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2009

December 152
November 277
October 236
September 226
August 302
July 163
June 96
May 95
April 80
March 50
January 24

2008

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February
January

Avatar and Oompa Loompahs: A Discourse

schwartzy: i don't want to have nightmares about weird blue things
pal: did you have nightmares after charlie and the chocolate factory?
schwartzy: uh... probably?
most of my nightmares involve seafood
and aliens that look like seafood
pal: oompa loompas = weird blue things
schwartzy: they're not blue!
they're green!
pal: blue
schwartzy: FALSE.
evidence, right now
pal: go to your trusty google
i trust my memory
schwartzy: www.belch.com/img/cosoompa.jpg
pal: those fools were blue
schwartzy: they are neither
but their hair is green
pal: oh shoot
schwartzy: funny how we can remember stuff differently
pal: i mean the fatass that turns into a blueberry
schwartzy: haha violet beauregard?
yes, she was blue
pal: i win
Dec 18th
ohhleary: Treating myself to a birthday lunch. Happy...
Dec 18th

Listening to Jeff Buckley radio on...

Yeah, it’s that kind of day.  “Opened Once” from Sketches for My Sweetheart…...
Dec 18th

On the Merits

Celestial Seasonings’ Cinnamon Apple Spice tea > Bigelow’s Cinnamon Apple tea. Even...
Dec 18th

um

lowendtheory: did i miss something or did chuffedlittlemuffin just drop off the face of the...
Dec 18th

Schwartzy vs. The Firm: Round 1.

Today: - came to work - it’s cold as heck outside - hathead - got staffed on a new deal in...
Dec 18th
“A Canadian is someone who knows how to make love in a canoe.”
— Pierre Burton (via...
Dec 18th
Oh HELL NAW. God, I swear to you, I WILL riot if these...
Dec 18th
thedirtycanuck: architectureblog: hunsonisgroovy: Old...
Dec 18th
Listen Listen
Rilo Kiley, “Paint’s Peeling” Perfect winter ennui song. “… and I...
Dec 18th
Listen Listen
hipstertracks: Amy Millan - I Will Follow You Into The Dark (Death Cab Cover) Pretty.  Not as...
Dec 18th
thedirtycanuck: (via architectureblog) i’m (asleep) on a...
Dec 18th
themasonsuperawesomefuntimeshow: squoctobird: ...
Dec 18th
forbetaorworse: staff: Inspired by Wordpress’ seriously...
Dec 17th

My noms are coming!

Greek salad with grilled chicken… top 5 all-time noms.  Srsly.  Is that weird?  I mean,...
Dec 17th
thedirtycanuck: heartwarming: Happy [one day late] 30th...
Dec 17th
atsween: comicbooks: Download the Iron Man 2 trailer in...
Dec 17th
thedirtycanuck: beeriety: What Beer Should I Drink? ...
Dec 16th
omg cookies at weddings cookies cookies...
Dec 16th
On the Brilliance of Shake Shack
Dec 16th
“Lululemon, which is not a Games sponsor, unveiled its “Cool...”
— VANOC accuses Lululemon of bad...
Dec 16th
Whole Foods Republicans
Dec 16th
katiebakes: Is there anything better than Ana Marie Cox...
Dec 16th
i’m in ur blitzen outfit… plotting ur imminent...
Dec 16th

Major League Dreidel

How could I have missed the Major League Dreidel Tournament this year?  F- to me.  To make amends,...
Dec 16th

Looking at friends' and acquaintances'...

People look so happy and beautiful at weddings!  Can’t stop clicking. 
Dec 16th

Is it naptime yet?

