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Here's my minor update, dedicated to Trixxx.

It seems lately that any time that I've gone out for some drinks, a damn snowstorm starts, so I inevitably end up stumbling home drunk in a winter wonderland. Well, I guess that ain't such a bad thing, but here's how it all began:

I started my day (Saturday) with getting my ass out the door and to...
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Well, for one weekend I managed to get outside of the city and end up somewhere besides a place where I may find myself getting up early to work.

Instead of heading north-west, I optioned this now-past weekend for north-east...and wound up visiting a friend in Uxbridge, Ontario. There, I found myself during Friday evening and night at a friend of a friend's farm, enjoying...
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Boy, I haven't posted in some time the details of my bland life, so here goes:

I've been mostly working north of Toronto just south of Barrie on my folks cottage, where a friend and myself are trying to put some final touches on a new screened-in porch that's been a going concern since June. Hopefully, we'll finish it by the end of September, but...
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2008, huh? I guess it'll do.

Well, it's back to school at U of T for some evening courses, and looking forward to checking out a few music gigs around town when I can. There's the Von Bondies this week at the El Mocambo, and in the next few months, both Kent McAlister & The Iron Choir and Shuyler Jansen with Deep Dark Woods make...
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Kent McAlister & The Iron Choir

For lovers of true troubadour/outlaw country music in the vein of Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard and Gram Parsons, I'd highly recommend checking out Kent McAlister & The Iron Choir, currently touring Ontario, Quebec and Western Canada.

There's an upcoming show in Toronto on Thursday, November 15th at The Dakota Tavern. Be sure to come out!

If you come...
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DEBORAH KERR RIP

The recently deceased Deborah Kerr ("rhymes with STAR!" as the studios used to say) wasn't someone who I'd say was one of my all-time favourite actresses - there were many others whom I consider more captivating and memorable. I remember the classic scenes of her in such films as "The King & I" (dancing with Yul Brynner) or "From Here To Eternity"...
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I gotta pat myself on the back today....I made out with a cute, sexy 24yr old woman on a bus yesterday, whom I met for drinks for the first time. Sitting together on the bus, intensely French-kissing and feeling her breasts, she missed her bus stop, but didn't seem to mind.

Sigh.

Considering I recently turned 40, this is a good thing. A damn good...
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The Invasion Continues

I love weird coincidences. Here's one:

I bought the newly released "Collector's Edition" of the 1978 version of "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" today and watched it right through last night.

It holds up very well. The acting, story, direction all hold up very well. Real tension builds and continues throughout the unfolding of the story. This is certainly a film to...
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Well, I turned 40 today. Feck.

Ah well...the usual will happen: I'll do a family dinner, go out later and see a gig somewhere, get pissed by getting people to buy me drinks.

Actually, I hope to see Sly and Robbie tonight with friends. If not, well, I'm sure some other amusement will take its place.

I'm not too down hitting 40...especially since a 20-something...
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