tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40364812011-04-21T22:27:56.037-04:00Where you can read the relatively rational ramblings of a silly half-monkey, half-boy. This freak of nature is named Joel. He also responds to the name 'Bart Wang'.HCJoelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00253510251647077531noreply@blogger.comBlogger1531100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4036481.post-48155323786852241142009-03-21T14:12:00.006-04:002009-03-21T15:15:12.731-04:00

I often send myself articles or links so I can read them again or forward them to other people. I had three sitting in my 'inbox' for a long time so I am now sharing them with you. Not that you check here anymore. It's been about three years since my last post, I think. When you do check, you'll be rewarded. Onward!Making Movies To Change The WorldA great article about some documentaries

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Hello friends. It's almost the holiday season! Well, if you ask me, it's been here for a while. I started listening to Christmas music a couple weeks ago. In the last two years, there have been some great holiday tunes put out there. This year, it's my favourite songstress, Rosie Thomas. This album (available only online at this point, as far as I know) is spectacular. The track, 'Why

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This past weekend was our fourth anniversary. Yep, the big Oh-Four in Oh-Eight. We went to the marvelously romantic city of Amherst, New York for two nights. Wow. Yes, ladies, you let this guy get away. Your loss, Mrs. Wang's gain.Mrs. Wang is beautiful, smart, funny, caring, compassionate (she married me, right?), smells nice, the best baker/cook in the world, foxy and incredible. I am the

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I have no idea why I titled this post the way I did. It doesn't mean anything. And I know several words that rhyme with 'suck'.I'm not doing a good job on updating this bad boy. Somehow, we've entered the Twilight Zone and even Blondel is posting more than I am!I have a very kind friend who was gracious enough to send me MP3s of Denison Witmer's new album, Carry The Weight. Anyone who has met

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If you haven't seen these videos yet, make sure to visit Bill's site and behold the tragedy of Christians trying to be hip. I think the dude in the first video can be described as a true 'try-hard', as my sister-in-law Katie would say.And speaking of Bill, he wrote an awesome entry on his blog last month. You need to read it in light of our respective countries' upcoming elections.We had a

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I read this on an insert in the bulletin from church and liked it a lot. It is both challenging and inspiring. I am the first to acknowledge that I suck at prayer. I don't spend enough time praying, I am easily distracted and likely bore God with lame prayers because I don't treat it as a real experience of communing/hanging out with God. This makes me want to be better. This was taken from

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Yes, it could be. In fact, it is! Everyone and their mom is blogging more than I am. I feel like a dunce. So many times I have thought about fun stuff to post but, honestly, Facebook is way easier. And less meaningful, I recognize that.So, how have you been? I'm relatively not unwell, thank you for mentally asking. We had a good day so far (hopefully there will be no problems in the next

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Hey friend. I just returned from a quick trip down the I-90 to Cleveland, Ohio with Mike & Josh. We had a splendid time. We spent a couple hours at the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame, which was so rad. We saw lots of memorabilia and learned interesting facts on various artists we enjoy so much. I particularly enjoyed the special exhibit on the Beach Boys (including the original, handwritten lyrics

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They're not as frequent as they once were. This is actually the first week I've had off and stayed home in over a year, believe it or not. Ok, I'm not crying the blues, I get a significant amount of time off. It's been a decent week. Melanie had to work nights four times but we did get some time together. Went out for breakfast twice (once with Melanie, once with Cal & Soo whom I have not

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I'm a total ass. You already knew that. I'm just learning it. I missed my favourite comedian of the day, Jim Gaffigan, in Toronto on the weekend. I only found out today that he was in the area. Dangit! I've tried to get Belanger to see him in Calgary in a couple weeks. Are you in Calgary? You should go too. I guarantee tears. Hot pocket!You need to hear him so you can get his last album,

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No, my friends, it isn't. As you can see, it is late at night on a Friday - prime posting time. No workout with Taxman (I'm recovering from round two of my battle with some form of influenza) but some time with my favourite lady and a good flick.Have you tried the new Buffalo Wings & Blue Cheese potato chips from President's Choice? Damn. Those are good chips. You knuckleheads from America

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It's been a long time since my last post. I doubt anyone's life has been negatively affected by my lacklustre blogging. It's Monday and I've taken the day off. We went out for breakfast this morning, came home and did some gardening (Melanie weeded while I cut the grass and finished adding mulch to the garden). Melanie's in the midst of preparing zucchini relish as she's harvested a fine crop

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Good day, welcome to my blog, eh? Growing up, Bob & Doug were two of my heroes. They're, like, geniuses or something. Anyways, they celebrated the twenty-fourth anniversary of Strange Brew on the Victoria Day long weekend and I got to watch it on TV, eh? Now you get to watch some of the highlights. My favourite part is at the two minute mark when they engage in a debate. It's genius, eh?

