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70 Facts

September 20, 2004 by Michael Boyle

70 Facts

about Leonard Cohen, who is about to turn 70. One they missed, and that I am reasonably sure is not apocryphal, is that he still owns a house in Montreal, and the house serves as a local Zen Center. [link via Kate’s Montreal Weblog]

Tags: Arts, Guardian

May I ask you

September 20, 2004 by Michael Boyle

May I ask you

all for a small favour? Boris asked regular readers to unveil themselves and be known. Can you do the same here? I don’t keep track myself either, at least not very well, so it would be great if you could leave a comment and say hi with your name.

Tags: Boris Anthony, Personal

All you wanted to know

September 20, 2004 by Michael Boyle

All you wanted to know

and more about the lobster. In particular, note the last graf in which we learn two improved methods of killing the suckers before we eat them. Mmmm.

Tags: Food

Not another one…

September 16, 2004 by Michael Boyle

Not another one…

Johnny Ramone dies at 55. Sorry about the morbid humour, but at this rate the Ramones will be completely extinct before much older groups like the Beatles or the Stones.

Tags: Arts

Maybe I haven’t been paying

September 16, 2004 by Michael Boyle

Maybe I haven’t been paying

enough attention, but Lebkowsky seems to be one of few asking the really pertinent questions about the recent (and ongoing) spate of hurricanes in the Atlantic. He writes, “What’s troubling is the proximity of storms, one right after the other, and the fact that each storm is high-intensity. Of course we’re not thinking enough about mitigation yet.”

Tags: Lebkowsky

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