tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14438121829611025362012-01-27T10:50:57.602-05:00In which Adam expounds on random topics of general and specific interestAdam Gorleyhttps://profiles.google.com/109455108687854787405noreply@blogger.comBlogger631100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1443812182961102536.post-48479178687833210922012-01-20T10:00:00.000-05:002012-01-20T14:24:50.492-05:00

Adam Gorleyhttps://profiles.google.com/109455108687854787405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1443812182961102536.post-36418436708738726722011-12-07T13:00:00.000-05:002011-12-07T13:00:05.152-05:00

Technicolor Ultra Mall, by Ryan Oakley (EDGE Books, 2011), looks into the future and finds humanity conducting its daily affairs within the walls of city malls, the outdoors reserved for toxic air and garbage. Populations under a roof. For the lowest on the ladder, a dim and desperate basement. For the middle classes, shopping and distractions on their own bright, green level, and sometimes just

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In today's Toronto Sun, councillor Mike Del Grande (Ward 39, Scarborough-Agincourt) excoriates the Toronto Star and the CBC for its coverage of mayor Rob Ford. I think his comments are mostly stupid. Here is a note I sent his office via his website feedback form. " Mr. Del Grande, I found your editorial in today's Toronto Sun offensive, misleading, and hypocritical. To call out the CBC and the

Adam Gorleyhttps://profiles.google.com/109455108687854787405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1443812182961102536.post-39051463310095113852011-09-22T07:52:00.001-04:002011-09-22T07:53:22.350-04:00

When I have a bit more time, I'd like to take a close look at what the candidates are saying about local issues, but in the mean time, let's take a quick look at what they and their parties are about. Here are the fringe candidates in Davenport, from the Communist Party, the Freedom Party, and the Libertarian Party (in alphabetical order by name). Paul Bedard, Ontario Libertarian Party There's

Adam Gorleyhttps://profiles.google.com/109455108687854787405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1443812182961102536.post-53288966961069630622011-09-13T14:40:00.003-04:002011-09-22T07:53:55.120-04:00

I live on Symington Avenue, right in the middle of the recently christened Junction Triangle. I've been here for over three years now and I love it. I think the West Toronto Railpath is one of the city's great recent successes, abbreviated though it is for the time being. The Wallace Avenue footbridgeoffers a terrific view of the city (and great exercise). There are excellent and affordable new

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The Honourable Dalton McGuinty Room 281, Main Legislative Building, Queen’s Park Toronto, Ontario M7A 1A1 Re: electrification of the Georgetown rail corridor Mr. McGuinty, I live in the Toronto neighbourhood, the Junction Triangle, so named because it is bounded (closely) on all three sides by intersecting rail lines. My purpose in writing you today is to express my concern about your

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Does the internet really remember everything? Do we need to teach computers how to forget? I wonder if it won't just happen "naturally", like by attrition. I imagine that sooner or later, irrelevant information will be pushed to the bottom of the pile (or search list) and then eventually be "forgotten", if not completely erased. Google already does this to a certain extent, arranging search

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All is one. I find this assertion to be clear and unassailable. Something exists, and while that something appears to be manifold (i.e., that's how we experience it), it is nonetheless one. No part can be separated from the whole. Therefore everything is one. By "everything" and "all" I mean the world, the universe, reality. Spinoza calls this alternately substance, nature, and god.  One (

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I had an inspiration last night before falling asleep. A thought occurred to me which connected two ideas that I hadn't quite been able to synthesize. Clearly the brain or mind works when I'm barely thinking consciously at all. The thought is this (and it might not mean anything to you if you aren't familiar with the metaphysics of Baruch Spinoza): Substance is language. I come to this (a)

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Here are some pics I took on a random bike trip into the Junction in 2006. (See the album here.)

