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The Ghost of Halloween Past
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Just keeping the same thing as other places, probably should be updated: Dad wearing a lot of odd-job hats. Writer. Photographer. No longer a teacher. he/him
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Last three albums of the road trip. Not sure I like other Russell albums, but Carney is really good and shows his unique voice. Lunatic Soul is cool ambeint prog rock stuff from '08. Temple of the Dog! Found this at my first stop and I'm elated! The album I always looked for 1st in any store. #vinyl
August 29, 2025 at 3:09 AM
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The Little Steven Album was seven bucks and at that price dang right I'd jump on it. The New York Dolls album falls in the category of "I'd own it eventually so why not now" and hey - The Weather Report will always be good. #vinyl
The cover of the Little Steven and The Disciples of Soul album "Men Without Women". Cover shows a photo of Little Steven (Steven Van Zandt) wearing one of his trademark bandanas, a blank tank top and a leather jacket half on staring straight into the camera I guess trying to look tough? The cover of the self-titled album by the New York Dolls. The Band's name is written in pink lipstick, the lipstick itself seen on the cover and the rest of the cover is a black and white photo of the band members in their usual drag looks. The cover of the Weather Report album "Heavy Weather". The cover is an elaborate illustration of hat above a city with lightning come from below the hat towards the city and smoke coming out it's top.
August 29, 2025 at 3:09 AM
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So - took the day off work for a Road Trip to get gluten free fish and chips (also poutine, mushroom caps and mozza sticks) and hit some record stores. Came away with 9 new albums. 8 I bought, one, the ZZ Top album gifted by my road trip buddy. #vinyl
The cover of the Nina Simone Album "To Love Somebody". Cover shows and illustration of a couple sitting on a couch holding hands inset in an illustration of a landscape. The cover of the XTC album "drums and wires". The album shows a stylized illustration of a face formed of large shapes of colors looking at the viewer. The bands name is used to create the eyebrows, nose and one of the eyes of the face. The cover of the ZZ Top album "Eliminator". The cover shows and illustration of an old red car with a large grill driving straight towards the viewer with it's headlights on.
August 29, 2025 at 3:09 AM
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Been on a shorgaze kick this week. I love this Slowdive album so I went looking to see if it was at my local store. It was! But while randomly flipping through other records I came across this “Record Store Day Essential” release of Bill Withers live and I had to buy it too. New #vinyl #nowspinning
The cover of the vinyl Album “Bill Withers Live at Carnegie Hall”. Cover shows Withers and his band playing on stage with six closeup boxes across the top of Withers playing guitar or piano. The cover of the vinyl album “Souvlaki” by Slowdive. Cover shows a close up and angled picture of the five members of the band, showing mostly their faces.
August 16, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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The Sword of Doom (1966).
Directed by Kihachi Okamoto.
Cinematography by Hiroshi Murai.
A misty or foggy forest in black and white. A samurai is centred in the background walking away and backlit, holding a drawn sword at his side. Man dead men with swords are laying on the ground to the sides of the path the samurai has walked.
August 11, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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Most important though: proof of concept established. With how good these were for a first ever try Decent enough Gluten Free Dumplings might be in my life and I’m pretty freaking stoked about that.
Ten homemade gluten free circular dumpling wrappers on a pastry mat. Ten filled half-moon mandu - Korean dumplings on a pastry mat waiting for cooking. Ten cooked fried mandu (Korean dumplings) on a plate next to a small dish of dipping sauce.
August 3, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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Had preordered this some months back and got it last week but the truth is John Cusack sold it to me 25 years ago and it just took a long time to get it here. Lol. #vinyl
The cover of the vinyl album “The Three E.P.’s” by The Beta Band. Shows a winter landscape with a dog looking at the camera in black and white across the top are three stylized illustration in colour. A roaring tiger face a bomb exploding and a six pointed star.
