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Until I am geographically positioned to properly respond to your kind gift, please accept my heartfelt thanks here. It was a delightful surprise, and very much appreciated. XOXO.

Jason Statham & Guy Ritchie:

“All That I Wanted” (Belfegore, 1984):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fh0YBcf0g9E

A German, a Canadian and an American make deliriously danceable crypto-metal-goth-prog mayhem with lower Manhattan as backdrop. In the ’80s, a muscular alternative until Depeche Mode stopped plinking on toy pianos and synths and picked up guitars.

The gym was pleasantly uncrowded this morning, probably due to the big Mr. Leather Toronto party tonight. The denizens of Toronto’s leather community population are no doubt waiting until the last possible moment to pursue their Party Pump because, hey, maybe the extra muscle mass you’ll gain by delaying your workout by just six hours [...]

Brad Davis, R.I.P.:

I’ve had this plate for 45 years:

I never quite understood the logic in asking that hungry children be blessed, right before chowing down on that which hungry children are denied. It’s kinda rubbing it in, isn’t it? Because, blessings alone? Not so nutritious. And the kids with food get blessed, too? Greedy!

Top Ten Breakfast Cereal Names Which Could Also Be Gay Porn Titles:

Body Buddies (General Mills)
G.I. Joe Action Stars (Ralston Purina)
Golden Grahams (General Mills)
Cocoa Pops (Kellogg’s) / Apple Jacks (Kellogg’s) — tie
Ranger Joe Popped Wheat Honnies (Nabisco)
Grape Nuts (Post)
Trio (Nestle)
Cream of Wheat (Nabisco)
Rice Cream Flakes (Nabisco)
Sunny Boy (Schroeder Milling) / Trix (General Mills) — tie

Honourable mention: [...]

Sometimes marketers get it right:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0QxoKnU5Zg

As far as I’m concerned, it’s the most beautiful piece of music ever created, and its inclusion in both films and advertising doesn’t seem to diminish its exhillarating stillness. I want it played at my funeral if for no other reason than its unwavering capacity to simultaneously give me both multiple [...]

Decided by a group shaving at the sinks at my gym this morning — we need a new sign in the locker room:
“Due to unprecedented damage
to the ceramic floor tiles,
the wearing of optimistically-sized
metal cockrings in the shower room
will be prohibited until further notice.”