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August 31

Paul — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 05:48:19 +0000

It’s been a busy summer.

I bought a new truck, a 2010 Ford Ranger.

I took the MS Cheecheemaun on my drive back up. It travels from Tobermory to Manitoulin Island.

I camped at Neys Provincial Park on my drive as well. It had some of the nicest scenery I’ve ever seen.

A few favourite new songs..

Big Brother

Paul — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 06:01:00 +0000

Are you watching this year? I may get in on watching it, and that may or may not lead to me writing about tv.

Fish with sharp teeth in Ontario

Paul — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 05:58:38 +0000

Ocassionally I look at this site’s stats. Sometimes its a bore, sometimes its a jackpot!

This site shows up on the first page of results for a google images search of “fish with sharp teeth in ontario.”

Dumbo Octopus

Paul — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 05:56:51 +0000

The Dumbo Octopus is a small octopus with big ears that lives 3000-4000 feet deep in the ocean.

Dumbo Octopus is a hot new band hailing from Kingston, Ontario A friend of mine is in the band, and when he shared his new EP with me, I made videos for all the songs using video footage I’ve taken over the last year. My favourite is “Wondrous.”

Chris would love feedback so if you have any thoughts to share on the music, leave a comment or comment on the videos!

Wondrous

Beadle’s Barbeque

Farmer’s Market

Fire in Fortune

Radioshack

Interlude

App for that

Paul — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 15:41:09 +0000

I’m currently updating from the wordpress iPod app. I don’t know how much of this I’ll do. The keyboard is small.

Dry up!

Paul — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 05:57:59 +0000

It’s been raining for what seems like forever. I really hope it dries up and is a nicer summer than last year.

All songs are written about girls

Paul — Fri, 14 May 2010 15:51:03 +0000

For starters, heres a very funny link I was shown yesterday -

Dramatic reading of a breakup letter

Next, I follow Josie Dye on Twitter, one of the 15 people I follow. She posted an interesting link last night. Seems as though a lyric from one of Gord Downie’s new songs off his latest solo album was inspired by a chance meeting with Josie Dye.

What made this interesting to me, is that she was 16 at the time and at EdenFest. I was 16 at one time and I went to that same concert. Looking back at the lineup, I wish I’d really sought out more of the acts.

Now, most of the live music that I watch happens at work, believe it or not! This band called the City Sirens played here this past Monday at lunch as part of their cross Canada tour.

Mugwump

Paul — Mon, 03 May 2010 15:47:07 +0000

The mamas and the papas originated as the combination of two folk groups, the Mugwumps and the New Journeymen.

Finding this out lead to me researching the word “mugwump“, curious as to the origin of it. My grandfather often referred to a mugwump as someone who sat on the fence, with their mug on one side, and their wump on the other.

Turns out he was right.

40th annual Earth Day

Paul — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 20:56:49 +0000

Today is Earth Day. To celebrate, I took one of my classes to Lion’s park to pick up garbage. In the process, we found 9 alcohol containers. We kept them and I will be taking them back for a refund. $0.90

Old Apartment

Paul — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 17:08:16 +0000

I like the song. It’s on my Ipod and I listen to it once in a while. I’ve liked it since it first came out but now it means something different to me. When it first came out, I was 16 and of course thought “wow wouldn’t it be neat to live in an old apartment.”

Now, I’m 30, and I’ve lived in old buildings with friends and of course the video to me reminds me of times when life was simpler, along with the ominous echoing “I want them back” at the end.

Of course, Steven Page probably wants his old life back, before he got caught with cocaine in Albany with a girl he’d met on MySpace. But of course we can’t turn back the clocks. I’d have to hear Ed Robertson sing this song before I could really say if the BNL miss him.

Why are the official videos from this band not on Youtube? Heres to trying to embed a “Dailymotion” video.

Barenaked Ladies – The Old Apartment
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