4/30/2004
Moving On
A couple from Kingston are coming to look at the apartment tomorrow. I'll be out of here in June. I feel kind of bad giving up the apartment. People are offering me $ching ching$ cash to let them have it, but I hate that sort of thing. It's what makes cities like Toronto unaffordable to live in decently.
Last night we began the balcony life as the warm weather has started. The game between Montreal and Tampa was on which everyone wanted to watch, but it was the first warm night since last fall. As a compromise the neighbour brought the TV onto the porch and we had a beer and pizza party outside. I'll miss this neighbourhood.
I was lying in the sun and I feel so sleepy now. I've been working like crazy for the past couple of weeks on a big project which I finished last night! Now I'm working on an art project with K-ob that is part of a gallery show in New York in December.
So it's time to move on, dig up the roots and take to the wind for a while. Every few years it's good to change the scene and keep things fresh.
Bush and Martin met today for a butt kissing session, which may be wasted time if Bush is ejected from the Oval Office this November.
Last night we began the balcony life as the warm weather has started. The game between Montreal and Tampa was on which everyone wanted to watch, but it was the first warm night since last fall. As a compromise the neighbour brought the TV onto the porch and we had a beer and pizza party outside. I'll miss this neighbourhood.
I was lying in the sun and I feel so sleepy now. I've been working like crazy for the past couple of weeks on a big project which I finished last night! Now I'm working on an art project with K-ob that is part of a gallery show in New York in December.
So it's time to move on, dig up the roots and take to the wind for a while. Every few years it's good to change the scene and keep things fresh.
Bush and Martin met today for a butt kissing session, which may be wasted time if Bush is ejected from the Oval Office this November.
4/27/2004
Harping on Harper
Today one time Prime Minister Joe Clark spoke out against the Conservative Party's leader Stephen Harper. As the Liberals who have been in power for over a decade fall from favour there is some chance that people may resort to voting Conservative putting Harper in the driver's seat. Joe of course is a former Progressive Conservative Party leader which gives his concerns a lot of weight. What he has explicitly said is that this new Conservative party should not be mistaken for the old one. This incarnation is cast from the same mold as the Bush Republicans.
Canadians in general are unlikely to readily accept a policy shift as far to the right as Harper would like it to go, but shift to the right it would.
Harper supports the war in Iraq and Canadian troops would be stuck in that mess right now if he had his way. There would be no same sex marriage, health-care would shift towards a privatized two tier system, gun control would be watered down, abortion would not be a women's right but exposed to the whims of legislative trends.
I'm now waiting to see how long it takes for him to evoke "God" as his ally. Oh wait that's his "trademark" ending for his speeches "God Bless Canada".
Of course if you like these ideas he's your man, or you could move next door where they have the uncensored version.
Canadians in general are unlikely to readily accept a policy shift as far to the right as Harper would like it to go, but shift to the right it would.
Harper supports the war in Iraq and Canadian troops would be stuck in that mess right now if he had his way. There would be no same sex marriage, health-care would shift towards a privatized two tier system, gun control would be watered down, abortion would not be a women's right but exposed to the whims of legislative trends.
I'm now waiting to see how long it takes for him to evoke "God" as his ally. Oh wait that's his "trademark" ending for his speeches "God Bless Canada".
Of course if you like these ideas he's your man, or you could move next door where they have the uncensored version.
4/25/2004
4/23/2004
4/22/2004
Wedding Round Two
Anzo and Killer Kane are having their grand festival of matrimonious follies and the introduction of the fabulous GiGi to the northern climes this weekend in St. Saveur.
Yours truly will be the mad monster dj Shamoo. Hopefully nobody will mention the brides tits this time. For the record this is a renewal of the vows as the first time around no one was invited (except for me of course).
Yours truly will be the mad monster dj Shamoo. Hopefully nobody will mention the brides tits this time. For the record this is a renewal of the vows as the first time around no one was invited (except for me of course).
4/21/2004
Ignorance is Pissed.
Pompous wind-bag Bill O'Reilly declared the clearly right of centre Globe and Mail a leftist paper the other day. What doesn't this man not know?
4/20/2004
Grapefruit juice is an inhibitor of cytochrome P-450 3A4 (CYP3A4).
-The cytochrome P450 (P450) superfamily of enzymes is one of three enzyme systems which metabolize the fatty acid arachadonic acid (AA) to regulators of vascular tone.
-Grapefruit juice is a potent inhibitor of the intestinal cytochrome P-450 3A4 system (specifically: CYP3A4 - mediated drug metabolism) which is responsible for the first-pass metabolism of many medications. This interaction can lead to increases in bioavailability and corresponding increases in serum drug levels.
-People have known for about a decade that grapefruit juice somehow reduces the fast-pass effect, making drugs more effective. Recently, James W. Harris, a scientist with Bioavailability Systems LLC, has established that spiro ortho esters are the molecules in grapefruit that make this work. ("CITRUS CHEMISTRY BOOST DRUGS"
June 2, 2003 Chemical and Engineering News, p. 33-37.)
-Grapefruit Essential Oil Common Name: Grapefruit
Botanical Name: Citrus paradisii
Origin: USA
Distillation Method: Cold Pressed
Uses: Has a sweet, sharp, citrusy aroma. It is antidepressant, antiseptic, diuretic and disinfectant. Excellent for concentration. Invaluable in times of stress, uplifts and revives the spirit.
4/18/2004
Update
As you may have noticed I'm not writing much these days. I'm in a floating period. I feel detached from social things so I don't have strong enough feelings to write much. No political rhetoric. It's beyond comment. Clearly we have a morally confused presence in Washington and Ottawa has it's own problems. Normally I'm motivated by contempt, but that seems like such a waste of effort. I'm in love with my camera right now and all the beauty it reveals to me in the most mundane settings.
Sophie is starting to get used to Boston. The wedding last week went horribly wrong when my uncle's misguided attempts at humour alienated most of the guests. Never mention the brides tits, especially don't comment on how they compare to those of your wife.
My little friend who is new to this neck of the woods vanished for the weekend, or did I?
Sophie is starting to get used to Boston. The wedding last week went horribly wrong when my uncle's misguided attempts at humour alienated most of the guests. Never mention the brides tits, especially don't comment on how they compare to those of your wife.
My little friend who is new to this neck of the woods vanished for the weekend, or did I?
