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I'm not familiar with it, but http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pineapple_sage claims Aloha, Brad

I'll chip in enough for a serving of that neon-green goop KFC calls "cole slaw" if it'll help make this happen. Aloha, Brad

http://www.jambase.com/Articles/14874/Outside-Lands-08.22.08-08.24.08-SF Aloha, Brad

jonyak and I are leaving Ottawa mid-morning on Friday (9am, 10am, something like that), so we're hoping to arrive early- to mid-afternoon, and I think we're planning on camping where we usually do (in the first campground). Aloha, Brad

Get packed (really, really, slowly) for moe.down? Aloha, Brad

I'd vote for Little Trey for mayor of moe.ville if he ran. Aloha, Brad

http://www.owensoundsuntimes.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1170981 Aloha, Brad

No, Neil Young and Wilco are actually touring. Aloha, Brad

I've been excited for a while now, even more so now that mattm and slavetothegroove and Little Trey are coming, too. Aloha, Brad

Does Schwa. run? I think things'd get kinda lava lampy if he did. Aloha, Brad

The Withering Pines, 2008-08-21, Zaphod Beeblebrox, Ottawa, ON. Aloha, Brad

Some quick googling led to http://www.miac.net/ whose trade show is on Aug. 24 and 25. Aloha, Brad

Brothers Chaffey, 2008-08-21, Zaphod Beeblebrox, Ottawa, ON. Aloha, Brad

http://72.32.5.27/Articles/14845/Gonzo-Tapes-Hunter-S. Aloha, Brad

And with moe. going on hiatus, all the moe.rons who have nothing to do will be able to jump on Phish tour. Aloha, Brad

According to his MySpace page, his band is: Cam Giroux - Drums; Bazil Donovan - Bass; Bob Packwood - Piano/Keyboards; Rob Gillet - Guitar; Jay Harris - Guitar/Lapsteel/Vox. Aloha, Brad

And because it's a pub gig, I'd expect there wouldn't be a cover charge. If I make it out to the movie (I'm 50/50 on it right now), I'll head there afterwards (in part because I need to get a CD to Marc). And hey, we'll have lawn chairs with us! All we'd have to do is chain off the sidewalk in front of the pub and bam! Instant patio! Aloha, Brad

Marc Charron is playing a show at the Black Bear Pub (160 Bay Street; map), which I think is about a block from the parking lot where the movie's being shown. He lists the starting time as 7pm, but he's doing three sets, so it might be a good after-movie place to get a refreshing beverage and take in some music. Aloha, Brad

The last time DBT played Toronto (March, 2008), it was at The Opera House, which I think is a bigger venue than the Phoenix. I don't know how full The Opera House was that night, but with The Hold Steady (who I think could probably fill the Phoenix on their own) also on the bill, I'd think there was a greater than normal chance it'll sell out. Aloha, Brad

Brothers Chaffey will be playing at the Royal Oak pub in the Glebe, starting at 10:30pm, after the Dancing In The Streets festival. Aloha, Brad

It's been filmed several times, including in the mid-1980s with Bill Murray. Aloha, Brad

sci.physics in the topic titled "Does God need to prove he exists?". Aloha, Brad

Well, that's what kicked it off. I have no doubt that the next several years or decades will be filled with wars, but I defy anyone (theist or atheist) to find a period in recorded history that wasn't filled with wars (e.g., most of Europe, from 1700 to 1900). Aloha, Brad

Bump. Aloha, Brad

I was reading a discussion about atheism vs. theism on a usenet newsgroup, and one of the participants said something about "now that you atheists are in control, the world will be ravaged by wars." This made me wonder: is it possible to measure just how much in the way of "warring" is going on at any moment? Can we tell, in some objective or numeric way, whether the world is getting safer or more dangerous? For example, let's do some tallying over the past, say, 1000 years. For each year, count (or estimate) the number of conflicts (of any size, or bigger than some minimum size), the total number of fighting soldiers, the total number of military and civilian casualties (dead and wounded), and the world population. My gut feel is that, as a percentage of the world population, the more soldiers fighting and total casualties, the more "warry" it is. (Along with the year-by-year tallies, significant events and developments [e.g., introduction of gunpowder to the west, creation of the United Nations, etc.] could be included, to see if [or how] they affected things.) Do we have any historians here? I wonder whether this'd be an interesting thesis topic. Aloha, Brad