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Forty years ago today, the Canadian Parliament adopted the maple leaf as our official flag. Happy flag day, my fellow Canuckistanis!

Trivia: What was the name of the seamstress who sewed the original maple leaf flag?

Yesterday, I saw Ong-Bak, which totally inspired me. Today, I got promoted to first kyu green belt, one level below shodan rank or first-degree black belt. Tomorrow, I'm meeting a cute girl for fried chicken, collared greens and biscuits.

Remember when we were the cool kids listening to The Teardrop Explodes, The Mighty Lemon Drops and The Jam? How we adorned our feet with two-tones bought at that shop with no name that sold imported clothing from England and was run by brawny skinheads? Do you recall how we spent an hour every morning so we could perfect our Rent Boy look, like we...
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'If you seek mastery of the sword, seek first sincerity of the heart, for the former is but a reflection of the latter.'

'Three traits make a true ninja. The first and most important is honesty. A person with strength, skill and intelligence will lose everything if he is dishonest. When one walks an honest road, things learned penetrate the body and heart like water entering loose sand. The second trait involves taking an interest in everything. This creates common sense, general knowledge and enables critical judgement. Budo,...
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I've finished watching the third installment of 'Auschwitz: Inside the Nazi State'. A state that built factories solely for the mass murder of other human beings.

I'm speechless.

I give up on online dating. My days filling out profile questionnaires and agonizing over essay answers that may or may not seem over-earnest are done. I had my fun, and met some cool people through sites like Nerve and Friendster, but most of the encounters were dalliances that lasted a few months before the one or both of us lost interest, and those that...
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Did I mention that I am teh secks on a snowboard?

Gone snowboarding. Please leave a message.

Once upon a time, a girl wrote me a letter through Nerve that started with the line 'Hi cute boy'. The letter was unsolicited. We'd never met or spoken to each other. I later found out that she had bought her membership to Nerve so she could write to me.

'Best 20 dollars I've ever spent', she told me afterwards.

I will always love you...
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