Monthly Archives: September 2007

Upcoming Genre Flicks

The Joker is probably my least favourite (popular) Batman villain. But I’m interested to see how they handle him in the next Batman film. As I may have said before on this blog I didn’t care for the superhero side … Continue reading

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To Me, ‘Traditional’ is a Four-Letter Word

The next time your aunt tells you that she doesn’t know the scientific explanation of why her (traditional Chinese medicine/reflexology/crystal therapy/”alternative medicine”) works, it “just does,” you can tell her exactly why – because of the placebo effect. So as … Continue reading

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Wikipedia Excerpts & Edits

from: http://news.independent.co.uk/sci_tech/article2874112.ece Now a website designed to monitor editorial changes made on Wikipedia has found thousands of self-serving edits and traced them to their original source. It has turned out to be hugely embarrassing for armies of political spin doctors … Continue reading

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People Who Give People Free Stuff

I went to the old apartment a couple weeks ago to see if I could claim one piece of furniture that I thought I wouldn’t need, but I do. My key to the building worked fine, but the lock to … Continue reading

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Another Rock Show

Saturday, October 6th The Bourbon & I.M.U. presents OCTOBERFEST featuring The DARKEST OF THE HILLSIDE THICKETS & INNERTWYNE w/ JEN DOLL’S ROCK’N’ROLL BURLESQUE @ The Bourbon, 50 West Cordova . Doors 7pm – Purchase advance tickets at Zulu, Scratch, The … Continue reading

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Captain Carrot

The first issue of the new Captain Carrot mini-series starts next month! Though this is the cover to #3.

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Anal Distention

Some things you can only do when you live on your own. Today I put on a new roll of toilet paper. I’ve always been interested in how much toilet paper I use, and now I’m going to find out. … Continue reading

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A Quick Visual…

Tonight when I should have been drawing I went to see the SIGGRAPH Computer Animation Festival at the VanCity Theater. There was a lot of CG masturbation, including car ads and the like, but there was some good creative and … Continue reading

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New Digs

So my new place is pretty much “gamer ready.” It seats 5 comfortably. It’s not as cramped as I thought it would be. I’ve combined my previously separate drawing and my computing areas into one and it seems to be … Continue reading

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GNN?

I’ve never heard of the Guerrilla News Network but here are their picks for the 14 Most Evil Corporations. Caterpillar sells bulldozers to the Israeli military Chevron left 600 unlined oil pits in Amazon rainforest. Coca-Cola privatizes India’s water resources. … Continue reading

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