Macrolog: February 2003
Friday Five #46 Fri 28 Feb 2003
http://fridayfive.org/ 1. What is your favorite type of literature to read (magazine, newspaper, novels, nonfiction, poetry, etc.)? I don't really have a particular favourite. I would indulge in every type...
View from the 29a, 27/02/03 Thu 27 Feb 2003
A roadsign, near corner of Howth Rd. & Brookwood Ave.
The Spire, O'Connell Street, 04/02/03 Wed 26 Feb 2003 | 5 Comments
I finally got my hands on a full version of Photoshop Elements this morning, and spent the afternoon retouching some photos I’ve been meaning to post here for a...
You Shall Know Our Velocity (Abridged) Sat 22 Feb 2003 | 6 Comments
Don't have the time to read Dave Eggers' latest book, or simply can't (or can't be bothered to) get your hands on a copy? Not to worry - read the...
Friday Five #45 Fri 21 Feb 2003
http://fridayfive.org/ 1. What is your most prized material possession? This is a tough one. It might be better to think in terms of, say, if there was a fire in...
On Social Etiquette Thu 20 Feb 2003
(or, "Say It, Don't Spray It") I pay a visit to my former place of employment, the large music store, ostensibly to purchase an order of mine that arrived over...
Alterations Wed 19 Feb 2003
If you're a regular visitor you may have noticed a few subtle alterations to the appearance of this site. Nothing big, mind you, just some minor improvements, as I like...
Who Could You Take in a Fight? Tue 18 Feb 2003 | 3 Comments
The Onion asked a veritable cornucopia of celebrities for their responses to one of life's unanswerable questions. Here are their responses. As for me, well, I could take Todd Solondz....
A Scene from My Life As A Movie Tue 18 Feb 2003
Take one: I awake this freezing cold morning at 7:30am and promptly fall back asleep for two more hours. I just had to stay up last night to see Mallrats,...
Long Distance Blues Mon 17 Feb 2003
This is going to be somewhat of a personal piece, but I need to get this off my chest so please, indulge me this once. I am involved in what...
Crenshaw's Last Stand Mon 17 Feb 2003 | 4 Comments
Last night was spent at the Olympia for--according to what I've read--the final live performance of Otis Lee Crenshaw. The show was supposed to be a double-bill with Crenshaw's more...
Tabula Rasa Sun 16 Feb 2003
Another Sunday, another afternoon spent ever-so-slightly tweaking the engine that keeps this website running. I've become far too much of a perfectionist, to the detriment of my writing; rather than...
Friday Five #44 Fri 14 Feb 2003 | 1 Comments
http://fridayfive.org/ 1. Explain why you started to journal/blog. I'm not sure exactly why I started. I initially happened upon the concept of blogging sometime towards the end of 2000, and...
Déjà Vu All Over Again Tue 11 Feb 2003 | 6 Comments
I don't know about most people, but déjà vu is a regular occurance for me. That's not to say that I have any significant premonitionary abilities like knowing what the...
Mr. Perfect is Dead Mon 10 Feb 2003
Curt Hennig, better known to wrestling fans as Mr. Perfect, was found dead earlier today....
Adaptation Mon 10 Feb 2003 | 3 Comments
I had the good fortune last week to attend not one, but two free media screenings. Tuesday morning was spent watching Analyse That (the sequel to Analyse This, natch); it...
Thirst for the Obscure Sun 09 Feb 2003
I came across the following quote last week in a review on the Pitchfork website: Rock critic Michael Goldberg recently speculated that what makes music fanatics thirst for the obscure...
Mystery Injuries Sat 08 Feb 2003 | 2 Comments
I have two fairly obvious scratches on my right arm, and I have no idea how they were inflicted. The first, approximately one inch long, appeared earlier this week on...
Friday Five #43 Fri 07 Feb 2003
http://fridayfive.org/ 1. What did you have for breakfast this morning? If you didn't have breakfast, why not? I didn't have breakfast because I didn't wake up until 10:30am, didn't get...
A Catalogue of Errors Mon 03 Feb 2003
There's a piece in today's Media Guardian praising the success of Argos's e-commerce operation. Apparently, they have "a long term commitment to the medium". It's a shame that this commitment...
Deconstruction Revisited Sun 02 Feb 2003 | 6 Comments
I may have mentioned this before but one of the many great qualities the Web, for me, is the possibility of finding things that are far and away from what...
A New Beginning... Sun 02 Feb 2003
This is my first post using Movable Type. It took me a good couple of hours to install, what with the setting of server permissions and such, but everything seems...
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