The self-made cynic

Out of this World

Mon, 12 May 2008 22:45:25 GMT

Sign spotted in Florida

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Iron Man, and all the rest.

Sat, 10 May 2008 22:44:10 GMT

Let's see. Where can I slot Iron Man into the list of the big brand comic book movies from the 2000's?

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The Internet!

Sat, 10 May 2008 00:56:03 GMT

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War Action Movies?

Fri, 09 May 2008 18:53:18 GMT

Sub Question!

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Top Five Challenge

Fri, 09 May 2008 17:24:55 GMT

List your top five favourite action movies which:
1) Do not contain a sci-fi or fantasy element (yes, this would eliminate many Kung-Fu movies)
2) Do not include a movie from the Die Hard series.

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Youtube Video Embedding

Thu, 08 May 2008 13:53:47 GMT

So, after I made that last post, I noticed that the embedded video wasn't working. Which was weird, because the video still worked on Youtube. I thought I had maybe made a typo, but no, everything was fine.

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"Sister Christian"?

Thu, 08 May 2008 13:25:30 GMT

Don't ask me how I ran across this, but I'd like to throw this video up as a nomination for Worst Music Video Ever.

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I don't judge, I just observe

Thu, 08 May 2008 02:18:07 GMT

Today, as I got off the Go Train at Oakville onto the rainy platform, walking in front of me was a girl wearing a raincoat that came down to about her upper thigh. And out from under the raincoat emerged only bare legs. It looked like she was a stripper, about to do a ... raincoat show ... or something. Upon closer inspection, it was revealed that she was wearing a very short skirt.

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There's Something About Mary

Wed, 07 May 2008 12:45:49 GMT

The saddest thing about re-watching your favourite comedies is that they are never as funny as the first time you saw them. Especially comedies like There's Something About Mary, which relies on surprise and situation for it's humour (rather than witticisms).

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Bunnies!

Wed, 07 May 2008 02:05:52 GMT

A few weeks ago, Nicola noticed that a hole had been dug in the forget-me-nots next to the tree in our front yard. We assumed at the time that it was squirrels digging for food during the winter.

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Dead Ringers

Thu, 01 May 2008 13:32:12 GMT

As part of an effort to check out some of David Cronenberg's earlier work, I watched "Dead Ringers" last night.

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Since Politics is in the air..

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:50:40 GMT

...a futurama quote for you:

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on the Miley Cyrus photo

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:47:03 GMT

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Flickr

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:20:01 GMT

So I finally decided what to do with flickr. I'm using it for a mobile photoblog. Because I can't easily carry my good camera around with me anymore (or anyway I don't like to), I've been using my phone to take photos and blog them.

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Stop complaining. You've got it pretty good.

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:56:31 GMT

Copper

Side of house, sans-weed

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 23:30:50 GMT

This is what the side of our house looks like now.

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This was on the Colbert Repot last week

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 23:02:39 GMT

Coffee that costs $100 a cup...and guess what it's made of?

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Weeds be gone!

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 13:16:47 GMT

Last summer, being the first summer we had spent in our new house, I noticed that the weed situation along the side of the house was absolutely insane. It was like a jungle back there, some of the weeds were taller than me. That side of the house is fairly inaccessible; it's just a narrow strip between the house and the fence, with the air conditioner and the gas meter and pretty much nothing else. It doesn't get much light, and no one ever goes there.

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Bleah.

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 17:23:13 GMT

I'm too tired to work.

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Snake

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 13:22:52 GMT

By the way, after watching Death Proof (not all that great, but has some fun moments) I have come to the conclusion that the most under-rated actor in Hollywood is Kurt Russell.

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Super Smash Brothers Review

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 17:44:12 GMT

I hate to keep beating a dead horse, but you really need to check out this week's Zero Punctuation review.

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Sinfest

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 12:43:55 GMT

Check out this sinfest strip:

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Seven things WoW taught me

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 20:19:57 GMT

A screenwriter lists seven things that WoW taught him about life.

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Ten Words of Warcraft

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 12:42:10 GMT

Penny Arcade recently started a fun contest to submit a ten-word story about World of Warcraft. They just posted the winners, and a ton of runners up. Some of them are really funny. I like the ones that satirize the schism between serious fantasy RPGing and lol-rofl internet speak:

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Another fun game

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 03:44:14 GMT

For the mathematically inclined, Planarity.

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