July 27, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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And one last fav movie dad, an under the radar one: Bruce Willis from Unbreakable. Things are real complicated in this one but as a portrait of a dad who maybe doesn't feel like he knows how to connect to his kid but is trying it's another really honest and sweet portrayal of a father son dynamic.
Bruce Willis and a young Spencer Treat Clark as David and Joseph Dunn looking at a weight lifting bench in awe.
June 15, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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Here's another fav movie dad. Jefferson Morales ain't perfect, but he loves his kid and tries his best wants to understand and help him.
A picture of Jefferson Morales, the father of Miles Morales, from the animated SpiderVerse movies. In his police uniform and car, looking out the window.
June 15, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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Oh one of my favs right here. I *adore* US and on my first watch a big big reason was Winston Duke's dad energy and vibes in it. I just loved how real he felt.
Winston Duke as Gabe Wilson from the movie US. Holding a baseball bat, wearing a Howard University shirt and trying to look tough.
June 15, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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I’ve only read section one so far but these are all incredible.
A part of the table of contents for Like a Hammer: Poets in Mass Incarceration It lists section one which is titled: Time Rules This Empire: Where Clocks Stand Still. The poems listed are: Randall Horton’s “:.Or. This Malus Thing Never to Be Confused with Justice”. Hanif Abdurragib’s “All the TV Shows Are about Cops”. Sin à Tes Souhaits’ “TRAP noun. \’trap\”. Rhionna Anderson’s “Marriage”. Christopher Malec’s “Which Is It?. Vanessa Angélica Villarreal’s “Architect 1”. Reginald Dwayne Betts’ “Blood History”. Sandra Jackson’s “Lost”. Natalie Diaz’s “Under Correction I”. Christina Pernini’s “Behind the Wall”.
May 31, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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Definitely can’t wait till I can afford a Haymarket Books subscription again as it’s how I get brilliant things like this amazing collection of poetry.
A pictue of the cover of “Like a Hammer Poets on Mass Incarceration”. Edited by Diana Marie Delgado. Forward by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor. The design uses large block font for the title with the first half in red and the second in black. The editor and forward credits are in small black script in spaces between the blocks of letters.
May 31, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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Mark Colley is doing the best with what he's got to work with.
A screenshot from the Toronto Star titled "What we know:" saying "White smoke has been seen billowing from Sistine Chapel chimney." (It says nothing else.)
May 8, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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I don't know if this falls under "incredibly important news update" or "what the hell are we even doing here" so I leave you all to decide for yourselves.
A screen shot from the Toronto Star's live update stream of reporting on the new pope. In red it says "updated 2 mins ago" at the top. The headline is "Seagulls laned [sic] near chimney just before white smoke began billowing out. It's noted as "by Mark Colley Staff Reporter". There is a picture of a seagul on a roof by a metal chimney on a monitor of some kind. The update states "Minutes before the white smoke started billowing out, a family of seagulls -- including a baby seagull -- landed on the roof of the Sistine Chapel. When the smoke appeared, they moved away but remained on the roof, seemingly unbothered by the momentous decision taking place directly under their feet.
May 8, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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Different cat I swear.
A black and white cat mostly curled up sleeping on a plush red blanket with one paw across his face/eyes.
May 5, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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#nowspinning some Tom Waits tunes to accompany chores. Usually more of a late-night album for me, but it’ll work! #vinyl
The cover of the Tom Waits compilation album “Asylum Years”. Cover is a 1976 painting by John Baeder of the exterior of New York’s Empire Diner showing off its art deco exterior.
May 3, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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As one does.
A gif of the character Simone from The Good Place in a wild assortment of clothes singing “Semi-Charmed Kind of Life Baby, Baby” to Eleanor and Chidi.
May 2, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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So my kid told me, in reference to the new Oblivion Remaster, “Well it is a just released Bethesda game, so you might just fall through a hole in the world or something.”

And he was right!
A screen shot of Oblvion Remastered where my character has fallen through the world and is now in “water” staring up at distorted cave, it’s various pieces visible as slices and parts from underneath.
