Monthly Archives: January 2006

He’s Encroaching on My Decrees!

Posted on January 13,2006 by Toren

I don’t understand the word sanction. Or rather, I understand the word, but don’t understand why there are seemingly two conflicting meanings. As a verb, it means to approve – as in an officially sanctioned tournament. As a noun, it … Continue reading →

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Informal Thickets Plans

Posted on January 13,2006 by Toren

Informal Thickets Plans Over the past couple of years I have worked with Stephane on a Thickets DVD. This was something I dreamt up after Spaceship Zero was released, during our last 2 Canada tours I thought it might be … Continue reading →

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Around This Time Last Year

Posted on January 13,2006 by Toren

Around This Time Last Year I save calendars. At the end of the year I take down the calendar from my wall and put it on the pile. Years later I’ll look at my 2005 calendar and say “wow” or … Continue reading →

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Superman dream!

Posted on January 13,2006 by Toren

I had a dream this morning that there was a new Superman movie that I was watching. Superman was also the president and he had some kind of cybernetic arm. The movie started out with Superman chained down and this … Continue reading →

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Lord of the Brush

Posted on January 13,2006 by Toren

LORD OF THE BRUSH Documentary on LORD OF THE RINGS artist John Howe Saturday, January 21 at 7 pm, Tinseltown Cinemas Presented by Moving Pictures: Canadian Films on Tour Best known for his detailed illustrations of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth mythology, … Continue reading →

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milquetoast: a timid, meek, or unassertive person

Posted on January 11,2006 by Toren

On Monday I went to see Goodnight and Good Luck with Stephane at the VanEast Theater. Stephane runs their website so he gets to see movies for free (and a friend too). It was pretty interesting and well done. It … Continue reading →

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Three short news items

Posted on January 10,2006 by Toren

In Oklahoma City an anti-gay activist Baptist pastor and member of the Southern Baptist Convention’s executive committee was arrested after he propositioned a male undercover policeman for sex. A man in Fort Sumner, New Mexico, caught a mouse and threw … Continue reading →

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Living in our age of digital downloads…

Posted on January 6,2006 by Toren

Someone asked this question: “What would it take for you to put out your next album as officially mastered files (mp3, ogg, etc) that anyone could freely download or share across P2P networks? Basically, if someone was to approach you … Continue reading →

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I love this link is called “French Complaints”

Posted on January 6,2006 by Toren

http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2006/01/06/french-complaints060106.html Oh those crazy French! Now I can be a language snob at times (it’s ‘cool’ not ‘kewl’, and it’s ‘you are’ not ‘UR’, and don’t even get me started on ‘l33t’), and I do appreciate the way things used … Continue reading →

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Yummy Asian Candies

Posted on January 6,2006 by Toren

Marlo brought a number of exotic treats back from China for me. Some of them were gruesome, but some of them were wonderful and the best candies I’ve ever had! Lots of jelly/gummy treats including some that were packaged in … Continue reading →

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