Monthly Archives: July 2004

Those aren’t birds, doll…they’re giant vampire bats!

Posted on July 25,2004 by Toren

Friday night I went over to James and we watched Capturing the Friedmans which was pretty disturbing but good. I slept over and had some Moose Tracks ice cream with Reese peanut butter uh…you know that stuff you pour over … Continue reading →

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I Excursed – part 2

Posted on July 23,2004 by Toren

I got my pound of candy (licorice of course) in the mail while I was away. I got it in trade for a gmail account. While I was away I did a lot of writing. I worked on the girly … Continue reading →

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Amusing Email of the week…

Posted on July 23,2004 by Toren

This was to Bob, our bassist. Note the misspelling of ‘Cthulhu.’ Dear Mr. Fugger, let me quickly introduce myself: My name is Constantin Gillies and I’m a German journalist/author. I’m currently working on a book about Star Wars-fans called “Die … Continue reading →

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Movies I need to see – SOONER rather than LATER

Posted on July 23,2004 by Toren

Help me out here, asshole…. Fahrenheit 9/11 Napoleon Dynamite (it’s playing at Tinseltown people!) The Blind Swordsman: Zatôichi The Bourne Supremacy (I do favour the Brian Cox) What you couldn’t pay me to see: Catwoman Also I recently picked up … Continue reading →

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I Excursed – part 1

Posted on July 23,2004 by Toren

In one way-the environmental way-the vacation was one of juxtaposition. In Westbank (near Kelowna) we stayed overnight at Ang’s “friends of the family” Bob and Donna Somethingorother. B & D live in a trailer park – a very nice trailer … Continue reading →

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Gone Fission

Posted on July 15,2004 by Toren

After D&D tonight I am off on my week-long escapade to the interior with Anghold. I have no idea when or if I will have access to a computer so don’t expect the daily updates that you’ve come to know … Continue reading →

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Bi-Cy-Kill

Posted on July 14,2004 by Toren

What a glorious night for a bike ride! Marlo and I went up 37th ave for…well a long way. And there were hills. Oh, the hills. Things Toren does when he doesn’t have a work project: Cleans & organizes his … Continue reading →

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Mafibulations!

Posted on July 14,2004 by Toren

My friends Carina and Tim recently announced that they were engaged (to be married, not engaged in hand to hand melee or the gears of a clock). Usually one of the first things I think about when people get married … Continue reading →

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In case you missed the news this week…

Posted on July 14,2004 by Toren

The Senate Intelligence Committee released a scathing report on the CIA’s unfounded, unjustified, and unreasonable claims about Iraq’s purported weapons of mass destruction. Japan’s defense ministry said that it will issue its annual defense whitepaper as a “manga” comic book. … Continue reading →

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Sorcerer of Light

Posted on July 13,2004 by Toren

I got an email from a fellow at CBC radio who wanted to ask me some questions about D&D for a feature they may run on the 30th anniversary of the game. I may be out of town when and … Continue reading →

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