I think it was dying: it wasn’t reacting to our presence, even when I gently picked it up and put it in the garden.

Pierce Brosnan’s performance as a man on the run — who knows how to fight back — is outstanding.

The movie is mostly one long chase scene with a slightly surreal ending, but it’s one of the most exciting westerns I’ve seen for awhile.

It gets good around the 2 minute mark.

It uses a very simple HTML 5 AUDIO tag. Unfortunately, it works only with WAV and Ogg files.

The tune is “Scrambled Eggs,” a previously unreleased demo for an album I released in Japan several years back under the moniker Crazy Gapped-Tooth Mama-san and The Schizoid Panda Bears.

This is a test. I will remove the file by this time tomorrow.

A friend of a friend posted this photo on her Facebook account. I think it’s from San Francisco. The caption for the photos reads: “Bus shelter sign in Haight Ashbury.”

11:45am
Just got home. The window company truck was here when I arrived. There are at least 6 guys out there eating potato chips and drinking pop, having lunch. The total price for the window, including installation is $850.

12:00pm
Well, they’re putting the new window in now. I was talking to one of my uncles a couple days ago and he said it’s not hard putting in a window. Other people have told me the same and have provided me with instructions on how to install a window. But I don’t trust myself with cutting big holes in my wall. You can’t uncut a hole. At least I can’t. Nevertheless, next time I need a window installed, I’m calling my uncle. There are SIX GUYS here to install this window. At least six, maybe seven. And they’ll be here for up to 2 hours, and we’re paying for their labor. That’s about 1/3 the total cost I’m guessing. At least $30.00/hour each, times 2 hours, times 6 = $360.00 — yup, that’s about right.

12:15pm
The door is off. They’re tearing the crap out of the door frame now.

12:30pm
Well, they’re still tearing apart the door frame and they can’t believe what they’re finding. The guy who used to live here was a jack of all trades and an expert at none. I’m not sure what they’re finding, but they keep saying, “What in the jesus is that?” I know the feeling. We’ve found a few things the previous owner did that don’t seem to make much sense either. Apparently, from what they’re saying now, he used scrap wood to build the door frame and used about 20 pounds of caulking to seal it in. Interesting.

12:45pm
The window is in. Not the greatest view, but we want a window because: 1) having a door that opens to pretty much nothing at the top of the stairs looks stupid; 2) a huge window will really light up the place and provide more ambient heat in the winter; 3) we’ll get better air circulation upstairs; 4) the cats will have a new big ass window to look out. I heard someone in the driveway using a band saw and there’s a guy on the roof. Okay.

12:50pm
I smell chemicals. They must be spraying in some kind of sealant. I just heard a nail gun. I’m going to look at what they’re doing.

12:55pm
I gotta say I’m impressed. I was told the installation could take up to 2 hours, but that they usually get it done in 90 minutes, and I believe it. The window is in. Most of the sealant has been sprayed in. The new frame is built and secured. They’re cleaning up all their mess they make as they make it. They’re evening putting plastic bags on their boots in case they walk in caulking. Not that I care. Our house is carpeted with office quality carpeting which we have no love for. We’ll be tearing it up soon. Anyway, they’re doing good.

1:05pm
It looks like they’re done. The window is in, the screen is installed, some guy is vacuuming our carpet.

1:15pm
They’re gone and the window is installed. Here’s what it used to look like (the first photo in the slideshow). Press play on the slideshow to see what it looks like now. The difference in the light is huge. And the cats are loving it.

I saw it last night and it’s not what I expected. It’s about hired killers who are told to hide out in a nowhere town in Belgium after a hit goes bad. It didn’t grab me at first because I was annoyed by the presence Colin Farrell. But I got more into it as it went on, and by the time I got to the end, I thought, “Wow, that was good.”

Anyway, just curious if anyone has seen it.

…just released is Dream City: Essential recordings vol 2, 1997-2006, which features previously unreleased studio and live tracks, in addition to a retrospective collection of his earlier albums.

Photo by Brian Blauser.

Bill Murray’s low-key acting style is perfect for a character bored enough with his life that he’ll drive across the country visiting old girlfriends. He doesn’t tell them directly why he’s come to see them. His approach is, “By the way, you don’t have any children, do you?” Each of his old girlfriends has a distinctive history, some of them sad, some of them scarred, some of them bizarre — all of them potential mothers of a son he’s never met. It’s a quietly dramatic movie with enough funny moments to keep it entertaining. And Jeffrey Wright as Winston is the best (the guy in the trailer who says, “Congratulations, you’re a father!”). The soundtrack is excellent too. I’ve watched Broken Flowers on DVD a few times now. It works well on a rainy Sunday afternoon.

It’s difficult to see in the photo, but he’s holding an axe in his right hand. But Obi-wan has his light sabre, so I guess that makes it an even fight.

In other news, I now have 50 Facebook “friends.” I’ve decided that’s my limit. If I accept any more friend requests, it means I’ll have to kill off one of my other friends. That works for me. Facebook is a reminder of how little I have in common with any of my “friends.” My favourite friend is Whole Wheat (aka Jim Kloss). No joking. I look at everything my other friends post, and I either have no interest or I can’t relate to them at all. Jim went out to work in his garden the other day. I can relate to that.

- Christopher Walken

Reminds me of Bruce Cockburn’s “Lovers in a Dangerous Time.”