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happy birthday gramps!

agreed x2

happy birthday! sorry i missed ya last night. here's to a happy & healthy year ahead.

that's all!

aw

don't know if this has already been posted, but arcade fire will be on SNL this weekend.

holy moly. let me know how it turns out! i only used about 1 cup of water instead of 16. that would have never fit in my pot. i have never put nuts in a soup before...

just got back from the store. they didn't have celery, i hope it's not ruined! did you do any of the modifications that the people recommended?

that sounds good... did you roast your own cashews or did you buy them that way?

Theme: Songs about friends 1. Randy Newman - You've Got a Friend in Me 2. Dr. John - My Buddy 3. Edie Brickell - Circle 4. Geoff Berner - Porn Queen Girlfriend 5. Ryan Adams - Friends 6. Garth Brooks - Friends in Low Places 7. Neil Young - One of these days 8. 9. 10. 11. 12.

hmmm... well, they did bring up the idea of "what is Canadian culture anyway if not a big mix of ideas brought from various waves of immigrants over time?", which i was impressed with! they also believed that accommodation is a two-way street, with give and take on both sides, which i thought was good. and they thought that the town of herouxville sounds like a bunch of idiots, which i also thought was good.

thanks dave! that helped. we had a nice little discussion.

christina aguilera just broke two glasses in my cupboard. [and i actually like her]

good lord. had to have been better than the current eagles medley [all covered by country singers]. ewwwww.

question: how do you get songs OFF your ipod? i somehow got a bunch of christmas music on mine.

i'm looking for suggestions. every week, i have my students write a response to something of my choosing. last week i had them respond to a proposed banning of cell phones in the toronto district school board. this week i'd like to do something with this article [or the follow-up article from today]. i'm wondering what kind of question i could ask them, how to word it, etc.., keeping in mind that they are grade 10 students [15 years old]. thoughts?

yeah! we saw them do it on america's' test kitchen. they looked really yummy

YAY

damn. i had no idea they were in town! i always enjoy a good hip show... next time!

yay! it's about time.

np!

sweet! thanks AD, that's about a 2 minute walk for me.

thanks doods. i only know where to go in chatham.

where do people go to get skates sharpened?

okay now i have one. people who can't handle misunderstandings/conflicts like fucking grown-ups! argh!! [this is work-related, by the way ]