Stefan from SNL voice: the hottest club in the city is the gas stations at 12th and Clark, there's DJ car horn, dipshits blocking the sidewalk
November 29, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Stefan from SNL voice: the hottest club in the city is the gas stations at 12th and Clark, there's DJ car horn, dipshits blocking the sidewalk
Wheel of Time has a questionable number of arabesques on architecture for a world without (6k years removed from) Arabia
Writing fantasy is trying to figure out what to call a French braid when there is no France.
Writing about fantasy cephalopods is typing “She winked” and having to look up whether octopi can wink (they can)
November 24, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Wheel of Time has a questionable number of arabesques on architecture for a world without (6k years removed from) Arabia
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the “thanksgiving food is bad” discourse raises its ugly head every year, but the truth remains that thanksgiving food can be amazing as long as you know how to cook. the problem is we’re throwing a few million sunday drivers directly into a grand prix
I think this is unfair to turkey. turkey is good but hard to cook well because it is so damn big. turkey *parts* are great but lack the esthetic appeal of a centerpiece bird.
it is tired to the point of cliche to say if turkey was good, people would make it more than once a year. but it is understated that at least one American explodes every Thanksgiving in a brave attempt to make the main dish more palatable
November 23, 2025 at 7:44 PM
the “thanksgiving food is bad” discourse raises its ugly head every year, but the truth remains that thanksgiving food can be amazing as long as you know how to cook. the problem is we’re throwing a few million sunday drivers directly into a grand prix
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you're too late, for i have already portrayed myself as the advanced city-dwelling bronzesmith of semiyarka and you as the nomadic cherkaskul clay potter of the steppes
November 21, 2025 at 4:08 PM
you're too late, for i have already portrayed myself as the advanced city-dwelling bronzesmith of semiyarka and you as the nomadic cherkaskul clay potter of the steppes
Listened to part of this while my buddy was driving to Pemberton and even in my 2am Haze could tell it was absolute bullshit
Episode 46: Sapiens
It's an ambitious goal to write the entire history of humanity in just 400 pages. It's even more ambitious to do it without reading any research.
It's an ambitious goal to write the entire history of humanity in just 400 pages. It's even more ambitious to do it without reading any research.
Sapiens
Podcast Episode · If Books Could Kill · 11/20/2025 · 1h 38m
podcasts.apple.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Listened to part of this while my buddy was driving to Pemberton and even in my 2am Haze could tell it was absolute bullshit
PITB is the thing that got me to think about hockey more than "sports sports sports"
Yesterday morning, I was informed that Vancouver Is Awesome no longer wishes to have Canucks coverage on its website and that I, effectively immediately, was out of a job.
November 15, 2025 at 12:06 AM
PITB is the thing that got me to think about hockey more than "sports sports sports"
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Lots of folks captioning aurora photos like "for a few minutes we didn't think about politics"
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
November 13, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Lots of folks captioning aurora photos like "for a few minutes we didn't think about politics"
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
Why do we need Bond when we had like 12 seasons of Archer
James Bond’s death in No Time to Die is causing a nightmare for the next film. Writers are stuck because Bond “was blown to pieces.”
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
November 11, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Why do we need Bond when we had like 12 seasons of Archer
Cute of Seattle to pick a name with local geography (Cascadia) themes but also tech (how I will be pirating the pwhl games)
November 6, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Cute of Seattle to pick a name with local geography (Cascadia) themes but also tech (how I will be pirating the pwhl games)
Neglected mountainous Western region of country ruled by Eastern monarchy rallies around golden eyed heroes?
Manetherin. Vancouver
🤝
Manetherin. Vancouver
🤝
November 6, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Neglected mountainous Western region of country ruled by Eastern monarchy rallies around golden eyed heroes?
Manetherin. Vancouver
🤝
Manetherin. Vancouver
🤝
Apparently there's a cocktail called an beericano, am American but with beer: Campari vermouth and beer.
I took it to mean espresso and beer (stout), which is pretty good but.....
This is just a coffee stout with extra steps
I took it to mean espresso and beer (stout), which is pretty good but.....
This is just a coffee stout with extra steps
November 2, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Apparently there's a cocktail called an beericano, am American but with beer: Campari vermouth and beer.
I took it to mean espresso and beer (stout), which is pretty good but.....
This is just a coffee stout with extra steps
I took it to mean espresso and beer (stout), which is pretty good but.....
This is just a coffee stout with extra steps
The only problem with these is... If all the animals are sapient, dairy products seem awkward
Friar Alder served up cheese and beechnut bake garnished with hotroot sauce, fennel, hazelnut, young dandelion, and scallion salad, arrowhead bread, and strawberry flan.
November 1, 2025 at 3:40 AM
The only problem with these is... If all the animals are sapient, dairy products seem awkward
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Over the past few years, I've frequently criticized Brian Montague for living in North Vancouver. Today I'd like to formally issue an apology.
It turns out he actually lives in Kelowna.
It turns out he actually lives in Kelowna.