Feel like poo today, but didn’t call in sick because it’s not like I’m dying, or...
Dec 16th
fuckyeahcanadaeh: theworldwelivein: Across the Ice (via...
Dec 16th
thedirtycanuck: architectureblog: micasaessucasa: ...
Dec 16th
GPOYW, Megaman ed.
Dec 16th

Back this truck up

I just saw a commercial on ESPN which led me to believe that Mr. T is in World of Warcraft.  Huh?
Dec 16th
Ron Artest's Open Letter to Tiger
Dec 15th
ohhleary: ohryankelley: Fenway Park To Host Free Ice...
Dec 15th
thedirtycanuck: omgsexyfood: Pomegranates. i ate...
Dec 15th
Sick.  Want. 
Dec 15th
thedirtycanuck: giveme-a-reason: copulatedkiss: ...
Dec 15th
Duane Reade win pt. 2: Gums.
Dec 15th
Ah, Ethnic Products. Thanks, Duane Reade!
Dec 15th
wordsandsteel: (via explodingdog) bahahaha
Dec 15th

Just conducted my n00b training

It went well.  I am good at explaining things in simple terms and not taking myself too seriously, I...
Dec 15th
unsolicitedanalysis: quotingthecrisis: — R.J. Matson in...
Dec 15th

Celestial Seasonings' Cinnamon Apple...

Dec 15th
architectureblog: “The Villa” from Studio Daniel Libeskind...
Dec 15th
Oh my god, y'all. There may be mission...
Dec 14th
“An Ceiling Cat sed O hai, make bebehs kthx. An dont worry i...”
—  lolcat Bible Translation...
Dec 14th
Moreover, I exceed the target billables for up years every year.  Obviously I’m the fool...
Dec 14th
After reading part 2 of the gossip debacle re: my firm, I am embarrassed, put off and pissed at...
Dec 14th
FYI, Link is a bitch. 
Dec 14th

I have decided to purchase all...

I am very pleased with my decision. 
Dec 14th
(via fuckyeahschwartzverse) effyeah, Chuck!
Dec 14th
thedirtycanuck: architectureblog: The Walmer Loft by...
Dec 14th
This Little Viki Went to Market
Dec 14th

Do I have to go to work?

I don’t want to.
Dec 14th
jakec: Take a look at the entire infographic, a breakdown...
Dec 14th
thedirtycanuck: architectureblog: hunsonisgroovy: ...
Dec 14th
Look what I found! Was I confused at orientation? Did I...
Dec 14th

this thinkgeek.com catalogue is like a...

… if wet dreams were about shiny things.  wait.
Dec 13th

The only perk

IMMIGRATIONS OFFICER (who has been giving everyone in front of me a hard time):  What’s your...
Dec 12th
So, I watched 500 Days of Summer on the plane.  It was cute,...
Dec 12th
I have never fantasized so much about slapping someone as I did about the stupid British twat in the...
Dec 12th
The television in this country violates the Geneva Convention. 
Dec 11th
Yeah, I had a Twix bar for dinner.  What?  I had a bad day! 
Dec 11th
“In lumpyland, wig wears you!”
—  The Dirty Canuck.  Yes. 
Dec 11th

Corgan Bias

unsolicitedanalysis: Usually: As the good doctor House once said: 1’s date 1’s.  10’s date 10’s....
Dec 9th
Picadilla!
Dec 9th
GPOYW: dress like a Brit ed. No srsly, this is how...
Dec 9th
thedirtycanuck: katiebakes: Mongolia’s First Ski Resort...
Dec 9th

F, I hate British money

why they ain’t got toonies here?  Although, if we’re going to be stuck with this...
Dec 9th

Just left the d-room

… haven’t eaten all day, nothing’s open this late in this part of town (or...
Dec 8th
“Only new teachers and we would prefer someone with your...”
— - My yoga studio manager, who...
Dec 7th

I can't be certain, but...

I think I just spent all day locked in a room with trainees, as I can’t find their names on...
Dec 7th

Hey Gordon Brown!

