Media passes are fun…
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Some pics of our weekend at rockfest… More here
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Mardi Gras Party!
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Uncle Dave and Aunt Danielle went to Mardi Gras!
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Recently added to my Xmas wishlist
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Harrison Ford “Han Solo” DL-44 Blaster
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Leave it in the Ground, pt 3
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Extracting tar sands oil is no easy feat. One method involves injecting super-heated steam under high pressure deep into the ground to liquefy the hardened tar so it can be extracted. Only sometimes this results in a blowout and the toxic bitumen starts oozing out in unexpected places – like beaver ponds and lakes and…
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A little too much water in his beer
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Ethan Hawke did Ask Me Anything on Reddit and had this to say about Nic Cage: I’m kind of obsessed with Nic Cage. I just found out about /r/onetruegod too. He’s the only actor since Marlon Brando that’s actually done anything new with the art of acting; he’s successfully taken us away from an obsession with naturalism…
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It Never Got Fast Enough For Me
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From the Selvedge Yard, a collection of Hunter S. Thomson related photos: “IT NEVER GOT FAST ENOUGH FOR ME” | GONZO — HUNTER S. THOMPSON | The Selvedge Yard.
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Leave it in the Ground, pt 2
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University of Alberta scientist David Schindler holding a deformed whitefish collected from the Athabasca watershed, downstream from the oilsands industrial development. Believing in clean oilsands is like believing in ‘magic fairies,’ top scientist says. He said this reflects the current federal ideology — not anti-science, but “anti-some kinds of science. Anything with ‘environmental’ in…
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Don Melton: Regarding fake projects and loyalty tests
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So much of what is written about Apple these days is just horseshit meant to draw flies.
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What does 200 calories look like?
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I’ve been on a bit of a diet recently – trying to drop about 20lbs or so before my 40th birthday in May. So far I’ve been keeping it simple – mostly portion-control and smart food/drink choices. I’ve been laying off the booze (although that’s partly a function of being busy in other aspects of…
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Introducing: OC me
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I’ve been playing around with the OC Transpo Live Next Bus Arrival Data Feed API and built a simple little mobile web site that will tell you when the next bus is coming for your stop. Check it out: OC Me Simply enter a stop number and click Get Routes, or if you have geolocation enabled…