I'd see them again the next chance I got. Now, I see they are coming to Toronto, but it's a show with "Brooks and Dunn" These guys are apparently the undisputed "Kings of linedancing". Okay, so I need to know... Is this going to be a double-bill, or is ZZ Top actually on stage with these guys? If it's a double-bill, I'd probably go and just try to miss the B and D set, but I cannot find any write-up online about this, so I am left with a fear that it will really be ZZ Top backing up Brooks and Dunn on stage. Help! Someone tell me it ain't so!

This is a very cool, well-written story about a group of Yeshiva students, planning a 9/11-type attack in New York. Huge improvement over Papernick's first book (of short stories). The ending was amazing. Must-read. www.jonpapernick.com

You are correct. I gave up on cutting through the stupid lock, so I ditched the stupid bike. Glad to hear it made it back to you.

No. When are they playing? Of course, you're welcome to crash here, too, if you like.

That thing I told you about never ended up happening. There's other possible reasons I could end up in Ottawa, but nothing I immediately foresee.

I'm very impressed. That's awesome.

See you there, Hart; finally. I'm looking into making plans for this soon. I can't believe this lineup is happening in Courtenay.

WTF? Baka Beyond? Bela Fleck? Earl Scruggs? Morgan Davis? TAJ MAHAL???... In Courtenay? In.

I think the most apparent reason it would be difficult for the FCC to catch your brother is that he is in Canada, and the FCC has no jurisdiction in this country.

Neither, actually. I didn't address that, nor would I. What in my post gave you that impression?

That never stopped me.

How does a conversation like that even get started at work? (That's pretty funny, though, especially completely out of context.)

Does that imply that if a person puts her image in a newspaper, hoping that people will like it, then it isn't mean for people to make fun of her appearance? Or are you simply saying that it is mean of those people, but she is asking for it, so the mean people are behaving morally?

Why is that?

I hope the woman in that photo never sees this thread. This is just mean.