• Archive for May, 2007

    pimping the rainbow bags

    by  • 5/31/2007 • art • 0 Comments

    Tania gets an unsolicited pointer from IndieDiner who lists an interesting Etsy find every day… The image above links, not to the blog, but to the Etsy shop you can buy her hackysacks in. If you’re not into hackysacks, there’s always the main shop for jewelry and more.

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    Misdirected personal information in my inbox

    by  • 5/30/2007 • life • 2 Comments

    I received about a megabyte of misdirected personal information today from an organization that works with gifted children. It would appear that one of their staffers tried to send themselves an attachment containing names, vital statistics, Social Security Numbers, and more, but made a typo in the address. They sent this vital, private data that [...]

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    More wikipedia fun

    by  • 5/27/2007 • music • 0 Comments

    I was quite certain that Vancouver’s rock/metal/jazz/instrumental/punk/etc trio Removal had an entry on Wikipedia, so I was rather surprised that the link I placed in Peaches’ discography section pointed to an uncharted location in the Wikipedia morass. She had contributed vocals for a single, and it had not yet been listed on her page, so [...]

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    I need to work on my Xenu site

    by  • 5/20/2007 • geek, humor • 0 Comments

    I just ran a google search for “Heil Xenu” and was surprised to find that my site for the Church of the anti-Cruise came right up at the top, even with no content. Would Xenu have a blog? Would the bible of the church be re-written Dianetics or re-written Hubbard lectures? Would Katie Holmes be [...]

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    Act as a catalyst for reflection, discussion, and inspiration?

    by  • 5/20/2007 • art, festival, life, movies • 0 Comments

    This call for film festival entries is pretty wide open; documentary films that will act as catalysts for reflection, discussion, and inspiration… I think that there’s an argument for nearly any doc, short or full length. Global Visions Film Festival 2007 Call for Submissions Global Visions Film Festival in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada is requesting that [...]

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    Stunning move by CRTC

    by  • 5/19/2007 • geek, news • 0 Comments

    Ignoring protests from many Canadian television broadcasters and specialty channels, the CRTC, which essentially rules the Canadian airwaves, has relaxed rules about advertising during TV broadcasts. The CRTC is apparently sick of all the whining from producers, executives, ACTRA, and the Canadian public, and is tossing in the towel Currently, broadcasters can show up to [...]

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    Scientology is Staffed by Tom Cruise Clones

    by  • 5/16/2007 • atheism, insanity, religion • 1 Comment

    That’s right. Tom Cruise clones from the Risky Business era, with the haircut and the 80s shades and the expressionless eyes. Watched the a recently documentary from the UK’s Panorama; it started out as a documentary to find out more about the allegations of culthood surrounding Scientology’s efforts to setup a UK branch. They had [...]

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