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Before I can even begin, I have to add two warnings about the Medieval Times experience: one, if you suffer from asthma, allergies to dust or horses, or any other similar respiratory illness, make sure that you pre-medicate and take any necessary medication with you; two, avoid sitting in the first or second rows. I will explain.But don't let me frighten you; in the right circumstances, Medieval

Adam Gorleyhttps://profiles.google.com/109455108687854787405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1443812182961102536.post-35331334214146762010-02-06T12:00:00.012-05:002010-02-06T12:10:25.421-05:00

It feels like a long time in the past now, but about five or so years ago, I and a group of friends, the Young People's Foundation collective, performed our second major installation: the 24-Hour Art Party, also known as Days are Numbered + Aftermath. (Our first was really just a big party and fundraiser with a relatively small exhibition—does anyone have photos of that?) The object of the event

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I visited the Interior Design show a couple of years back when my friends at Furni Creations were exhibiting this bad boy, among other things. Danijela and I had just bought our house (we hadn't moved in yet), and we toured the exhibition with some interest. I remember enjoying the special installations and the showcase of fancy new stuff, but high-end bathrooms, kitchens, fireplaces, and all the

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I like furniture, and I like art, and I appreciate quality, durability, and design. I also appreciate cheap, but while it's possible to find all of the former qualities together, it's not possible to find the former with the last one. This is actually a major ethical quandary I face (not just with furniture): should I buy a more expensive product of higher quality when there is always a cheaper

Adam Gorleyhttps://profiles.google.com/109455108687854787405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1443812182961102536.post-55749553719752226482009-12-03T09:00:00.001-05:002009-12-04T09:10:06.362-05:00

The Gravity Wave always put on a quirky and high-energy show, mainly thanks to the group's core duo, Finlay Braithwaite and Ken Farrell. Their songs are always original, and in performance they revel in the strangeness of the music they're playing. Ken is an engaging singer who unself-consciously throws in a rap or toast as necessary, and Finlay embodies his bass lines in his movement,

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I had a nerdy inspiration one night last week as I was falling asleep. I can't explain why at all, except maybe that I am perpetually looking for a music organizer with certain specifications that I can't find in any existing application. (More on that after.)The inspiration was this: iTunes, and most other music player/organizers (e.g., WinAmp, doubleTwist, Windows Media Player) add an

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Ken Reaume has never disappointed me in the music department, either live or recorded. His immense talent, skill, and passion define his songwriting, although you might not know it from his humble stage presence. Nevertheless, his performances explode with subtle emotion and energy. But he doesn't just write songs, he crafts them, and his work is as fine as any other craftsman I know.

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It seems that there was a time in the early 1970s when "stoned" was an adjective that meant something like "happy" or "blissful". But then maybe it meant "confused" or "trippy". I think I can say honestly that I don't know."Stoned Love" is one of my favourite Supremes songs. It's mature and understated pop soul with a subtle hook and a curious theme. Overall, a lovely song, though more of a

Adam Gorleyhttps://profiles.google.com/109455108687854787405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1443812182961102536.post-60887771486208211682009-11-04T17:52:00.008-05:002009-11-08T18:06:16.131-05:00

Yesterday, I was inspired to clean my desk in order to finish off my workyear on a high note.Okay, I was fed up of the cat hair and bumprints all over the place, and my keyboard had reached a critical level of greasiness.Here are the results.Before:After:You might not notice a large difference between the two, but the before picture doesn't come close to portraying the coating of cat fur that my

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Recently I wrote a post for BlogCampaigning on my experience transitioning from a vinyl DJ to a laptop DJ, which, from personal comments, appears to have been generally well received. But the only comment anyone actually posted on the blog was quite negative and passively critical. Initially, I wanted to tell the semi-anonymous commenter where to go, but I decided to take the high road, thanking

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Hey, recently I've been trying to get back into DJing around town, and I spent a few nights at a newish bar called the Painted Lady on Ossington. Since the place is small, I don't have a lot of gear, and more of my music is now in digital form than physical, I've taken on the challenge of laptop DJing.In my angrier moments, you're likely to hear me remark that laptop DJing resembles spinning

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Here are a couple of artworks I made a few years ago to send to a Young People's Foundation show in Los Angeles.I think I used summer photos, but I also think these pieces convey the feeling of fall pretty well.The original images are from somewhere in Montréal—probably Parc Lafontaine or the mountain.

