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Operator, information - get me Jesus on the line.

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Here in my car, where the image breaks down Will you visit me please, if I open my door? In cars

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If it wasn't for Canada

If it wasn’t for Canada we wouldn’t have basketball.

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If it wasn't for Canada

[image] Remember, the Media Is The Message.

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If it wasn't for Canada

What would Dudley Do? [image]

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If it wasn’t for Canada there would have been way fewer stoner metal-heads Randroids in my High School. [image] (Also there would have been way fewer cars blaring out Toronto’s airport code in morse code in the parking lot.)

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If it wasn't for Canada, I wouldn't know ketchup potato chips exist. It angers me much that I have to drive 40 miles and cross an international border to get some. There's a fucking Lays factory halfway in between, FFS.

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If it wasn't for Canada, Baywatch would have been slightly less bouncy… [image]

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The International House of Pancakes would have only been the National House of Pancakes until just recently.

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A third US invasion would likely have been successful, had Canada not deployed a small army of mimes to the border to give the illusion of an invisible, impenetrable wall.

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If it wasn’t for Canada, movies based in American cities would have to be filmed in American cities. Nice shot of the Vancouver waterfront there: [image] My home town of Winnipeg subbed for Chicago for three movies in one summer alone. (The most popular being the Richard Gere / Jennifer Lopez / Susan Sarandon film “Shall We Dance.”)

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If it wasn’t for Canada, the world wouldn’t be protected by a global strategic maple syrup reserve.

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If it wasn’t for Canada, you couldn’t take a university course on The Science of Batman.

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If it wasn't for Canada

I believe it’s pronounced “round-a-BOOT”.

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Canada, the global “Plan B” http://www.cbc.ca/news/trending/uk-eu-brexit-vote-move-to-canada-1.3651308

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My plate might currently be a little over-full: 1. A pair of shoes for my middle daughter. It's my second pair, and we call them Tim's-not-Tom's because obvious. I have a pair for the wife lined up after this. 2. A backpack for my youngest child. Kids backpacks are mostly junk, and the ones that aren't are much more adult-sized than they should be. So he's getting his very own copy of Dad's bag (though in less… somber colors). 3. I've got a KLH speaker I've been "rebuilding" for a couple of ye…

Ok you crafty buggers… I am working on a tutorial for photo pendant kits that I will sell on my etsy shop. I fucking haaaaaaaaaaate this so much! argle bargle and the great big sea someone do this for me i hate it i hate it i hate it… THIS is why I like doing in person shows! Talking to strangers on my feet for hours on end? Absolutely, bring it on! Love it! Could do it forever! Its the best! WRITING that shit down in a way that doesn't make me sound like a moron OMG no no no hate hate …

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Okay, here's another one. The darks/translucents are still a bit tacky, so I need to wait a day before making a final pass over it to smooth out some things, like the shadow between the chair leg and the dog's cast shadow, and deepen the darks in his coat a bit. May I get some serious opinions on this one? This happens to be my "Hail Mary", because I need to sell 100 prints a.s.a.p. (thinking of starting with family and friends before working outwards from there) if I want to get myself out of…

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Making, Crafting, Creating... aka Whatcha workin' on?

Oh stop it. I’m always so jealous of folks who can put paint down like this.

Making, Crafting, Creating... aka Whatcha workin' on?

I can tell you, every painter has one thing that drives them batty, and mine is hair or fur. I think I just need to take more time to deal with it as I’m painting. However, I do think the woman’s left foot is on fleek.

Making, Crafting, Creating... aka Whatcha workin' on?

Okay, I couldn’t do the bow. Can’t find enough images to reference and make an accurate drawing with shadows on the dog’s head. Still, being a cat person, I think he’s a cute dog, and I chose to draw this amalgam bulldog for another friend who’s trying to help promote me. [image]

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Making, Crafting, Creating... aka Whatcha workin' on?

Beewax candels with the 5 year old, who, no idea how, loves Christmas and can’t wait. [image]

Making, Crafting, Creating... aka Whatcha workin' on?

We made vanilla grapefruit marmalade today to mixed results. It has a wonderful vanilla start, and it finishes on a great grapefruit flavor, but the transition between the two is odd.

Making, Crafting, Creating... aka Whatcha workin' on?

This is not really a maker thing, but I decided to work on organizing my house a while back. We have a super tiny house from 1938 that was never really intended as a permanent living structure to begin with. There is a fair amount of storage but it’s all very awkward to access. Meantime, we have piles of stuff and we tend to just shuffle it around from one place to another. My hope is that sometime in the next year or two we will be moving, and when we do, I’d like to be able to show the place l…

Making, Crafting, Creating... aka Whatcha workin' on?

Finished a short fantasia for novice cellist and experienced organist in time for Christmas, demo here: This may be subject to some change: potential problems for a novice would be the low range of the opening and the relatively long notes of the middle section, but I’m waiting for the novice in question to try it out before I change anything. (The novice in question is a fairly quick study.) I’m currently working on a chorale prelude (about half-done, a big one for the genre, estimate about …