The bonus thing?  Soooooooooooo 6 months ago.  I know we’re in lumpyland, but ain’t you...
Dec 7th
“Only new teachers and we would prefer someone with your...”
— - My yoga studio manager, who...
Dec 7th
lifeaquatic: Functional wedding favors FTW We’re...
Dec 7th

I am eating a Cheddar and Branston...

God save the Queen!
Dec 7th
fuckyeahcanadaeh: khjones: I have come to realise,...
Dec 7th
thedirtycanuck: architectureblog: clariissemae: ...
Dec 6th

Josh Schwartz

I wish fuckyeahschwartzverse were about me.  Alas, I am not the genius behind The OC and Chuck.  I...
Dec 6th

True story

Buffy the Vampire Slayer facilitated the best thing that has ever happened to me.
Dec 6th

seriously

wordsandsteel: anthropophagous: I can’t even understand why the theme song to ‘Firefly’ sucks so...
Dec 6th
themasonsuperawesomefuntimeshow: sarahha: (via...
Dec 6th

SEC Championship

Just so we’re clear: I’m a Georgia fan. I’m rooting for Bama over Florida because...
Dec 5th

Tar Heels

Painful.
Dec 5th
Robin Tunney double feature: “Empire Records”...
Dec 5th
thedirtycanuck: girlsinsuits: avocadosalad: Looky...
Dec 5th
thedirtycanuck: ilovecharts: sparo: Choose which kind...
Dec 5th

Days when I am glad I have a British...

Today.  I asked my mom what to do if the officer asks me why I don’t have an accent.  She...
Dec 4th
ohhleary: Your eyes are not deceiving you. I’m at a...
Dec 4th

Yay!

Going to London on Sunday, staying in a very posh hotel, buying my mom a Christmas Pudding, coming...
Dec 4th
wordsandsteel: thedirtycanuck: schwartzy: Predecessor...
Dec 4th

I'm going to London on a diligence...

Even though it’s diligence, it’s for a partner I really like (my partner mentor) and a...
Dec 4th
thedirtycanuck: ohhleary: In case you were wondering...
Dec 4th
This is how lifting weights while listening to dubstep made...
Dec 4th
“Lucerne is like the Swiss Brooklyn Heights”
— The Nuck, to me, in my dream. ...
Dec 4th
I got the game-winning kill in Team Deathmatch! There was an instant replay of it and everything. ...
Dec 4th
fuckyeahcanadaeh: travelhighlights: Lightning at Sunset...
Dec 3rd
National Geographic Adventure To Be Shut Down
Dec 3rd
“Thus, the record makes plain that rather than the identity...”
— - Columbia loses its eminent...
Dec 3rd

Movie Filming Movie Filming!

datingeveryone: I just got a phone call from a location scout. My aunt (qualified to answer this...
Dec 3rd

Hm, I am running a training session next...

datingeveryone: schwartzy: I see no upside to this.  Well, except the free cookies that I am...
Dec 3rd
(Hey Mason!).  I don’t eat pork, but wow.  On a stick!
Dec 3rd

Hm, I am running a training session next...

I see no upside to this.  Well, except the free cookies that I am ordering RIGHT NOW. 
Dec 3rd
Swine Flu: What’s Risky This is allegedly from...
Dec 3rd
Periodic Table of Cupcakes (from Foodie Friday) Rad.
Dec 3rd

I will save money by not buying...

(via datingeveryone) If you drink coffee, do you buy it or make your own?  I started making my own...
Dec 3rd
Warch Watch
Bert & Ernie’s rendition of “Ante Up” I thought I’d be disappointed,...
Dec 3rd
tylercoates: (via wondertonic) Home Alone is the...
Dec 3rd
Guten Tag Dawg
Dec 3rd
fuckyeahcanadaeh: Great Horned Owl - Blackfoot Rec. (via...
Dec 3rd
Paste Magazine
Dec 3rd
Videogum: The Hunt for The Worst Movie of All...
Dec 3rd

I have an overactive imagination. This...

datingeveryone: schwartzy: A colleague that I don’t particularly care for (“Colleague”) just...
Dec 3rd

I have an overactive imagination. This...