Adam Gorleyhttps://profiles.google.com/109455108687854787405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1443812182961102536.post-88431991481241275852009-09-20T11:00:00.005-04:002009-10-10T21:20:49.445-04:00

Overall, a very good show.Maybe you've figured this out already, but it only really hit me at this NOMO show that music is invisible, and this fact has implications I can't even imagine. That was actually my first thought when these guys started playing, and I couldn't stop thinking it for the rest of the show.It is the main difference—well, it's one way of describing the main difference between

Adam Gorleyhttps://profiles.google.com/109455108687854787405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1443812182961102536.post-57007950234437765102009-07-22T20:10:00.001-04:002009-07-22T20:13:29.800-04:00

So, now I'm scanning through my Delicious links to find stuff that's worth sharing directly with the world, and it turns out—not really surprisingly—that many of the links from a couple of years ago are broken. In some cases, the sites themselves no longer exist; in others, it appears that the articles or items have simply been removed, or the content is no longer free or public, which, in the

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Adam Gorleyhttps://profiles.google.com/109455108687854787405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1443812182961102536.post-20831868567809145682009-06-16T08:23:00.002-04:002009-06-16T08:47:17.680-04:00

So recently, my sister Jane performed one of the internet's cardinal sins and forwarded me an Unsubstantiated Public Service Announcement E-mail on the dangers of microwaving food in plastic containers. Naturally, being the good netizen that I try to be, I turned to Snopes to find the real story. I read the Snopes article, thought to myself: "Well, that little internet tidbit is clearly false",

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In the likelihood you don't know what that strange code means, look here.

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My good friend Josh Raskin recently sent me this song, after a long discussion of amazing stuff we're enjoying at the moment. I said the Junior Boys' latest album Begone Dull Care, which I find a really beautiful and excellent collection of songs. Josh mentioned the cable television series Peep Show and a couple of songs: a cover of Prince's "1999" by a band called Dump, led by Yo La Tengo's bass

Adam Gorleyhttps://profiles.google.com/109455108687854787405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1443812182961102536.post-77306651060935152352009-04-30T19:41:00.006-04:002009-06-16T08:52:57.197-04:00

Hey, I've been really into cooking stews with leftovers lately. Don't knock it till you've tried it; it's a blast! The first one was really delicious, partially thanks to Danijela's Mum who cooked the lamb. The second I'm just waiting to eat now, so I'll have to let you know. I've tasted it quickly, and I just don't want to judge it until it's in my bowl.Well, I thought I'd share these two

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In an effort to: a) keep my online presence reasonably up to date; b) justify all of my general interest reading; and c) possibly offer something of value to my friends' lives; I present my first collection of random tit-bits from the World Wide Web.Communications — First, more news that big business is conspiring to keep consumers in the dark about something that in theory could ruin their

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Here are a couple of base images from a painting I made several years ago as part of a Young People's Foundation show in Montréal. I don't remember the title of the final piece. I'm pretty sure it's sitting in my basement somewhere—I hope so! If I remember correctly, this painting was shown at the Coachella festival on a boat in L.A. I don't remember the details though.The view is of a

Adam Gorleyhttps://profiles.google.com/109455108687854787405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1443812182961102536.post-46898424836571958782009-04-10T18:21:00.013-04:002009-11-20T17:47:31.801-05:00

