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Uncrustables
The concert review is still coming, I promise. Someday. I’m on a Discord server where people talk about foods and snacks and stuff. Recently, a few of those folks tried their first-ever Uncrustables and I became inspired. Would it be better if I was more easily inspired by other things? Probably yes. What I knew Continue reading
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Troll 2
At this point it’s safe to say that my creation of this blog has not had the desired effect of inspiring me to go out of my way and do more new-to-me things. Not that there’s been nothing. Early on in the summer, Mika and I stayed in a resort outside of Tofino, BC, for Continue reading
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The Martian
Years ago, I had a habit of regularly buying lotto tickets. Not, like, at a problem level – just a common thing when at the 7-Eleven or Shoppers or whatever. I got enough free ticket and $2 and $5 winners that I figured I came close to breaking even. To put this theory to the Continue reading
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Clerks III
There was once a time when skipping a Kevin Smith movie would have been unthinkable for me. Here I really should post this picture from the early 2000s with me and my Dogma t-shirt and my shaved head and my tiny glasses and my goatee that I never quite got around to finishing. Unfortunately for Continue reading
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Cop Rock
Been a while. I haven’t done a whole lot of new-to-me things lately, and the ones I have didn’t fit here. But then there’s Cop Rock. I blame John Oliver for this. You can blame John Oliver for many people watching Cop Rock, as a clip shown on Last Week Tonight sent enough people (myself Continue reading
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Pocari Sweat
A quick googling confirms that I first heard of Pocari Sweat in Dave Barry Does Japan, a book that was adored by 17-year-old me to a frankly embarrassing degree. Also a book that under no circumstances do I plan to revisit, for the most obvious reasons. I might skim back through 1997’s Dave Barry in Continue reading
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Stop Making Sense
I don’t like David Byrne. On a personal level, I mean. He wronged me personally. I got front row seats for his American Utopia show in Saskatoon, only for the date to be cancelled in favour of a second show in Minneapolis instead. Eternal grudge held. But then Mark told me that the Stop Making Continue reading
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Scott Adams – God’s Debris
Mika got a new e-reader, which meant that I got a new old e-reader. It seemed like a good opportunity to finally read this PDF that I’ve had sitting around on various hard drives for nearly 20 years. What I knew Let’s get the obvious out of the way first. Scott Adams is the Dilbert Continue reading
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Pokémon Detective Pikachu
One thing I meant to mention about both Pee-wee’s Big Adventure and Space Jam is that I watched them on my fancy new 4K TV* and I don’t think either of them were meant to be seen that clearly. Wouldn’t be an issue for today’s movie, though I watched it on my 15-year-old 720P TV Continue reading
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Space Jam
I’d hoped that starting this blog would encourage me to sit down and actually watch some movies. Didn’t happen until we got a lightning storm, scaring my cat and sending him scurrying to the basement. In keeping him company, I had time for a double feature that should be right up my alley but that Continue reading
About Me
James. 49. Canadian. He/him. Here for everything I’ve missed.
There’s a musician with my name. I’m not him. He’s probably seen The Godfather.
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