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On a Pale Horse

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 22:18:47 -0700

The horse stared me in my remaining good eye. His huge, golf ball sized optical lenses glistening in the night like a pimento olive on a linoleum floor. I froze, not daring to move a muscle, as I heard the muted pat pat pat of my blood hitting the dirty cement floor of the stable. And yet only minutes before this horse and I had been partners, maybe even, dare I say it? Friends? We laughed, we joked, we shared history together. Not in real terms, but in horse-terms, that is to say he snorted ...

On reading. (not my books)

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:30:49 -0700

I've started to read more. A lot more. I always have a book with me. Always. I read while walking, and I read while riding the bus. I have finished several books this month already. Like many several. Like 10 or something. Maybe that's an exaggeration. But I have finished at least five. Five's not bad. Five's a good number. Maybe I should keep track? That would take time. Time that could be better spent reading. Reading while walking is interesting. A man said to me once quot;Reading and lis...

Right Handed Science

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 11:13:34 -0700

Well, not much new to report. It's a rainy day. The first in a long while. The first real rain, anyway. There's been a couple showery days, but nothing major. Not since Brendon showed up here in Vancouver, anyway, which was on June 10th or so? So that's what I've been up to, for the most part, and hence the lack of website updates: hanging out with Brendon, who visited from Sydney for about a month. He left recently, unable to find a job and quickly running out of cash, creditors polishin...

$website_update = true;

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:34:20 -0700

function give_credit (string $creditor, int $credit_type, string $link_style) { // This function outputs a form letter to anyone that sends me some sort of link, saving me having to type over and over. switch $link_style case: quot;cute stuffquot; $line = quot;I know how you love cute stuff.quot;; case: quot;injuriesquot; $line = quot;omg, youtube is a neverending source of fat kids getting hurt videos.quot;; case: quot;swaatquot; $line = quot;G-damn that was s...

Unholy plague of hell-born death engines

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 22:24:22 -0700

It's hard to say what's worse: being stung on the big toe by a bumble-bee, or being shot in the stomach at point blank range by a .50 calibre hand-gun. I have reason to believe it's the former. I had the misfortune of being the subject of a bee's wrath this weekend, while playing some sort of beach activity (perhaps Frisbee) at Jericho. I frolicked barefoot through the grass, carefree and happy. Suddenly, a sensation in my toe that my brain immediately associated with the sensation of bei...

Cauliflower: the armadillo of the vegetable world.

Tue, 21 Apr 2009 23:29:01 -0700

Oh my god! I'm updating my website! Happy Hump Day! Seriously, I know it's been way too long. But I've been working hard, and had to re-prioritize a bit. I'm sorry. I've been working out a lot too. And trying to eat a lot more healthy. This has meant an increase in vegetable intake. Typically I eat a big assed plate of raw veggies with dinner now. One of the veggies I enjoy is cauliflower. Now, you might not know much about the lowly cauliflower, and that's ok. Because I'm going to ed...