February 2009
January 2009
Vancouver friends, anyone know of legit jerk...
Finding really good jerk chicken is like finding really good fried chicken in this city. Or mexican food.
elainecorden:
There’s the place at Kingsway & Fraser, and another on 10th (or 11th?) right behind Hellsgate mall.
okayfine:
Does the Reef count?
rapvsweden: I mean real jerk chicken, on the cheap, anywhere?
“The budget provides $750 million to build new university labs and $2 billion to...”
– Paul Wells
Victims' family's settle out of court, BCians may... →
Those grammar bros are going to be all over you for this one.
elainecorden:
What the hell? It’s government-subsidized mass transport. No public inquest = boolsheet!
Big Black - The Power of Independent Trucking
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Coacheesa '09 →
(via chalkedup)\
This sort of sucks for Coachella. Leonard Cohen, MBV, and Throbbing Gristle are sweet inclusions, but the lower part of the bill is pretty hit or miss and I’d rather have my testicles cleaved off and force fed to Morrissey than endure a solo set by Paul McCartney in 2009.
French people: really bad at building walls, but totally awesome at rioting.
blap:
Move over, usual stereotypes about the French (cheese-eating surrender monkeys, poor personal hygiene, hairy women, arrogant…), there’s a new one in town: torching cars. Apparently, bringing the country to a stand-still with general strikes and protests just doesn’t pack the punch it used to. Solution? Burn...
Your new favorite website. Fuckmylife.com →
cranny:
Example: Today, my friend had to leave work early for a funeral and on his way out I wanted to say something. All I could think of was “have fun”.
“Putin’s withering reply to Dell: “We don’t need help. We are not invalids. We...”
– Gizmodo (via matthewgruman)
Please heart things....
There’s also this button in the right hand corner with a little minus sign beside it that solves many of these problems. Did I also ruin your LiveJournal friends page with that big picture of me that I took at an unconventional angle and then upped the contrast on?
hipstertracker:
If you don’t like it, talk to tumblr about getting some way to comment on things without reblogging. See,...
“Fleet Foxes will never, ever, under no circumstances, from now until the world...”
– FF singer, Robin Pecknold, whose band is currently signed to Sub Pop Records, which is almost wholly distributed (95%) and part-owned (49%) by Warner Bros. Records. Way to keep it real and fight the power. (via blownspeakers) (via cameronr)
In fairness, this dude was born in 1986, which means he...
Frustration shows, as Canucks duke it out at...
The problem with the Canucks is that they’re never good enough, but they’re also never bad enough. Yay for the #10 position in a draft year that isn’t particularly deep past the 5th pick!
This organization is so shitty they aren’t even good enough at being bad.
neilhillbrandt:
WOO HOO TAVARES HERE WE COME!
Don’t worry guys, 09/10 Hodgson and Tavares!
cranny:
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“Fleet Foxes will never, ever, under no circumstances, from now until the world...”
– FF singer, Robin Pecknold, whose band is currently signed to Sub Pop Records, which is almost wholly distributed (95%) and part-owned (49%) by Warner Bros. Records.
Way to keep it real and fight the power.
“In an emergency perhaps the Dalai Lama would eat me”
– Paul McCartney (via cameronr)
I would put this on the undercard of the Elaine eats baby fox pay-per-view special.
CBC: 'Buy American' rule in U.S. stimulus bill... →
As passed by the House, section 1110 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 says, “None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this act may be used for a project for the construction, alteration, maintenance, or repair of a public building or public work unless all of the iron and steel used in the project is produced in the United States.”
Hope,...
No Knead Bread →
Fuck respect. I only rhyme for money.
elainecorden:
blownspeakers:
neilhillbrandt:
blownspeakers:
This involves a lot of doing nothing and about 15-minutes of actual work to make really good bread, which is good, because I’m lazy and the bakeries by my house are balls.
neilhillbrandt: Except you have to let it sit for 12-18 hours. I’d rather do the work and make bread in about 90 minutes...
No Knead Bread →
neilhillbrandt:
blownspeakers:
This involves a lot of doing nothing and about 15-minutes of actual work to make really good bread, which is good, because I’m lazy and the bakeries by my house are balls.
neilhillbrandt: Except you have to let it sit for 12-18 hours. I’d rather do the work and make bread in about 90 minutes so I can eat it with the dinner I am cooking.
This is going to blow...
No Knead Bread →
This involves a lot of doing nothing and about 15-minutes of actual work to make really good bread, which is good, because I’m lazy and the bakeries by my house are balls.
CP: Colorado man indicted on charges of... →
That didn’t take long, did it?
More Adventures in Poorly Attempted Obama PR...
Inspired by the inauguration speech of President Obama, Chef Rod Butters and Audrey Surrao have embraced the call to action from the Commander in Chief and said “Change…Yes We Can”. Rod and Audrey are changing their own professional world by closing their four-diamond, award winning Fresco Restaurant. But like the rebirth of the United States with Obama taking office, they too have a rebirth in...
CBC: Genome Canada head questions lack of funds in... →
Genome Canada president Martin Godbout said his organization was expecting about $120 million from the government to help fund new international research projects, including those led by Canadian scientists. That number would be in line with the $140 million the group received in the 2008 budget and the $100 million it got in 2007.
Instead, Genome Canada received no mention in this year’s...