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... but it is Will Ferrell. And it's so over-the-top that it makes me laugh. Did you hear about this? Caused a big uproar, apparently, in some circles due to its use of foul language. Dig it. Thanks to Phil for the link.The LandlordAnd here's another one from Willy...I purchased DVDFab today and hope it will facilitate me in my quest to copy Freaks & Geeks for my friends to observe. I have

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Two sites to note... First, a new writing collective has formed from the ashes of Winterbeard. We've shaved and are ready for summer by telling you what we think. I've been thrown into this, in spite of my ignorance and immaturity. It's called Crooked Letters and I feel privileged to be in such good company. Maybe I'll turn something in worth publishing. Check it.Secondly, The Ted Kennedys

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Sorry there's not more DJ to observe. He is a fine male specimen. Moreso than my ugly ass. Cal's not bad but I won't even reference Mike. But Melanie and Jenn are prettier than all of us so focus on them and enjoy the tune. I'd love to get DJ to record this professionally in a studio. He's the man!

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I know a lot of people. Some would suggest I have an warm personality and an uncanny ability to engage in reasonably meaningful conversation with anyone. Others would agree with the some. I just like people, I guess, in spite of my statements indicating general disdain for the masses of humanity. Except you. I like you. Anyhow, I've talked about Phil Donlon before. I randomly e-mailed

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This show had Rosie opening for Damien Jurado. The upstairs room had some loud bass pumping so it's distracting at points during Rosie's set. She makes light of it at one point. This was the first time I met her and she was super nice. I gave her a small gift and a letter expounding on my appreciation for her when I went to find her behind the stage. I walked away after she thanked me only

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I have three videos of Denison live from over the years. Now, with my fancy new computer, I can share them. This one was from the tour with Copeland and Rainer Maria. Enjoy. I just copied one of my Rosie Thomas shows to the meaty hard drive so I'll share that in the coming days. Make sure you sing along, kids.VIDEO: Live at the Kathedral in Toronto, Ontario (June 15,2005) [WMV file - 80 megs

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I don't know when this was recorded but must be around the last quarter of 2001 since that's when the other shows I have were. Enjoy!Denison Witmer - Live at the Khyber [ZIP file]

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Thanks to Dave Lapsley, I'm back in the game. The dude cleared up several computer issues in no time as well as hooked me up with Firefox. Blondel had been talking about it for years but I paid him no mind. I was wrong about this one, Blonsi. I'm sorry.Today went from a hopeful, productive day to almost nada. I worked out with Eric and Chad this morning. Chad and I went over to Future Shop

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More DW for your listening pleasure. Thanks to Scott for posting these way back when. I wish I could still get into his FTP site. Hook me up! For those unhip cats, The Fire is a club in Philadelphia. Is Denison Philly's second favourite son, next to Rocky Balboa? I don't know which I would choose if I were forced. They're neck-and-neck in my books. Yes, I maintain actual books about these

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Hello kids. Uncle Monkey Boy is moving forward into 2007. I watched 'The Devil And Daniel Johnston' today, which my lovely wife gave me for Christmas. I knew nothing about Daniel Johnston before except that lots of people talked about him. I'm always a sucker for a good biography. This one had me hooked in throughout. Now, I'm watching 'Endless Harmony', the Beach Boys documentary, again.

