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Halifax, 2004.06.11

Today, for the first time, I was told that I should do stand-up on the account of my deadpan delivery.

This was in response to my oft-told tale of the first time I'd set foot in a Vegas casino - only to spot a woman near the door plugging coins into a machine while a tube snaking into her nose kept her emphasema at bay. My telling hadn't been intended for comic effect, of course, but such is life. Just a misunderstood mysanthrope.

rand()m quote

It's weird, man. People can watch a movie where thousands of people die in a war and not a tear. Yet one collie dies .. and the entire nation collapses with grief.

—Dr. Johnny Fever