Brian Montague, who bluntly has appeared to enjoy being a councillor less than any councillor I’ve ever covered, has announced he won’t be running for re-election
Vancouver councillor defends attendance record after selling local home, buying property in Okanagan
October 30, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Over the past few years, I've frequently criticized Brian Montague for living in North Vancouver. Today I'd like to formally issue an apology.
It turns out he actually lives in Kelowna.
It turns out he actually lives in Kelowna.
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In the kitchens, Friar Chondrus was at their wits' end. The Foremole and his team had decided to make the biggest meadowcream pudding ever seen in Mossflower country. Flour, fruit, honey and cream everywhere!
October 26, 2025 at 7:55 PM
In the kitchens, Friar Chondrus was at their wits' end. The Foremole and his team had decided to make the biggest meadowcream pudding ever seen in Mossflower country. Flour, fruit, honey and cream everywhere!
"Celery and onion flan" is more than a little disconcerting
There was steaming hot onion and leek soup with brown wheat bread, followed by celery and onion flan. This was followed by a hefty honeyed plumcake topped with chestnut sauce. Hot mint an' comfrey tea was served, along with pale summer cider.
October 24, 2025 at 1:57 AM
"Celery and onion flan" is more than a little disconcerting
Love to shove Rangers and Oilers kit into the machine from The Fly and try to sell it in Vancouver
PWHL Vancouver have unveiled their inaugural season jerseys, and they’re slick.
Sticking to the same model as the Season 1 PWHL jerseys.
Sticking to the same model as the Season 1 PWHL jerseys.
October 21, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Love to shove Rangers and Oilers kit into the machine from The Fly and try to sell it in Vancouver
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you don't understand. as someone who isn't inherently good at art, stealing paintings from the museum is the *only* way i'm able to express myself creatively. i wouldn't be able to paint beautiful portraits. but by breaking into a museum and stealing the paintings, now i am
August 3, 2025 at 7:24 PM
you don't understand. as someone who isn't inherently good at art, stealing paintings from the museum is the *only* way i'm able to express myself creatively. i wouldn't be able to paint beautiful portraits. but by breaking into a museum and stealing the paintings, now i am
This car is good, actually, because I could drive without hearing the Frozen soundtrack
“i was married, but i’m not married anymore. women don’t like the vehicle.”
October 17, 2025 at 1:20 AM
This car is good, actually, because I could drive without hearing the Frozen soundtrack
Zone 2 may be for people afraid of working hard and with no pain tolerance, but boy is it for people with high boredom tolerance
October 15, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Zone 2 may be for people afraid of working hard and with no pain tolerance, but boy is it for people with high boredom tolerance
Had to listen to this book on a drive to/from Pemberton and it's terrible. Even at 2 am I could point out how many things were blatantly wrong
"Sapiens" is so normal for the first 70,000 years of human history but then goes absolutely buckwild as soon as it gets to colonialism
October 14, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Had to listen to this book on a drive to/from Pemberton and it's terrible. Even at 2 am I could point out how many things were blatantly wrong
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Central European Guy At Other End Of Bar Watching Some Sport With Mallets On Phone https://theonion.com/central-european-guy-at-other-end-of-bar-watching-some-sport-with-mallets-on-phone/
October 10, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Central European Guy At Other End Of Bar Watching Some Sport With Mallets On Phone https://theonion.com/central-european-guy-at-other-end-of-bar-watching-some-sport-with-mallets-on-phone/
The Bear is an experiment in filming a TV show in exclusively tight singles.
October 9, 2025 at 4:22 AM
The Bear is an experiment in filming a TV show in exclusively tight singles.
Didn't read HP.
Inspired by a post I just saw in which someone admitted they hadn’t seen a single episode of Friends nor the film Love Actually… what cultural hole do you have that’s a bit weird for your generation?
I’ll go first: I haven’t seen Dirty Dancing.
I’ll go first: I haven’t seen Dirty Dancing.
October 5, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Didn't read HP.
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today's newsletter: a consideration of the many wonderful cars in One Battle After Another, in particular Willa's 2005 Yaris, Sensei's T-Bird Super Coupe and Bob's boosted 1991 Nissan Sentra SE-R
The Oscar Should Go to Bob Ferguson's 1991 Nissan Sentra SE-R
'One Battle After Another' as a car movie
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October 3, 2025 at 4:50 PM
today's newsletter: a consideration of the many wonderful cars in One Battle After Another, in particular Willa's 2005 Yaris, Sensei's T-Bird Super Coupe and Bob's boosted 1991 Nissan Sentra SE-R
What's really funny is that this effect would have been killer for the Aes Sedai ageless look if they ever made a Wheel of Time adaptation
youtu.be/R7RCfYcJFbw?...
youtu.be/R7RCfYcJFbw?...
Digital De-Aging Is Changing Movies (For The Worse)
YouTube video by Patrick (H) Willems
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September 29, 2025 at 4:15 AM
What's really funny is that this effect would have been killer for the Aes Sedai ageless look if they ever made a Wheel of Time adaptation
youtu.be/R7RCfYcJFbw?...
youtu.be/R7RCfYcJFbw?...