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And in that region there were shepherds out in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And an angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were filled with fear. And the angels said to them, “Be not afraid; for behold, I bring you good news of a great joy which will come to all the people; for to you is born this day in the city of David a

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Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judas in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, saying, “Where is he who has been born king of the Jews? For we have seen his star in the East, and have come to worship him.”Matthew 2:1-2 RSV “ ‘Beware of beautiful strangers,’ ” said one of the magi-astrologers, the wise men, “ ‘and on Friday avoid travel by water

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Do you have IFC? I do. Do I watch it? No. Why did I get it then? Well, it made me feel more cool than retaining the stupid "music" channels that never play music. Plus, I knew that one day Phil Donlon's films would appear on my screen. That day is this Saturday, December 9th at 5:35PM. This is Phil's first short film, Wrestled, and it's excellent. Not only does Phil co-write, star and direct in

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And she gave birth to her first-born son and wrapped him in swaddling cloths, and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn. Luke 2:7 RSV “That was a long, long time ago,” said the Innkeeper, “and a long, long way away. But the memories of men are also long, and nobody has forgotten anything about my own sad, queer part in it all unless maybe they have

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In the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin’s name was Mary. And he came to her and said, "Hail, O favored one, the Lord is with you!" But she was greatly troubled at the saying, and considered in her mind what sort of greeting this might be. And the

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Hi. I'm back. I'd love to tell you about our trip but, really, I suck at writing long entries that require thought. Effort, on the other hand? You get that by the truckload. My following posts will prove that. I read a few books while on the beach of Cozumel. Sometimes, between chapters, I'd grab some food or, more often, Coca-Cola Light (that's how Coke markets Diet Coke). I read two

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Yep, I'm on vacation again. Woo hoo! If you need to speak with me over the next week, call here.What a dump, eh? I'll tell you the whole sob story when I get home. Pray for me.

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Should I post an update? Yes. Will I? Of course. Is it now? Not exactly. What you will get are a lot of links and maybe a couple small forwarded messages of interesting reading material. I often read something and send the link to myself in order to post it on here and share with you, my friends. Of course, I have way more in my inbox than I have given you so I'm on a cleaning spree. If

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Or, at least, people are laughing at me for my stupidity and immaturity. A laugh is a laugh so I'll take it. See my brilliant, sharpened wit in one of the top five entries for Twitch's Science Of Sleep contest. I've only read positive reviews of this film and am looking forward to seeing it.

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... who has been searching for himself on Google. Now, I am not sure if this is the Jeff Timko a.k.a. Omar Epps that I know. It may very well be. If so, I dedicate this post to you, my boy.Jeff got into footbag a while back. To the uninitiated, it's merely hacky sack. To those footbag fanatics, that is foolishness and irreverence. Since I talk to Jeff approximately once a year, I didn't

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Bill dropped this bad boy in my lap. He was asking me about the band, Protest The Hero, as they are Canadian, apparently. I have heard the name but I don't move in metal circles so I'm not hip to them. He sent me the link to this video. The video kicks ass and the song sounds great. I love the crispness of the drums. Bang thy head!

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Aren't friends great? Always there with an encouraging word and making you feel better. As I was going through e-mails, and found a caring message from my friend, Matt. The story goes like this... I don't see Matt a lot so when we were talking, I told him that some other folks were talking about going to see the local football team, the Hamilton Tiger Cats, lose (they suck this year, like

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Yes, the car saga has come to an end. Well, for the most part. I am left with a large amount of money owing on a line of credit (after being debt-free for five months) but I own a dark red 2002 Honda Civic LX. It's a great vehicle and I am very happy with it. However, I would be happier if I still owned a 1995 Dodge Stratus SE. The new car is fully powered (windows, locks, cruise, air

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Those of you who have read much on this blog (both of you) have heard me talk about my friend, Bill. Bill's an awesome guy who I have been blessed to get to know over the last several years, including a couple trips down to see him in Wildwood, New Jersey. He and his lovely wife, Ronee, are now in Nashville, where Bill is back in the music biz amongst friends and Ronee is kicking ass and taking

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I discovered this brief but insightful interview with Stephen Colbert thanks to Pat. I like The Colbert Report. A lot. I always wondered how his wit was so well-informed when it came to God stuff. This interview explained much.

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That's right, Bill, I'm on holidays. Again. Dude, give me a break, it's been about a month and a half since I've had vacation. I finished work about two hours ago. It's been a stressful couple of weeks with work dealing me some challenging cases and then there was that whole stolen car dealie. Speaking of the car...It's a write-off, apparently. The jerks that stole it broke the coat hanger

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I just discovered that I was linked to over at B.I.C. Blogs, a blog which links to other blogs maintained by folks that are involved with Brethren In Christ churches, of which I am. Thanks for finding me, Pat!For those who haven't heard, my car was stolen on Wednesday night/Thursday morning. I worked really late on Wednesday on a bad case (kids with serious injuries caused by a parent) and

