Aug 20
A picture of me last winter, maybe the winter before. I’m not sure. Taken by ShoMerde.
Sep 09
pic nicked from here Give me a shovel and a piece of earth and I’ll happily dig a rut until you bury me in it. Adventure is for bored people just as fucking is for horny ones. I find the careful maintenance of my routines to be adventure enough. Yet change does occur because change …
Aug 25
I’ve worked in restaurants for a while and I’ve often heard the stories about cooks intentionally putting things –gross things — into people’s food. But I’ve only heard these stories. I’ve never done it, never seen it done and don’t think I know anyone who would actually do it. Most people recognize that doing such …
Mar 18
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gs8k3v5PZNA&hl=en] The fall out from the whole “Pay Your Bill” episode has been odd. For starters, I wasn’t even expecting any fall out. I just figured that one could make a complete spectacle of themselves on Queen West and no one would even notice, let alone care. My mistake. People apparently do notice these things. …
Mar 17
I had a dine and dash tonight. My first one. The fellow comes in somewhere between five and five thirty in the evening. He orders a margarita and tries to engage me in conversation. Unless I’m in an exceptionally good mood, I avoid engaging the customers beyond the basic pleasantries. It leads to trouble. And …
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