December 2010
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“Hugs and kisses sap your will to succeed. It’s why ugly people make such...”
– Thomas, BBC radio comedy Old Harry’s Game
Dec 24th
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Dec 22nd
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Is this politically correct?
An enthusiastic woman was telling her two friends all about Aqua Books before the U of M Jazz kids thing last week. She was telling her friends (who had apparently never been here) that this whole place used to be a Chinese restaurant. Then she saw me. “This is Kelly Hughes. He owns this place. Kelly, can I say that this was a Chinese restaurant? Is that politically correct still? ...
Dec 21st
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Dec 21st
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Dec 21st
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Dec 21st
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Dec 21st
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Dec 19th
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Dec 18th
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Dec 17th
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“The bandstand is a sacred altar.”
– Jazz great Steve Kirby (to me, just now)
Dec 17th
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“This relationship is only going to work if we’re both losers.”
– Rachel, Glee
Dec 15th
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From the files of the Young People Have No Manners...
Saturday evening this kid walked in and wandered around the store for a moment. (When I say kid here, I guess I mean 25 or so.) I ask him if I can point him in a direction. I’m pretty lost, he tells me. What are you looking for, I ask? Transcona, he says. No shit you’re lost. (For the out-of-towners here, Transcona is about 15 kms away from where we are, which is downtown.) Are you...
Dec 14th
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From the files of the Young People Have No Manners...
Saturday evening this kid walked in and wandered around the store for a moment. (When I say kid here, I guess I mean 25 or so.) I ask him if I can point him in a direction. I’m pretty lost, he tells me. What are you looking for, I ask? Transcona, he says. No shit you’re lost. (For the out-of-towners here, Transcona is about 15 kms away from where we are, which is downtown.) Are you...
Dec 14th
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Dec 14th
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“I always wanted a giant clock on my wall, eight feet across. A huge clock....”
– Writer Jake MacDonald (to me [just now] on mortality)
Dec 11th
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“Follow me. Follow me. That’s good, that’s good! A nod’s as...”
– Eric Idle
Dec 11th
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Dec 9th
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Me on CBC's The Next Chapter with the lovely... →
Dec 9th
Dec 7th
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Dec 5th
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A woman came in...
…with a man on Tuesday night, looked around and said, “Are we your first customers?” Kind of dumbfounded (and I hear lots of dumb things), I said, “We opened at 11am.” (and 1999)
Dec 3rd
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Dec 3rd
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Dec 3rd
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