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Bill has posted on multiple occasions about the odd searches that result in people hitting his website. Since I picked up that nifty counter, I can read some of the search words. Once, there was some search for something to do with lesbians. I'm pretty sure that guy didn't find what he was looking for on my blog. I guess the word 'hardcore' can trick some people. Anyhow, here are the current

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I think I posted pictures of my luscious beard before. Well, it's been gone for a few months. For a couple days before I shaved it off completely, I owned with what we Saltfleet Saracens know as the 'Deckert'. Maybe there's an actual term for this style of facial hair but we know it because of our English teacher who gave us plenty of hilarious lines over our five year high school careers (we

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Did you foreign devils (i.e., Americans) know that we have a bunch of holidays for no reason whatsoever? Well, I suppose it is probably balanced out by other days you have off that we don't (e.g. MLK Day). Anyhow, we're off today for a 'civic holiday'. Pretty sweet. We do crazy things like get naked and sit in boxes. At least, that is what my sister and I did back in the day. Woo nelly,

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Ever heard of a pastor who supports the separation of church and state? Oh, and isn't a nutbar? Let me introduce you to two. First, the teaching pastor of our church, Bruxy Cavey. Second, Gregory Boyd. I think I might have first read his most widely-known book, Letters From A Skeptic. What hooked me was his later work, God Of The Possible, which properly introduced me to the theological

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Two in two days - you lucky sonuvaguns! This one isn't really mine but I wanted to toss it on here anyway. I read this Dear Abby column in the paper a few weeks back. Someone wrote in asking about proper attire for church. They printed four responses to the columnist's reply - two opposed and two supporting her view. Guess which ones I found angering?-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

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It's been a long time, boys and girl. I don't apologize. I've been living life. You've been sitting in front of your computer, cursing my non-updated blog. Or, maybe it's been reversed. Anyhow, here's some new shizzle...Some of my friends will remember when the walls of our childhood-structured religious system began crumbling. Much of it was thanks to a man we knew as Omar Epps. No, not

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I'm reading a book called The Ragamuffin Gospel by Brennan Manning, which Melanie bought me for my birthday. (Click here to read the first chapter.) I heard many good things about the man and read a few quotes that were great. A couple years ago, I bought Melanie his book called Abba's Child for Christmas, and she really enjoyed it. (Here's the first chapter.)Anyhow, I'm just at the beginning

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Hey you! Yes, YOU! Read this!A Subversive Southerner Passes.Holiness Without The Legalism. Ten denominations co-operate to revive their historic emphasis.Peace Be With You. Christ's resurrection not only frees us from death, but also frees us from using it.

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Red Rover from Only With Laughter Can You WinPretty Dress from If Songs Could Be HeldIllusion ProfusionRosie lent her voice to this cartoon and it fits perfectly.Go down underneath the videos of Sufjan for a post I started last week and didn't finish until the 12th. Oopsie poopsie!

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For the Widows in Paradise, for the Fatherless in YpsilantiRomulusThey are Night Zombies!! They Are Neighbors!! They Have Come Back from the Dead!! Ahhhh!Casimir Pulaski Day

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It's almost 4 AM and I've been online downloading music for three hours. Many blogs are now posting MP3s. Wow. I've found a bunch of Sufjan's stuff that I didn't have and learned about two Rosie Thomas tracks I didn't possess. You can download the whole kids album that has one of Rosie's songs (as well as Sufjan, Mark Kozelek, Great Lake Swimmers and Broken Social Scene) too. In addition, I

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It's 10 AM on Wednesday, I'm not at my own desk and I'm waiting for work. I have work of my own to do but I'm covering for the folks that answer the phones. So far, we've got one call in forty-five minutes. That's very good.Melanie's parents came over last night for dinner. Melanie is far and away the greatest cook of all-time. I know that might seem to be hyperbole but, trust me, it's not.

