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That is, gasoline.. I don't have a car, and 90% of the time I walk or ride a bike.. and almost every time I do it strikes me how many people are driving cars, and how much fuel it is using.

It doesn't strike me because it's something I would naturally think about a lot, but because it is very striking. What's the necessity for driving all over the place? It's my firm belief that an impressive majority of the actual driving people do is mostly unnecessary. And if anyone can claim ...

Ok, I've had a tough day. I found out my wife's car needs $2400 in repairs to pass inspection. It was hard to believe it amounted to that much, but yeah, when you added up all the various sensors that went bad (why the hell do we have these computerized engines?), all four brakes needed to be redone, and throw in a tune up, and urrgh. I kind of got angry and had a chip on my shoulder all afternoon.



Then I came across this wonderful little video and it put everything ...

In six weeks, I'll be waking up in my two bedroom house in downtown Toronto, mere steps from Kensington Market and China Town and Trinity Bellwoods park, a few blocks from the myriad of awesomeness that is Queen St. West and a twenty minute bike ride from the St.Lawrence Market. Can't. Wait.

My cousin and I are living out childhood dreams and renting a house together in Toronto- it is a converted coach house (where they used to park the horse carriages in the early 20th century)

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I spent the 4th of July on the shore of the great Gitche Gumee with family, friends, fireworks, a cold north wind, cheap American beer, new kayaks, a pan of room-temperature lasagne, plenty of bug spray, and a copy of Leaves of Grass.

We lit fireworks from the beach, drank too much, and talked loud. Got me feelin' the love for Americ-y. So I thought about the best patriotic songs of all time and I came up with a "best-of" list of 'em.

NOTE: This list is definitive ...

Their calling echoes above the court
As if the long dirge, raises from the church
These men and women, people with black and white hair
Who are busy for a living again
Drive away dreams from those taking a nap

Another howling joins the procession of the shouter
With a huge roaring, the plane flies over the sky
Like the bang of firecrackers suddenly burst before the funeral
Announce the dead will be sent to their rest

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