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time ta break out the bling! happy birthday to ya brother

then again nobody's asking to use public funds to send a minority of students to Buddhist seperate schools... that the gentle Buddhist's were chased out of their country on a wave of genocide tends to soften some people's hearts grew up Roman Catholic and wanted to be a priest when I was young... after much time and thought decided that while I appreciate certain elements of the teachings I don't believe in the overall picture... find Buddhist teachings make a lot more sense to me personally after weighing them against what I've experienced in this life the concept of re-incarnation sounds way less bizarre to me (and a lot more fair) than the concept that if you did enough sinning in your long or short life you go to hell for eternity... or if you held back a little more on the sinning you get to go paradise for eternity

extremely exhausted... but really really hopin to manage a wander in for some of this show

happy birthday!! (or hope ya had a happy one!)

happy birthday brother! have a great night!

right on Bri! :thumbup:

not too suprising the 3 week benzedrine fueled effort of piecing the book together would need a few adjustments prior to publication was apparently more myth than fact that he actually wrote the book from scratch in 3 weeks... more a case of when he had it all together he sat down and wrote it all out sequentially on a tear Jack Kerouac's Famous Scroll, 'On the Road' Again still want to read over the original writing even if it has less click than the polished release

fucking terrible... is no defending such a senseless killing some of the sarcastic comments on stillepost are brilliant

Food company report titled "Well Done" contains blank pages that once wrapped in tinfoil and baked in the over for 2o minutes reveals pictures and text. cool Link

cheers to ya!

the bikini clad girl body graphic at the opening of each word discussed followed by the actor associated with said word is a beautiful touch of visual media I use pretty much every word on the list the wrong way... with pride

are a lot of great shows on the History Channel today cheers to those brave souls

take the sky train from downtown and transfer onto the sea bus to pop over to the north shore (a great trip for a couple of bucks and nice way to get a look at the city, maybe even some seals from the sea bus) then go hiking up Grouse Mountain (obviously visit Lynn Canyon), check out the suspension bridge (unfortunately looks like it might be closed for the season) visit the English Bay Bagelry, the Bagel Merchants or at least one of the west end cafes with bagels and have a pizza bagel and a coffee, either before or after a stroll around Stanley Park... English Bay is best place to people watch in Canada... the Sylvia Hotel is a nice place to stay (or to pretend you're staying at) drop and check out the Haida totem poles at UBC then wander down to Wreck Beach (clothing optional during the warmer season) take a miniature ferry from the West End (near Stanley Park) over to Granville Island (within city limits, near downtown) check out the artists and the market don't wander too far east past Gastown, especially at night, avoid Hastings Street in general... I kind of liked it but the several people I saw get stabbed there didn't look like they did (if you end up in Gastown be sure to check out the Steam Clock, otherwise pretty touristy) definitely wander up and down Commercial Drive, eat things, drink things and talk to people check out the Commodore Ballroom one night, swankly decorated and has a rubber dance floor if you have wheels take a day trip up the North Shore to Squamish or somewhere, alternatively take one of the big ferries somewhere (the gulf islands are very cool) could also check out the aquarium, the classic Chinese gardens, Imax theater at Canada Place, museum of Anthropology, etc etc etc have good fun, its a great town!

if you haven't read "The Naked and The Dead" read it, his first book I believe... best first hand account of what its like to be in war I've read, quite the eye popper... explains graphically why if you're going to be in the army you don't want to be in the low ranks of the infantry in times of war rest in peace Mr. Mailer... good work

right on brother good work on ya

ah, its the sleazeball building the place? guess thats a bit of a down... but if so though guess I don't see money as being such an object look at a well built, properly located venue in Hamilton instead of Toronto as similar to Auburn Hills in proximity to Detroit... less hassle finding than in a sprawling metropolis for travelers, cheaper accomodations, a night out of the big shitty for Torontonians... run properly and sensibly booked I don't see any reason it couldn't fly

"Smiles everyone!"

the village has turned into a drunken party place as the live music has been phased out... I know the property they want to use and think it'd an ideal locale... none of the other medium large local venues really feel that comfortable to me, I go to them once every couple of years when something great drags me through the door not holding my breath for it but am willing to dare to dream... worst that happens it doesn't happen, oh well have noted that the new mayor is enthused about new ideas and seems willing to encourage the city taking some chances... not always the case in hamilton politics so an extra reason to give it my "yay"

I say chase out the bad with good just because some idiot sets up shop in a neighborhood I visit doesn't mean I should vacate, more the other way around... not so funny thing is I think business has actually increased at "Sleazeballs" since that story broke... would love to have a good business next door to him to support

looked like some nice computers I spotted on the international space station the other day

would be great to see some more live music return to Hess street... was a great place to be 10/15 years back... maybe a return of the real jazz festival could come of it... back in the heyday a lot of people traveled to town for the sake of the music (more recently its become much less quality music, less travelers, all the focus on selling beer... talking festivals here, the local bars are probably booking more consistently good acts than ever)... Hess is a great summer location due to the close proximity of so many patios, and its just a pretty street am definitely enthused about any efforts to revitalize the core of the city above sprawling out more cardboard cutout subdivisions into the surrounding farmland... given a few wise moves think

I'm finally gonna be Rich and Famous!

actually showed up at the hotel with a lady of the evening who was missing a good number of her teeth and smoked a funny pipe had left the show and drove around for a while in a somewhat colorful state of mind... realized I'd missed the hotel and had no idea where it (or I) was... stopped to get some beer to ponder my situation in what turned out to be an area of Detroit white hippie Canadians probably shouldn't wander around in late at night... after asking a couple of gun packing locals for directions ran into "Sherry" running down the icy street in her heels and fake fur... she was good enough to offer to show me the way to the hotel if I'd hook her up with a drink or two... so after a brief show down with a tinted windows cadillac containing 3 large leather trench coated black fellows "Hows it goin!" "Whassup." we split shakedown street and located the hotel in a timely fashion Sherry thought everyone were best people she'd ever met (she actually offered me a schnoogle when I drove her back down to her fancy neighbourhood but I assumed she'd had lots of schnoogles and gracefully declined)

Happy Birthday Tasha! Wishing great things your way!

yeah! that night was awesome times indeed... good call