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My man, the Listener, makes the news in Spokane. Check the story lead here and watch the news clip here. This dude is awesome. He has a blunt instrument and he speaks bluntly into it, some people call it 'micro' but we happen to think it's infinite.The house is coming together a little bit more every day. Unfortunately, I'm stuck as to how much more I can do at this point. I need my

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Hello friends! Bart Wang is back on the Internet, in spite of the Bell's repeated screw-ups. We've moved. We're in our new house, which we own. Well, I suppose the bank owns it at this exact moment because we haven't made one mortgage payment yet. The move was eventful. The good? We have lots of friends. They are an incredible blessing. We had a lot of people help us out in our afternoon

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Right after I write about Zao (Brett Detar's former band), I read that The Juliana Theory has called it quits. That's too bad. I don't have the latest album, Deadbeat Sweetheartbeat, but the songs on their site sound like what I would expect - good. I never got into their 'Love' album. I adored 'Understand This Is A Dream' back when I got it in 1999. I wrote a glowing review of it for the

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Do you like Benny Hinn? Have you been healed by his ministry? Do you tune in religiously because you believe him to be God's messenger? Me neither. I think he's more of a tool than a messenger. Anyhow, my friend Justin sent me a link to this rather extensive article about Brother Hinn. Let me make it very clear - the man is a fake and he's dangerous. Read it and learn why. I lent Justin

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More good reading material for you to peruse while I solve a murder with Grissom and help Dog The Bounty Hunter find some hoodlums...Agnieszka Tennant - What Would Jesus Buy?Steven Greenhouse - How Costco Became The Anti-Wal-Mart [This one is for Leanne Muir!]

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I'm watching a special on CBC about the origins of 'the Canadian sound' in music. It's pretty great. After Fred lent me the book, 'Have Not Been The Same', my interest in Canadian music grew exponentially. This TV show is right up my alley. It's nutty to learn about how many of the songs I hear on Oldies 1150 (my favourite radio station) are actually Canadian!I've read a lot of excellent

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I have a beard. Many of you know this by now because you've seen it. I think it's quite impressive. I'm no Dave Blondel but I can grow some significant facial hair. It will only last until Melanie insists I shave it off. I'm hoping that's not for a while. Nothing beats not shaving. Ok, several things are better than not shaving but it is still pretty high up the list of super-great things.

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Darren Conley posted a link to an article in the Hamilton Spectator today about John Campea's site, The Movie Blog. John started the site back in 2003 and was running it with Lapsley and Todd before they left and started their own movie site. Anyhow, John started doing an audio edition of The Movie Blog that involved him and Doug Nagy talking about (mostly mainstream) movies. I loved it

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The election hubbub is over and we have a new prime minister. His name is Stephen Harper. He's from Calgary and he's a Conservative. Word is he is also a Christian. That's a lot of 'c' words. Anyhow, there's been a lot of mud thrown at Mr. Harper over the years because he's a Conservative and because he's a conservative Christian. Politics is such a messy game. At the same time, there has

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My friend Rod goes down to Birmingham, Alabama a lot for business. He, like me, loves BBQ. For those of you unfamiliar to BBQ culture, that's how you refer to any food cooked on a barbecue. You don't refer to 'barbecued chicken' or whatever. You just say 'barbecue' and that encompasses all the possible foods. Mmmmmm... Anyhow, Rod is heading down south this week and he said he would try to

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I stole this. Ok, borrowed. I give the NY Times credit at the bottom (you can go to the site and print off a copy if you like). I found this article through Christianity Today. On the CT site, a writer was criticizing this article. I didn't agree with some of the criticisms. I'll let you read both, if you so choose. January 20, 2006Op-Ed ContributorWayward Christian Soldiers By CHARLES

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Lot did some pretty crummy things that were recorded in the Bible. Getting drunk and being seduced by his own daughters? Nasty. However, this guy suggests something else went on as well. The discussion of 'pitching tents' near Sodom is funny in and of itself. However, add in a slip of the tongue and it gets even better. Watch yourself, Blondel. Hahaha. Thanks to Justin for the link.

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This is a guilt post. Breukelaar continues to post regularly. Conley often gives me something to laugh about. Nagy throws on a little observation now and then. Even Bill got back into the swing of things. I've been off work for the past two weeks. What's my excuse? I'm pretty damn lazy. Here's your update, fools.I must tell you, I've discovered The Grateful Dead. It was after watching

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A brief observation that will (or, at least, should) make your blood boil. While adding up my gas receipts for 2005, I noticed something that made me angry. Yesterday, January 4th, 2006, I filled up on gas at 97.9 cents a litre. That's insane. I have a receipt from purchasing gas on January 2nd, 2005 and I paid 67.9 cents a litre. I kid you not. That's thirty cents a litre and almost a

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It's Christmas time. There's no need to be afraid. At Christmas time, we let in light and we banish hate. We also engage in ridiculous practices that kill us mentally, spiritually and, sometimes, physically. My friend, Ben Tombs, sent me some links to two chapters from God In The Dock, a book by C.S. Lewis (yes, the guy who wrote The Chronicles Of Narnia). Read them for some challenging