A colleague that I don’t particularly care for (“Colleague”) just forwarded me and...
Dec 3rd
themasonsuperawesomefuntimeshow: Despite popular belief,...
Dec 3rd
Listen Listen
indierawk: Broken Social Scene - Almost Crimes (Acoustic). “Help this love before you leave....
Dec 3rd
Predecessor to the Evolution of the Hipster
Dec 3rd
alexblagg: The Evolution of the Evolution of the...
Dec 3rd
lifeaquatic: soupsoup: ryandoescomedy: This is my...
Dec 3rd
indierawk: peopleasplaces: isko: ginobambino: ...
Dec 3rd
Dear Feist: I <3 you.  Never, ever change.
Dec 3rd
fuckyeahcanadaeh: MC133843 (via Maconell) Oh wow. 
Dec 2nd
dealbreaker: GUESTBREAKER: You’re a Picky Eater So what do...
Dec 2nd

Holy cow, I just got an email about my...

datingeveryone: (via schwartzy) Haha, mine was in April. I pretty much sat in the corner with my...
Dec 2nd

Holy cow, I just got an email about my...

Dec 2nd
Warch Watch
Sesame Street Yip Yip Martians Hardcore Rap (M.O.P.’s “Ante Up”) Watch this right...
Dec 2nd
I told y'all this NY State gay marriage thing...
Dec 2nd
fuckyeahcanadaeh: Niagara Parks (via Seasan)  I’m...
Dec 2nd
“I used to drink Hennessy … at halftime”
— Ron Artest, ladies and gents. ...
Dec 2nd
New York State Senate Debate on Gay Marriage...
Dec 2nd
So I know the Tiger story has jumped the...
Dec 2nd
What the heck is going on with this...
Dec 2nd
Deer Swims From Jersey To Governors Island
Dec 2nd
GPOYW #2: narcissist ed. I barely recognize myself without...
Dec 2nd
GPOYW: oh hai! ed.
Dec 2nd
themasonsuperawesomefuntimeshow: gmoney7786: ...
Dec 2nd
Yo dawg…
Dec 2nd

Discomfiting

When I ask the Nuck “was I always this crazy?” she responds “well, yeah.”
Dec 2nd
Listen Listen
crumbler: “Written in Reverse,” Spoon. The first single off Transference is one of those wickedly...
Dec 2nd
“You Canucks have never seen an invisible hand that you...”
— Me, in an email to several...
Dec 2nd

Damn it, I missed the MSU-UNC game

I thought it was tomorrow.  I’m stupid.  Looks like it was an exciting game, too, from the...
Dec 2nd

I did not watch the president's speech

Instead, I played a videogame simulating warfare. I’m pretty sure this makes me a bad person.
Dec 2nd
I bought American Pastoral by Philip Roth while I was visiting The Nuck in London last fall, as part...
Dec 2nd

And... I'm dating frickin' Mother Teresa

datingeveryone: So I texted him, and he called back when he was on his way home. He basically said...
Dec 2nd
Live Free or Die Hard is on FX right now.  If you’ve...
Dec 2nd
fuckyeahcanadaeh: Toronto at night (via Mr Corrêa) ...
Dec 1st
architectureblog: theworldwelivein: Louvre (via ’ Toshio...
Dec 1st
architectureblog: micasaessucasa: Beautiful Georgian...
Dec 1st
It is World AIDS Day today.  Let’s take a moment...
Dec 1st
themasonsuperawesomefuntimeshow: architectureblog: ...
Dec 1st
Yeah, this is about how I felt this morning.
Dec 1st
themasonsuperawesomefuntimeshow: inothernews: SEAL OF...
Dec 1st
themasonsuperawesomefuntimeshow: thegreg: comicbooks: ...
Dec 1st