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What does religion mean?

Do you know why you blocked all those gun enthusiasts, vegetarians, animals righters, virulent Liberals/Conservatives, etc? It’s because you’re tired of having their religion shoved down your throat.

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Rum and a Rye Smile

When I’m out and about, I’ll more likely order an Old Fashioned with Rye or a Vodka Tonic than rum.

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Mussels at Bistro Citron

The wife and I got dressed up for a date night this past weekend but I was done in by gluttony. So much food.

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A wedding and a ferry

The actual wedding started off with an athletic component and champagne for breakfast.

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Some…ok one…foods never expire

There’s one food that never expires. What is it? As a bonus, here’s a pic of a Chinese restaurant called Taco Tortillas King. My kinda joint.

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It’s the Ides of March again (and again)

When Brutus killed Caesar, he wasn’t killing his friend over politics, he was killing his father. Politics seems like the worst necessary evil we have, then and now.

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Grateful for my adversaries

There was this Warner Brothers cartoon with a sheepdog named Sam and a coyote named Ralph. They were friends and mortal enemies at the same time. Always found it interesting.

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2013 Year in Review / New Oceans

One of my favourite quotes is from Lord Chesterfield that goes, Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore. That’s what I’ll be thinking for 2014.

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From the Archives: Thanksgiving 2013 and 2008

One of these days, I’ll write something better for Thanksgiving than what I did in 2008. But I still think it’s one of my best, for whatever that’s worth. I read it myself every so often.

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In a red leather recliner in the UWS

For the most part, avoid the theaters like the plague. But I caught Gravity at a theater with – get this – red leather recliners.