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If you haven't heard and loved Sufjan Stevens, I will maim you. I found out about some guy that has all of Sufjan's Christmas albums hosted on his site. You can go there by clicking on the links here and here and here. Yes, they're all the same.Thanks to Opus for the heads-up about some live Sufjan from Belgium! You can download the fifteen track performance for free! The sound quality is

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You were hoping for a nice long update akin to the one this past week, right? Well, keep hoping. I'm in the midst of cleaning out my old e-mail account (long live 'hcjoel@hwcn.org') because it's Lynx-based (I only saw text, never graphics) and it cost $32 a year. Hotmail is free. Gmail is free. I'm with Hotmail for the time being. Anyhow, I had quite a few messages saved from over the years

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Yes, my friends, it's been a while. I apologize. Life has been hectic in the Martin household. I shall attempt to give you brief yet entertaining updates of what the hell has been going on. There's a fair bit so I hope you have more than one minute free and a better attention span than the average unmedicated North American child.CUBA! The big trip that you missed out on. I don't think

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Well, kids, I can't tell you about how excited I am to be out of this urine-soaked hell-hole we call southern Ontario. We're on our way in about 14 hours to Cayo Coco, Cuba! You could have joined us but, unless your names are Josh, Amanda, Katie or Darren, you are a chump and you'll be at home while we're having fun down south. This is where we are staying in case you need to get a hold of us.

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I've been meaning to listen to Wood/Water by The Promise Ring for weeks but never got around to it. It's spinning now. Why the sudden follow-through? I bought the latest issue of Alternative Press and didn't even realize until I was reading it that they had a big 'oral history' of The Promise Ring. I was thrilled. TPR was probably the first band I went to see at a small show - the first time

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"This is a shitty dollar store." - Dude with high expectations at Eastgate MallToday is Saturday. I think my last post was started on Saturday. The week has been really busy. Some crappy cases at work, particularly one in which I had to place a kid in foster care temporarily. And, believe it or not, it's because of other professionals who aren't doing their job, not because the parents were

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Hi boys and girls. It's Saturday morning just before 9AM. The Leafs smoked the Atlanta Thrashers on last night 9-1. I slept in this morning (to some degree, anyhow). Things seem to be opening up on a good weekend.Let me recount for you what took place on Thursday night, however. Mae. Finally! I missed them when they opened for Something Corporate in their first trip to southern Ontario (I

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Fresh from our first Thanksgiving as a married couple, I give you another update from the Martin's home. I was on a good roll there, wasn't I? Two updates in as many days? Egads, you must have been thrilled! But I let you down. I'm so, so sorry. I'm done grovelling.I went out last Monday with some of the fellows from high school as I was telling you. For the first while, it was just me,

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Hey kids. Uncle Monkey Boy is sitting at home, in front of the computer, sending you a message of love. I love not being at work. I would retire now if I could. Dropped the Stratus off to get undercoated in preparation for winter. I do not love winter. In spite of the fact that I was taught not to hate anything, I will say that I hate winter. Yes, I share my wife's sentiments that snow at

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It's been a busy month for the Martins. Between weeks loaded with work and weekends stacked with concerts and a wedding, we've had enough activity to keep me from updating you on what was going on. Fortunately for you (and by 'you' I mean 'Dave Breukelaar'), I have some time at work to fill in those gaps. Sure, there's work to be done but I've done quite a bit in the past couple days and

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I never played Dungeons & Dragons. As all young people raised in a North American church know, it was evil, sinful and would result in your own demonic possession. I thought that was bad at the time and I wanted nothing to do with such things. There were WAY COOLER sins that I had in mind.Well, I now do not believe it to be sinful but I am thankful I never played. Why? Watch this

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It's the weekend! I've done little today (Saturday). I did less last evening. Got to finally hook-up with Taxman at the gym (it's pronounced 'gime', like 'dime') for a good chest workout. I haven't seen him in about three weeks so it was great to catch up some and pump iron. I had some excellent scrambled eggs afterwards (Taxman's not-so-secret post-workout meal) - delicious!Melanie's