The name Billy Bragg didn't mean a thing to me until one early morning about 10 years ago, in the dingy upstairs of the pre-renovation El Mocambo. The name still only holds limited meaning for me, event though the man has made a comeback in the years since I first noticed his music. But that meaning is strong, and rests on the power of his first release, the EP Life's a Riot with Spy vs Spy—in

Adam Gorleyhttps://profiles.google.com/109455108687854787405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1443812182961102536.post-54999762204261075852009-03-04T12:09:00.004-05:002009-03-04T12:12:25.119-05:00

Hey, I'm just changing things around here--that's partly why I haven't been updating at all. I've also been extremely busy, and have just come down with a cold. (I thought I was home free for this winter!)Anyhoo, I hope to be done in a couple of weeks and then I'll try to return to my previous erratic schedule of updates.Until then, you can see what I'm doing on Facebook, also

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1.AstheshipliftedshebegantofeelforthefirsttimejusthowdesperatelytheEarthcovetsitscreations.

Adam Gorleyhttps://profiles.google.com/109455108687854787405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1443812182961102536.post-86659454589947624582009-01-29T23:30:00.007-05:002009-11-12T08:56:12.436-05:00

A Saturday afternoon in winter is a surprisingly fun time to see a show. And it feels pretty good to support local scenesters, such as the good folks behind The Singing Lamb, a new music blog based in Toronto—er, a new Toronto-based blog about music. And the show was five dollars, what!It was thanks to Facebook that I heard about Hexes & Ohs playing at the Tranzac; even better, they were playing

Adam Gorleyhttps://profiles.google.com/109455108687854787405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1443812182961102536.post-26447416290891985312008-12-30T23:59:00.008-05:002009-03-01T11:05:20.076-05:00

So since I bought a house, I've probably watched more movies than at any other time in my life. Danijela and I have been watching about two a week, often more, alongside some newly discovered television shows. Maybe it's nesting; maybe we feel poor; maybe we are just being lazy after all the work we've done at the house! Could be. It's very cozy here; and now that winter is upon us, there are

Adam Gorleyhttps://profiles.google.com/109455108687854787405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1443812182961102536.post-48014055581378414772008-12-01T18:21:00.006-05:002009-11-20T17:48:27.135-05:00

Like many members of my general age group, I'm sure, my first exposure to "Under Pressure" was not via the original Queen and David Bowie version, but another artist: a white rapper called Vanilla Ice, which (correct me if I'm wrong) basically translates into "Whitey White" or perhaps "Whitey Cool". In his hit single of 1990, "Ice Ice Baby", Vanilla Ice used a modified version of the bass and

Adam Gorleyhttps://profiles.google.com/109455108687854787405noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1443812182961102536.post-31499047623130364222008-11-24T22:33:00.005-05:002008-11-26T20:26:40.101-05:00

I've been looking at a lot of old stuff recently: early writing samples—I found online the back catalogue of Pro Tem, York U's bilingual magazine, which was edited by my sister Jane when I was in high school. I wrote music reviews for the paper during my senior years. Earlier writing samples—my mum has finally decided to show my junk the door and I've just gone through the bulk of high school

Adam Gorleyhttps://profiles.google.com/109455108687854787405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1443812182961102536.post-63719619971031469832008-11-08T08:48:00.001-05:002009-03-01T11:10:17.813-05:00

Hey, for all of those people who compare Toronto to Montreal: Toronto's neighbourhoods do have names. It's just that hardly anybody uses them and even fewer people know them. (Have you heard of Treffan Court? I hadn't. It's north of Corktown and south of Cabbagetown.)So for your edification, I present five Toronto neighbourhoods: the South Annex, the South Junction, Corktown, the Annex proper,

Adam Gorleyhttps://profiles.google.com/109455108687854787405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1443812182961102536.post-80683981692372154302008-10-23T18:50:00.001-04:002009-03-01T11:12:35.493-05:00

