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So a friend and I once started a band called the Suicidal Cows. We got as far as thinking up song names, planning the music videos, and we even started a blog. Then things got a little complicated, and we never got around to actually composing the music. He moved away Berlin. I got a job that kept me busy. But mainly it's because we are both pretty lazy. In this case it's probably a good thing,

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I've been experimenting with the Instagram App on the iPhone and it has confirmed my fears that any idiot - including me - can now take a picture, make it look 'artsy', and then consider themselves some kind of genius photographer. I have to admit I'm actually proud of the way they turned out - you should have seen how bad the originals were. There's an argument going around that

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In the New York Times Op-Ed Column, West Wing creator Aaron Sorkin wrote a 'what-would-happen-if' Barack Obama and Jed Bartlet had met to chat about the presidential campaign last year... Brilliant! Here's the link

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So the official acronym of the "Singapore Corporation of Rehabilitative Enterprises", which deals with ex-drug addicts, amongst other 'offenders' of the judicial system, and which they proudly display on their website, is .... "SCORE". ...too easy.

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I was curious when I heard about a new cocktail bar called Klee that had recently opened in Portsdown Road. They had a strange but interesting concept: strictly no beer and no wine – purely cocktails; and, as I discovered when I walked into the bar, they had no menus either. The first thing the bartenders tell you is that they’re here to create a personalized, one-of-a-kind cocktail, just for

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May 15th, 2006Consider yourself lucky if you’re a smoker and have decided to visit Montreal before the end of this month. Effective as of 31 May 2006, the Quebec government is instituting Bill 112, the province wide anti-tobacco legislation. Smoking will be prohibited in restaurants, pubs, enclosed public spaces and on school grounds. Standing within nine metres of an institutional building

Authornoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6183833739483073020.post-81602496882241377642007-11-20T06:57:00.000-08:002011-08-30T20:50:37.482-07:00

Reel Regression I was browsing through brochures at a local arts centre a few months ago, found a film event that sounded promising and, armed with optimism and anticipation for something called “Reel Revolution”, I excitedly rushed to get to the venue on time to see the ten finalists from the competition. FYI, “Reel Revolution” is a programme that focuses on providing a forum for youth to

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A few months ago I was on a mission to get a credit card. I’m not too sharp when it comes to figuring out my way through the world of banking and finance, but that’s going to be my only disclaimer. EXT. ORCHARD ROAD – DBS COUNTER ME: (cheerfully)Hi, Good Afternoon, I’ve got an account with DBS and I’d like to apply for a credit card! COUNTER GUY:Having an account and applying for a credit card

Authornoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6183833739483073020.post-75228752853780288192006-12-15T23:34:00.000-08:002011-08-30T20:50:23.606-07:00

December 15th, 2006 After weeks of political fanfare and spectacular demonstrations on the streets of Caracas, the results of the Venezuelan presidential elections are finally out – and it looks like Hugo Chavez has won another six years to make good on his promises. And there are plenty of those to fulfil, given that promises were flying right and left in the run-up to December 3rd. While

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June 11th, 2006 Hugo Chavez’s anti-American rhetoric has never ceased to disappoint an expectant audience. His latest remark at the United Nations made headlines when he characterised US President Bush as the personification of evil: “Yesterday, the devil came here. Right here…. And it smells of sulphur still today.”[1] Aside from voicing personal attacks on President Bush, the Venezuelan

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A few weeks ago I was sitting in my favourite café along St. Laurent, peacefully catching up on some reading, when a young homeless man walked by and attempted to sell me a postcard.He had approached me a month or two earlier, lamenting something about the struggling artist in need of a break. I figured I had a long overdue letter to write to my grandmother anyway, so I shelled out two dollars,

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