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On our answering machine"Listen, your message still sucks. I'm at Kenny - it rocks! You're missing out. Last time ever, he's so old he's going to die soon. And your missing out! It's so good! See ya!" (Jon Belanger, July 10, 2005 around midnight while at a Kenny Rogers show)The subsequent message features Jon singing at full volume to 'The Gambler' while at said Kenny Rogers show. Most of

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Welcome back! To me, that is. I've been away while you've been here, wondering when you'd get something new. Here it is, my friends. Drivel, just like you wanted. Luckily for you, I've got to stay up and write for a while because I drank two cans of pop (Diet Dr. Pepper and Diet 7-Up) in the past hour or so and I don't want to wet the bed again. I mean, uhh, never mind...It's been a great

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It's booked. Melanie and I booked our trip to Cayo Coco, Cuba today! We will be staying at the El Senador resort. Not only will it be awesome to be away with my wife, we'll be sharing the time with our good friends, Josh and Amanda. In addition, and with any luck for us (as well as verbal beratings for them), Melanie's sister, Katie, best friend, Melanie Ramsay, and one of the greatest human

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Blondel wanted me to update this site. I started to do so then I followed a link that Doug Nagy sent me - I lost everything I had typed. I'd curse Doug but he's a good guy and he makes me laugh frequently so I couldn't do that to him. Listen to Doug's critique of 'Dark Water' and get ready to roar.Who buys things from spam e-mail? I was thinking about this because I have lots of stupid

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Hey kids, uncle Monkey Boy is in the hizzouse again. I'm at work, waiting for Kevin (my supervisor) to get out of his meeting and for people to return my phone calls. I've wanted to talk to you for a while but never devoted the time to do so. I'm sorry if that makes you feel unwanted. You should probably get more of a life and stop crying.I had a great week off last week. Vacation rules. We

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Thank the Lord for vacation. That's right kids, uncle JoJo is off work - again. And I'm only using one actual day of vacation, the other four are made up of overtime I am taking back. My job has a lot of challenges but the time off is nice. And then I'm back to work for only three weeks before I have another two weeks off. Of course, I'll have to wait another two months before I get a week

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I'm back at work. Well, I'm at work every weekday so that's not surprising. I can't believe I didn't post about seeing Denison. Denis, I'm sorry. Hahaha. He opened the show in the middle of June for Copeland and Rainer Maria. It was late so I didn't stay for the them. Melanie got called into work that day so Mike and I drove to Toronto where we hooked up with Todd Brown and Luke Allen for

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Honestly, I've been meaning to do this for a while. I know both of you have been looking for an update on my life but I've let you down. Sure, sure, I could call you directly but that would require less time than typing it all out plus there's that whole personal communication thing. The Internet provides emotional distance with the appearance of intimacy. Much more comfortable, wouldn't you

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Don't ask me how or why but I like Money Money. A lot. I can't think of any other bands that might be considered similar to them that I like. It's not because they are friends with my friends. Maybe it's because they are super nice guys. Maybe it's their pretty faces. It probably has to do with rocking hard. Whatever it is, they rocked Hamilton last night. It was my first time seeing them

HCJoelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00253510251647077531noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4036481.post-1115307589528773632005-05-05T11:40:00.000-04:002005-05-05T11:39:49.586-04:00

I'm back and in half-effect. Why half? I've got a really sore throat and a headache. I was due to head back into work today but didn't sleep last night because of the ill feelings so I called in sick and headed to the walk-in clinic. The doctor didn't know if it was strep throat but took a swab (I managed to control my gag reflex pretty well) and said he would call if it was strep. Blech.

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It's around 11PM and I'm in Wildwood Crest, New Jersey. We're leaving in the morning and we will likely stop in at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. They've got a Salvador Dali exhibit. I wish I could say I knew something about the man other than just having heard his name but I know nothing. Bill & Ronee have been killer hosts and we both wish we could live near them all the time. We also got

HCJoelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00253510251647077531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4036481.post-1114661909902063522005-04-28T00:18:00.000-04:002005-04-28T00:18:29.903-04:00

Well, kids, I'm burning the midnight lamp. Mike & Sandi visited for one last time before Sandi returns to the crap-hole that is Winnipeg. We just finished packing (for the most part) for our trip to visit our friends, Bill & Ronee in the lovely beach town of Wildwood, New Jersey with stops in Scranton, PA (hopefully with some Smokey Bones BBQ) and Binghamton, NY (hopefully it doesn't suck).

HCJoelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00253510251647077531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4036481.post-1113423997875874842005-04-14T13:20:00.000-04:002005-04-14T13:15:22.530-04:00

I'm at work. I'm a good employee, though I am certain you are questioning that. I have done little-to-nothing all day because almost all of my work is done. I found a mom who was avoiding me this morning and made an appointment for tomorrow morning with her. That was the extent of tasks I needed to complete. So be jealous.This weekend was killer. On Friday night... Dang. What did I do on Friday?

HCJoelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00253510251647077531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4036481.post-1113000715495846492005-04-07T19:03:00.000-04:002005-04-08T18:51:55.500-04:00

Believe it or not I actually did post something a while back but the system crashed after I tried to publish it. To my faithful reader, I apologize. There's been a fair bit of cool things I've done in the last while so I'll quickly bring you up to speed.Last week, I was on vacation. I had accumulated a fair bit of overtime and, with the Easter holidays, I was able to have ten days in a row

HCJoelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00253510251647077531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4036481.post-1111961412803407322005-03-27T17:10:00.000-05:002005-03-27T17:10:12.823-05:00

I am having one of those rare relaxing and productive days. I'm currently rocking out to Living Sacrifice. Egads... Every time I throw on their album, Reborn, I cannot keep from moving. The first track, Reborn Empowered, has to be one of the greatest metal songs of all-time. In fact, I just left the keyboard in order to shake my ass in the spare bedroom to it. Blondel, back me up on this

HCJoelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00253510251647077531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4036481.post-1111815449450092792005-03-26T00:50:00.000-05:002005-03-26T00:37:29.453-05:00

I'm up late, yet again. I've been chatting online with babes all day. Ok, I actually mean, with some friends that I don't get to talk to often like Leanne Lewis/Muir, Darryl "Pimp" Timko, Mike "The Animal" Andres and Todd "My poop is" Brown. I downloaded some of the new Lifehouse tracks but haven't given then a full listen because I also downloaded the whole new Mae record, 'The Everglow'.

HCJoelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00253510251647077531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4036481.post-1111358741098232792005-03-20T17:45:00.000-05:002005-03-20T17:45:41.136-05:00

This was a busy weekend for the Joelinator. Had a big pile of people in our little house on Friday night. We gabbed a lot, ate too much and had a good time. We watched 'Napoleon Dynamite', which was more appreciated by some than others. Hahaha. Melanie had Melanie Ramsay down from Smith's Falls as well as Karen Golledge from that little town whose name escapes me as I type this. Crap... Sorry,

HCJoelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00253510251647077531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4036481.post-1110751377852224982005-03-13T17:01:00.000-05:002005-03-13T17:06:34.563-05:00

Ever have those days where you disgust yourself as a result of the emissions you make? Today is that day, my friends. I disgust myself. And I would disgust you but it's unlikely I would allow myself to be so carefree (or would it be 'careless') as to torture you with this stuff. Unless you're name is Melanie and you're married to me. In that case, honey, prepare for a visit to Gross City! Last

HCJoelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00253510251647077531noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4036481.post-1110252187827524112005-03-07T22:22:00.000-05:002005-03-07T22:23:07.836-05:00

I cannot allow this to continue. Dave Blondel will push me to update my blog regularly. That dude's a writing machine lately! Do I really need more motivation than trying to keep up with the likes of him? Yes. Yes, I do. And it comes in the form of Jonathan Anderson. He actually reads the garbage we write. Jon is a wise man. He recognizes brilliance when he sees it. He took a picture of

HCJoelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00253510251647077531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4036481.post-1109213449326892832005-02-23T21:39:00.000-05:002005-02-23T21:50:49.330-05:00

Ok, Blondel seems to think this is a competition. He writes some crap, usually lacking substance, and then considers that a legitimate blog post. C'mon, Blonsi. Let's be real here. The post about the great qualities of Public Enemy's 'It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back'? Good. The rest? Keep working. My wife and her sister are sitting on the couch watching Jon Cusack and Jack

HCJoelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00253510251647077531noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4036481.post-1079791348063591012004-03-20T09:02:00.000-05:002004-03-20T09:05:45.640-05:00

I suck. I can't believe I haven't written anything. No, wait, of course I can believe that. Like I said, I suck. The two go together perfectly. I just woke up and I'm going to have a protein shake before stretching and making my way over to the gym. Belly should be meeting me there, though I have no idea at what time. He is always at least fifteen minutes later than the time he states. If

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