Here is a post I wrote nearly two months ago, but which in true Adam style I neglected to publish.Labour Day weekend has arrived, and the neighbourhood kids will soon be spending their days in class rather than hanging out on our neighbours' porch. And we haven't stopped working on the house. In fact, tomorrow and Monday, we'll be reorganizing all of the furniture—all of it—having lived with our

Adam Gorleyhttps://profiles.google.com/109455108687854787405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1443812182961102536.post-48127833700146510472008-10-02T14:11:00.011-04:002009-11-12T08:43:52.944-05:00

Unfortunately, at this point in my life, I attend few live shows, though I enjoy seeing bands perform immensely. Watching a good live performance is often cathartic and usually occasions in me deep feelings of regret that I am not on the stage with a group of like-minded musicians.Music, particularly live, is primal and carries the power of the simple soul. I imagine the first singers must have

Adam Gorleyhttps://profiles.google.com/109455108687854787405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1443812182961102536.post-22035890759589740812008-10-01T09:00:00.001-04:002008-10-04T17:17:35.625-04:00

I find myself in a strange position relative to the upcoming Canadian election. The choice seems so starkly clear: progress or regress, acting boldly or procrastinating weakly. But in Canadian politics no choice is clear. There are always so many factors at play: four or five parties to choose from, four of which are arguably on the progressive side, either socially, economically, or both; past

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In the beginning of Rock’n’Roll music there was the Guitar. It was pretty easy to learn, Chuck Berry and Elvis Presley played it, and it probably corrupted your youth. With the increasing complexity of guitar playing, particularly the Solo, came the Air Guitar. It’s an imaginary instrument—occasionally brought to life by a broom or tennis racquet—that anyone can play with the least amount of

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I don't remember precisely when I first heard Frank Wilson's "Do I Love You (Indeed I Do)", but I can narrow it down to a brief two years, during which I lived at 607 Huron St. in Toronto, with my great friend Derek, to whom I owe much gratitude for invading his apartment and life, and often monopolizing his computer. If memory serves, that was May 2000 to May 2002. I'm not sure if that seems

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So, I have been out of sight for a while to some, mostly nesting you might say, but not entirely in that young-couple-deep-in-love-who-want-to-spend-every-moment-together way. More literally (but not quite literally), Danijela and I have been building our nest, gathering twigs and mud, securing it against the elements... Still, there has been a lot of that other type, since we are new homeowners,

Adam Gorleyhttps://profiles.google.com/109455108687854787405noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1443812182961102536.post-78330859758889148152008-04-24T22:30:00.004-04:002008-04-24T23:29:00.029-04:00

Here’s what next: more work, at home and the office! But not for long. I wasn’t even back at work for a whole week before I was fired, what! (That was April 10.) I am not lying. I basically faced one of the greatest shocks of my life, and, justifiably, I think, the following days are unclear. I had been ready to work at that job for several years to finance my new domestic lifestyle; but,

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Here's Danijela and Adam's house adventure after three weeks: things are a mess, but it's a mess in progress. (And I am a poet, and I don't know it.) For those who saw the house on our moving day, or soon after, you may remember a basically clean if very dated and colour-challenged house. Today there is dust everywhere, there are holes in the walls, bits of furniture everywhere, drop sheets

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Thanks to my big sister, Jane, I grew up listening to New Order and other great bands in the eighties. My early memories of NO come from the Substance singles compilation LP, in particular the songs "Bizarre Love Triangle" (of course), "True Faith", "Perfect Kiss", and "Blue Monday". But the very first song on this album is the one that today gives me chills from just thinking about it. One might

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So, as some of you know, Danijela and I bought a house in January of this year. That gave us about two months to stew in that broth of responsibility before the sale closed on March 27. There was lots to do, of course. We knew that we would be doing an awful lot of work on the house, and we were willing. The electrical was mostly original and had to be replaced so that we could be insured (if not

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...so much so that I will go out of my way to read it to avoid doing other things, like writing. (Hence significant delays in my output here.)I read The Toronto Star most days (probably about 1/3-1/2 of the online version), and when I've finished that, I move on to the front page of Digg.com. If somehow I manage to exhaust those sources during my day, the interweb is replete with alternatives.

