Captain Hartoon: now there was a walrus of a man who always knew which way the wind was blowing. Standing six feet high, worth at least three stories (tall tales to be sure) and smelling faintly of cherry cordial, the good Captain could always be relied upon for turning the tables at precisely the least opportune moment, which was a sure sign of ( Read more... )

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It's late and later still.  The wind howls angrily outside my window, demanding my attention.  I should be either packing or sleeping; the morning comes always too soon for me, and there's so much to be done before I leave.
I can tell that you're lonely
But it seems now
There ( Read more... )

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Video of a young boy being strip-searched by airport security somewhere in the United States of W.T.F.  Y'know, because children are now terrorists, or maybe it just makes TSA officers' testes feel EXTRA big by publicly molesting a child.  I don't know, but I'm sure the other travellers in that airport must have felt safe and secure as a result of ( Read more... )

Still sick - coughing, chest congestion, stuffed head.  This cold has lingered for almost two weeks now, my immune system taking far longer to eradicate it than I would like.  The band goes on tour in three days, and this sickness has been draining my energy levels, making it difficult to endure performing for extended periods of time.  I made a ( Read more... )

Virginia Woolf has elected to stay in for the night.
What's more, the Brönte sisters are starting to talk amongst themselves
And you know how rumours get started.

At the local bar
Bukowski kept the drinks flowing
Until it all made sense,
The cocktails having abandoned all sense of discretion,
Nothing but pennywhistle smiles
And two-for-one come-ons.

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From CBC:

Because of legislation requiring school districts to balance their budgets, districts can't access the excess capital because it would be logged on their books as an expenditure without the revenue to off-set it, he said.

"The fact that they've got cash in the bank account is not income," Doyle said in an interview.

"The fact that they want ( Read more... )

From The Huffington Post:  The dark side of vitaminwater.

Now here's something you wouldn't expect. Coca-Cola is being sued by a non-profit public interest group, on the grounds that the company's vitaminwater products make unwarranted health claims. No surprise there. But how do you think the company is defending itself?

In a staggering feat of ( Read more... )

Late night coffee bar acrobatics are leaving me breathless. Melting chocolate heart vendors are giving me the cold shoulder.  The mosquitos are laughing as they polish their finest silverware.  Colour-bleeding cartoon characters huddle behind garbage bins in back lanes.  Neighbourhood cats are demanding their Happy Hour cocktails as they high-tail ( Read more... )

So there I was, standing in front of the bathroom mirror just now, my electric hair clipper in hand.  I've been feeling frustrated with my hair lately - or maybe it's just frustration in general and I'm choosing to lay the blame in the most ridiculous of places - and I thought that I'd just hack it all of again, start anew.  Change is good, right ( Read more... )

Forget everything, and remember ...

Hands shake like teacups, eyes tattooed with the memories of radiant sunsets.  The air feels cold, huddled beneath the invented lights of our modern times, hoping, dreaming.  Memories remain stained.  I once took night's refuge in alleyways, huddled within the alcoves of Commercial Drive coffeeshops, more empty ( Read more... )