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trapped by massdistraction

1. Nightrain by Guns n Roses
2. The Hideout by Sarah Harmer
3. Can’t Stop by M83
4. Lullaby by the Cure
5. I’ve Been Thinking by Handsome Boy Modeling School
6. What a Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong
7. The Payback by James Brown
8. Won by the Beta Band
9. Hangin around the day again pt. 2 by the Polyphonic Spree
10. Happiness is a Warm Gun by the Beatles

photo: trapped by massdistraction

Enjoy this Muppet Show clip as I kick-off a weekend of many projects…

1. 

   I-Spy by jovike

   Walk Idiot Walk by the Hives

2. Not Nice by Chris Garneau
3. Oh Sweet Woods by the Firey Furnaces
4. Sunday Mornig by K-OS
5. Girl by Beck
6. All Apologies by Nirvana (solo, acoutistic, undated)
7. Go! by Common
8. Banquet by Bloc Party
9. Handshake Drugs by Wilco
10. The Hardest Button to Button by the White Stripes

I’ll be back with notes after dinner and drinks with Rosa and the girls.

Later…notes:

• I’m zooming on too much Keffa coffee.
• My darling cousin Heather pinged to tell me she loves Girl by Beck too. Great minds….
• I just love Wilco. I think I like the live version of Handshake Drugs on Kicking Television better than the album track. Cool news is that band are wrapping work on the next album called “Sky Blue Sky” scheduled for release on May 15th. For the first time, they are recording with the same lineup heard on Kicking Television.

photo credit: I-Spy by jovike

And the undercard looks cool too. Forrest Griffin is awesome.

Update: Chuck won. Forrest lost. It was a good show. Here’s hoping the rumours of a Montreal pay-per-view event in 2007 are true.

My personal Christmas card project didn’t get off the ground this year (shame on me). Instead of warm hand-written greetings from me, here are various holiday electronic greetings that have been sent/pointed out to me. If you know of others, please leave links in the comments.

From Adam:

(YouTube link for feed readers)

From Alain:
Make and Elf of Yourself and Elfyourself.com

From Sarah A.:
Make and share your own cookie courtesy of Carat Fusion. 
My cookie is #171844836, Sarah’s is #171629467

Via David Jones:
Twist Image’s best videos of 2006

Lisa Walker tagged me with the "5 things you didn’t know about me" meme. Which is kind of ironic, because Lisa’s very next post is about "the permanent record" of our lives online. Which, I think has  interesting implications for kids who are growing up wired and are sharing all kinds of stuff online.

Hmmm….back to the task at hand…personal details to share with you…

1. I once played the role of a disgruntled sheep in a church Christmas musical. I also played trombone in school and community bands for like ten years. I was/am such a nerd.

2. Snakes. I hate ‘em.

3. My favourite sport is basketball. I played varsity ball in my early teens until I blew my knees.

4. I was born in Brantford, Ontario, but never lived there.

5. Filling out these things gives me fits of insecurity. It is far too much pressure to say something interesting, funny, compelling, comment-worthy, sigh….

I shall pass on the joy to Julia, Ed, Mark, Patsy Stone and Chris.

Interesting.

See the full-size map at mapsofwar.com.

Whether you admit to ego-surfing or not, you can check how many people (in the US) share your name:

HowManyOfMe.com

There are: 20 people with my name in the U.S.A. How many have your name?

The full stats on "Leona":

• There are 103,489 people in the U.S. with the first name Leona.
• Statistically the 514th most popular first name. (tied with 4 other first names)
• More than 99.9 percent of people with the first name Leona are female.

The full stats on "Hobbs":

• There are 56,994 people in the U.S. with the last name Hobbs.
• Statistically the 607th most popular last name. (tied with 36 other last names)

Via John Gushue

Because its Friday, and Rosa and I got chatting about 80s cartoons, here is some retro goodness for you: He-Man and the Masters of the Universe. This was huge at our house. My brother and his friends were into the whole scene. I’ve just realized I can use the “I have the power” catch-phrase as a cornerstone for my next social media talk… or maybe not.
(Link for feedreaders.)