Caterwaul and Doggerel
Rants, opines, diatribes, condemnations, denunciations, lectures, castigations and general abject crotchetiness.
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The sport of curling got a lot of heightened interest this year during the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, both in Canada, the United States, Great Britain and around the world. I've seen an astounding number of tweets in what I assume are both Japanese Read More
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10. You often mumble, "Hurry--ish." 9. You see an easy double and think you need to add a triple axel. 8. You twirl your broom like Fred Astaire waiting for the throw. 7. You consider cross-checking every time that other skip sweeps Read More
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"I had a dream last night that I had a brick house and you were in the basement inventing weird stuff. "We were wearing accordions and lederhosen that were festooned with croquet mallets. Had to play the accordion and kick legs out to make Read More
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Precisely one year ago, the kids and I were camping near Lake Louise. The excitement was we were out at the time of the Perseid meteor shower. I got to keep my kids up until after midnight with the three of us staring up as the meteors came down. To see their eyes light up with the opportunity to stay up way past bedtime was cool to itself. It became an entirely different magic to see their eyes flare up the moment a Perseid flared directly overhead framed between lodgepole pines. Read More
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I've been riding my bike back and forth to work for a while now. It is what ended my iPod heading into work theme until the fall. Double-plus good. I need the exercise. I need to strengthen my lungs and my cardiovascular system Read More
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Mr. Bug's forcing me to do it here. From Phasorburn here. One copy. One pastie. Voila!1 – Go to “wikipedia.” Hit “random… Read More”
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The first random wikipedia article you get is the name of your band.
2 – Go to Read More
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I've been wondering for a while which band would be the first to repeat in the morning. With all the Fred Eaglesmith I carry around, I'm awfully shocked that 1) it wasn't him and 2) I got a repeat before Fred even came up in rotation. Once Read More
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1. Ghod, I hate computers. 2. Bug and I got on Blinkenlichten today some how. Blinkenlichten ROCKS. But looking for the exact reference on Google made me even happier when I noticed the fourth hit. Check it out with Read More
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I'm a pretty sympathetic guy, but we've got an issue here. I read this on my Blackberry on my way home last night and was incensed. A couple are out skiing for a romantic weekend away, they get lost, put SOS in the snow, the cops are taking Read More
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I couldn't find the Ennis Sister's "Turn Up the Radio" on youtube. The best I found was a short sample on their webpage. (It's the first song on the Ennis Sisters album.)Maureen, Karen and Teresa Ennis don't really make that saccharine cuddlepop Read More
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Have you ever had one of those days where you're really looking forward to what the day promises to bring? I've booked my vacation - a whole week of time to myself to get all those naggly little bits done that I never seem to get time to do. Read More
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"I feel the frustration In this funky old city tonight. There's a pack of dogs on the lawn And they're hung-a-ry for a bite." Ah, the new year. Time for reflection on what's transpired and rumination on what is to come. Read More
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The nicest thing about having a Blackberry is the constant contact with the world.
The nicest thing about having a blog is the constant imposition of my opinion on the rest of the world. Mix the two of them and magic happens. Some Read More
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What's the point of doing something stupid if you can't share it for the world to see, right? I've officially began my Couch to 5k programme. I'm tired of the high blood pressure and I figure it's time I put my foot down. One at a time. Read More
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I woke up in the wee hours this morning in a cold sweat. In my dream, my parents had joined a newfangled cult and one of the cool "features" was the surgical removal of their hands in a "welcoming ceremony for our visitors." Some extra-terrestrial Read More
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