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Weather..

Yesterday Vancouver’s weather was fantastic–warm, not humid, and I hung out on the beach for awhile.

Now I’m in Bloomington and it’s hot and humid, even at 9pm.

Nome

Nome

Originally uploaded by elmada.

Both yesterday and today I had to work in the morning, finishing off something that I thought had been killed earlier. After finishing today’s work off, I headed off to meet Nome of The World According to Nome for lunch.

Nome is an incredibly lucky girl—she lives in […]

Hastings

#10 Hastings

Originally uploaded by elmada.

So I lied. A couple of days ago I said I knew nothing about Vancouver before Jerry and John decided to move out here. In truth, I knew that 21 Jump Street was filmed here.

For those of you who’ve forgotten or are unaware for whatever reason, […]

PC Canada

The Buck & Ear

Originally uploaded by elmada.

So Saturday Jerry, John, and I went to the south-west corner of Richmond, British Columbia, to visit the Gulf of Georgia Cannery National Historic Site. Richmond is the suburb directly south of Vancouver, and taking public transportation from downtown out there took almost an hour […]

Dan Savage Is Right

Only in Canada

Originally uploaded by elmada.

Until my friends Jerry and John upped and decided to immigrate to Canada and move to Vancouver, I’d never really thought about Vancouver that much: it’s a city. It’s located in British Columbia, and… well, that’s where my knowledge stopped.

I don’t believe I’ve ever encountered […]

Desecrate This!

Corporate America

Originally uploaded by elmada.

I find it incredibly odd that so many Americans seem to be incredibly concerned with an issue that is incredibly unimportant, namely preventing desecration of the flag.

Between “protecting” the flag and attacking gays, the Republicans have made it pretty clear that it intends to retain control […]

Photo Friday: Remarkable

It’s remarkable that I got this shot.

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Carded

I was complimented last night at the Heartland Crossing Applebees. I’d stopped there with Jay and Murph because State Road 67 is devoid of anything but chain restaurants.

After ordering a beer, I was carded.

It was the first time I’ve had to fish out identification after ordering a beer in a very long time.

Dentist

This morning I had the pleasure of visiting the dentist to get my teeth cleaned.

My dentist is a really fantastic dentist located in the heart of Bloomington on Kirkwood Avenue. I started using him because, at the time, he was about a minute long walk away from where I was living at the time—not […]

Kinky Grandma

‘Kinky’ Allowed on Texas Ballot but Not ‘Grandma’ By ERIC O’KEEFE | Published: July 11, 2006 NYT

Secretary of State Roger Williams ruled that the musician Kinky Friedman could be listed on the ballot in the November election for governor as Richard “Kinky” Friedman. Mr. Friedman has used the nickname in publishing and on stage. […]