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My name is Adam Gorley. I am a young writer, editor, artist, and magazine publisher from Toronto. When it comes to underwear - briefs, trunks, boxers, and tees - I wear almost exclusively Stanfield's garments. A large part of the purpose of this letter is to thank you for making excellent products. They are comfortable, stylish, and competitively priced. And perhaps most importantly, they are

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I don't know.

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I don't know why I never thought of it before.Apple lovers and haters alike understand that there is a certain unmeasurable “cool factor” to Apple products that is the main reason why people buy them over other similar (and perhaps better) products. I think it's clear that this cool factor has a lot to do with Apple's Advanced Marketing Techniques. (There are other disputed factors, of course.

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Here is the final draft version of my review of the Edward Burtynsky documentary “Manufactured Landscapes” for AND Magazine, issue 1, June 2007.“May I begin by asking what is the difference between natural and artificial, anyway? Then, can we just drop the pretense and acknowledge that we don’t know? Artificial, manufactured; these are words that signify things made or conceived by humans.

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I'm not sure how much stock we should put in an article that claims “Youngsters not happy oldies going online”, from an Australian News Corp. affiliate, which I must assume is a tabloid, given this photo of Britney Spears on their front page (I recommend you don't follow the link). The piece cites no sources or even unscientific polls, though the author seems to have interviewed several “

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As if anybody but me cares, I have a few quirks of grammar, syntax, spelling, and so on, that I use, and that I would like to share, just in case you see something out of the ordinary and feel like bringing it up.So, in no special order:1. I always use the serial comma.2. I almost always say "towards", and I most often say "besides".3. I use logical punctuation with quotation marks. That is, I

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BeforeThenEarlierRight nowNowCurrentlyPresentlyShortlySoonLaterEventuallyLateAfterNever

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Lying awake in bed late Sunday night after Ken Reaume's CD release concert at Sneaky Dee's (which was awesome, by the way) when I should have been sleeping, I thought of Power and how it affects peoples' daily lives. I've thought about it for a few days now, and here is part of the result:Obviously power always acts in our lives. Some say that all of our relationships are based on power, and I

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Wouldn't it be great to be the first to do something, anything?I'm not the first online opinionist certainly, and I won't be the last.__I'm not even sure that I approve of all the blogging going on.__But that uncertainty actually plays into my intentions with this online journal - call it a magazine of the personal, if you will.__I would like to use this opportunity to discuss the internet itself

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This is a letter I wrote last year to Adam Vaughan, Toronto city councillor for the riding of Trinity-Spadina, a very large area where I used to live. Unfortunately, I received no response."Hello Mr. Vaughan,I would like to say that I appreciate the work you have done in this diverse and extremely busy ward. I have become increasingly frustrated with politics in this city (and region, province,

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If you haven't heard of "Guitar Heroes", you're probably Amish—which is fine. But if you haven't heard of the open-source Guitar Heroes-style game "Frets on Fire", then you are missing out on the beginnings of what will be a huge story in the coming years. That story is "interactive music", and I'm pretty sure that it will evolve into an alternative music industry, eventually to mate with and

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I e-mailed this message to several friends five years ago, with the subject: "Difficult times, do not read if easily angered by anti-dubya Bush sentiment". The title above was the title I gave the message.It was still early in my "active" political life, and goings on in my world could still incite me to write an angry missive and forward it to people I though might care.I didn't have a blog at

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This is a letter I wrote six years ago and sent to all the local and provincial politicians I could find, and the media."Dear Sirs or Madams, An issue has come to my attention recently that has put various pieces of news into clearer perspective for me. Of all the devastating news from the political world in the last two years, this is the first that has made me feel it warrants contact

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