April 26, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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The Shed-Monster in his happy place. (So much hair, everywhere, right now. This is our first spring with him.)
A black and white cat laying comfortably on a red plush blanket, sleeping with his purple Kong toy hidden under him, its end tucked next to his head like a stuffie or pillow.
April 18, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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Now spinning my newest #vinyl #jazz album - and probably the most polarizing album I own. It is probably either something approaching transcendent or the worst example of “thats not music its just screeching noise” depending on your point of view. I love it. Haunts me. #jazzsky.
The vinyl cover for the Albert Ayler Trio’s album “Spiritual Unity”. Group name at top and album at bottom in a thin red font that looks hand done. Angled across the middle between them is a stylized image/illustration that looks like a highly overexposed black and white photo of a man playing a saxophone.
April 12, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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Been watching The Man With No Name trilogy this week and no one does, “I’m just going to stare at you and you’re going to be terrified” like Lee Van Cleef did.
Lee Van Clef as “Angel Eyes” from ‘The Good, The Bad and The Ugly” staring intensely.
April 11, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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A while back I bought a friend and I copies of the Dao De Jing. Once he was having a bad day and I rattled off something that aped the form to try and lift his spirits. We laughed, and sometimes he'll seek more. Yesterday he felt terrible for blowing a test and steam-of-thought I sent this to him.
A picture of simple text that reads: Never making mistakes is to grow like the tree meticulously farmed for lumber. Straight perfect and uninteresting. Remarked upon by no one, remembered by less. The painter chooses the tree with the knots, whorls and cricks. For only it is worth painting. The carpenter chooses the straight unblemished tree. It is felled, its life is short. The wise is as the tree that catches the painters eye, not the carpenters. For only it has a story to tell.
April 7, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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So apparently next month I get to go and maybe be selected for Jury Duty, and, looking up some info - this is messed up, yeah? Like - how many average-paid-by-the-hour people can afford to lose 10 days pay?
Text for a screenshot from a government of Ontario website about Jury Duty: Payment and time off work Employers are required by law to give employees time off for jury duty and for people selected to serve as a juror. The law does not require employers to pay an employee’s salary during this time. Jurors receive the following payment for serving on a jury: Day one to ten: No fee. Day 11 to 49: $40 per day. Day 50 to the last day of trial: $100 per day. Trials of this length are rare. If you’re serving as a juror and the trial lasts longer than 10 days, the court where the trial is taking place will arrange payment. There is no allowance for childcare expenses or parking. If you are on Employment Insurance benefits (E.I.), you can attend jury duty and continue to receive benefits.
April 3, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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It doesn’t look special, but I just made this carbonara (gluten free noodles) with duck egg yolks, kielbasa and ragusano stagionato (a cheese I’m trying for the first time ever) and I’m feeling fancy as fuck.
A picture if the carbonara described in the post still in the pot and it’s creamy sauce.
March 30, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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Had some good things to celebrate today week, so I treated myself to some new #vinyl which I’m #nowspinning a couple classics and a Gaslight Anthem album that I’m almost embarrassed by what I paid for it, but which I couldn’t pass up - it being an absolute favourite and unlikely to be easy to find.
The cover of the album “I’m You Man” by Leonard Cohen. Cover is black on the top half with Leonard Cohen in white lettering and grey in the bottom with a small balck and white picture of Cohen in shades eating a banana. The cover of the album “Closing Time” by Tom Waits. The album cover is black with a young Waits partly illuminated leaning against a piano looking tired a glass of probably alcohol sits beside an ashtray of cigarettes above the keys. The cover of the album “Handwritten” by The Gaslight Anthem. The top of the cover is purple with the band name in white and album in yellow lettered there. Under that it says “Brian Fallon/Alex Levine/Benny Horrowitz/Alex Rosamilia” the rest if the cover is four close up photos of each band member playing their instrument.
March 28, 2025 at 10:59 PM