Dec 31 2007
Yup. This is likely the be the longest post on Steel White Table so far.
These are quick comments about movies I saw in 2007, not reviews or plot summaries. Each title, however, is linked to a review (usually one I agree with) from DVDTalk, James Berardinelli, Roger Ebert or another reputable online source.
Rififi — [...]
Dec 30 2007
Yeah, it’s finally up. I have a LOT of tweaking to do, but I wanted to get the guts of it up and running, more as a motivation for me to fix the small stuff that’s broke with the new design.
What’s new:
Wordpress now runs the whole site, whereas before it only ran everything under [...]
Dec 30 2007
How many novels would you guess you read each year?
Less than 10.
11 - 25.
26 - 40.
41 - 55.
56 - 70.
71 - 100.
More than 100.
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Dec 28 2007
Jody just said the new design for Steel White Table will be up THIS WEEKEND!
And I’m pretty sure you’re all going to hate it.
Stay tuned!
I have some other big fat plans for this blog, too, but not until the new year. One promise: at least one post per week in 2008.
Dec 28 2007
Do you have plans for new year’s eve?
No, because I don’t give a flying fart about new year’s eve. (57%)
I plan to be asleep before midnight. (43%)
Yes, because getting drunk and stupid is what I’m all about. (0%)
No, because I don’t have any friends who aren’t my parents. (0%)
Yes. I’m hanging out with my parents. [...]
Dec 25 2007
As most of you know, I’m extremely fond of the Queen. It is therefore my pleasure — nay, my privilege — to post Her Majesty’s 2007 Christmas message to Her people throughout the Commonwealth. (Click her face to play the video.)
Happy Xmas.
Dec 24 2007
I received a call while in Ottawa from the company I order my home oil from:
Mr. Cairns? This is Blue Wave. You won a $2000 Entertainment Center.
After I tell them to Fuck Off, asking if they’re serious, they laugh (I like people who don’t take swearing seriously) and say they are serious. It’s [...]
Dec 23 2007
It’s been a long week, but I’m finally home. Here are some notable things that happened during my trip:
People have given me cough drops twice due to be hacking cough.
I lost a nice sweater.
Ate at a Korean restaurant that had a propane grill set in the middle of the table (every table had this), [...]
Dec 21 2007
In Ottawa.
Our flight from Toronto to Ottawa yesterday was canceled due to a plane malfunction, so we were transferred to another plane.
When we arrived in Ottawa to get our connecting flight to Moncton, we discovered our seats were taken: the personnel were told we wouldn’t make it for the flight and to give the seats [...]
Dec 21 2007
- Fairytale of New York by The Pogues
- Happy Christmas (War is Over) by John Lennon
- I Believe In Father Christmas by Greg Lake
That last one is iffy.
Dec 19 2007
This post is likely to be of little interest to anyone but the filmmalkers whose work I discuss.
Here’s my take on the short films I saw at the 2006 Nickel Independent Film Festival, beginning with films from the opening night line-up. (Originally posted last year on Mud Songs.)
OPENING NIGHT
Newfoundland Weather (Roger Maunder, NL) — a [...]
Dec 19 2007
I ordered a bunch of Greg Brown CDs from Red House Records a few weeks ago. The CDs arrived yesterday. But I had to pay the mail man $12.78 before he’d give me the CDs. I’ve ordered CDs from the US before, but I’ve never had to pay to get them across the border.
I prefer [...]
Dec 18 2007
tongue. I think it’s a pimple. Maybe A cyst. Whatever it is, eating is difficult; I can only chew soft-textured foods. This along with my throat infection in Toronto where the acrid air burns… ya, I’m having a great time!
Dec 18 2007
I got into making home brew for a while, but I eventually gave it up because, as much as like the beer, I’m just not much of a drinker these days. I still have 50 pint bottles from the last batch I made in March, which will probably last me at least until next summer. [...]
Dec 18 2007
That’s what they should call this stuff, because if the result is a premium beer like they say it is, all the chronic beer drinkers who until now we’re too lazy to make their own home brew will become instantly converted.
2 litres of beer for $6.50 — and considerably cheaper than that if you buy [...]
