Archive for October, 2004

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Little Terrors

Halloween is just round the corner so as a Brit in Canada I can expect to see the North American tradition in full swing this weekend. Kids dressed in spooky outfits knocking on doors begging and threatening for candy treats.
The folks over at the Stranger have been looking into what costumes might […]

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October 28th, 2004. 

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John Peel, 1939-2004

I learned late yesterday that legendary DJ John Peel had died on Monday whilst on a working holiday in Peru. I could not really believe what I was reading. The man was meant to be around a lot longer than this, like a musical grandparent he and fellow oldtimer Annie Nightingale are/were my […]

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October 27th, 2004. 

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Science of Cat

I like a skateboarding dog as much as the next man, at least the dog is enjoying himself and seems to understand why it is fun. Fun as it may seem, I don’t know if cats enjoy or understand the merrit of floating in zero G onboard a vomit commet. A simpler experiment […]

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October 25th, 2004. 

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Selfish Barbot

Futurama’s Bender may become a reality - meet Barbot:
…driven by self interest, its only aim is to drink beer. In order to achieve this goal in bars, it asks people for coins and spends them as soon as there is enough for a beer.
I just hope that you can chip the production models so […]

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October 24th, 2004. 

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Fear and Loathing, Campaign 2004

Thank God Dr. Hunter S. Thompson is still around:
Did you see Bush on TV, trying to debate? Jesus, he talked like a donkey with no brains at all. The tide turned early, in Coral Gables, when Bush went belly up less than halfway through his first bout with Kerry, who hammered poor George into jelly. […]

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October 21st, 2004. 

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