• The Candidate
• start each item with an asterisk

• The lazy feeling of sleeping in
• Lots and lots of sunshine
• Getting up early to enjoy the quiet
• Meeting friends for a big breakfast of
  • Basted eggs
  • Bacon
  • Banana pancakes
  • Hash browns
  • Strawberries and mangoes
  • Orange juice
  • Coffee
• A bike ride
• Lazing in a hammock, reading a book
• Jason
• Dancing to my favorite songs
• Homemade pistachio ice cream in a fresh waffle cone
• Swimming in the ocean and drying off on a warm sandy beach
• Feeling fresh snow crunch under my feet

• A little history of the world / E.H. Gombrich
• The world in six songs : how the musical brain created human nature / Daniel J. Levitin
• This is your brain on music : the science of a human obsession / Daniel J. Levitin
• The night of the gun : a reporter investigates the darkest story of his life. His own. / David Carr
• Obsessive branding disorder : the illusion of business and the business of illusion / Lucas Conley
• Bottlemania : how water went on sale and why we boughtiIt / Elizabeth Royte
• Ribbon culture : charity, compassion and public awareness / Sarah Moore
• Woman's world: a novel / Graham Rawle
• Shenzhen : a travelogue from China / Guy Delisle

• Edmonton Jan 1-19
• London May 6-8
• Cambridge May 9
• Manchester May 11-16
• Hamburg Sept 15-20
• Edmonton Oct 14-25

• Joseph Boyden
• Amanda Boyden
• Miriam Stowe
• Edeet Ravel

• My wooden heart / The features
• They got away / Built to Spill
• Nobility / Mezzanine
• Moondust / Bare Knuckle Soul
• Walking the plank / Apollo up!!
• Painkiller / Freestylers vs Pendulum
• Pythons awake / Pompeii
• All sparks (cicada mix) / Editors
• Darling, please come home / Math and science club
• Ex-competist / Kimone
• Hunting for whales (full time hobby / The Checks
• Lillian lies / Youth group
• Crabbucket / K-Os

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”

-- Mark Twain

• The Sadies / Jon Spencer - Jan 23, Paradiso
• Voicst - Feb 29, Haarlem
• DJ Shadow / Kid Koala - Mar 21, Paradiso
• Kaisers Orchestra and Geoff Berner - Apr 1, Paradiso
• Devotchka - Apr 12, Melkweg
• Hayseed Dixie - Apr 13, Melkweg
• Holly Golightly - Apr 18, Haarlem
• The Thermals / The Neanderthals - Apr 19, Melkweg
• Gogol Bordello - Apr 21, Tilburg
• Sebadoh - May 7, London
• Drive-by Truckers - Aug 12, Paradiso
• The Notwist - Aug 24, Paradiso

• Low-fat yogurt w/ bacteria - Calcium
• Eggs - Omega-3
• Flaxseed - Omega-3
• Walnuts - Omega-3
• Almonds - Calcium
• Broccoli - Calcium
• Cooked beans - Calcium
• Zinc!!!!
• Strawberries - Folic acid
• Leafy greens - Folic acid
• Fortified cereals - Zinc and Iron
• Legumes - Iron
• Oatmeal - Iron

• Bikes. My bike, riding bikes, bike paths, bikes
• Pindakaas. Looks like peanut butter, tastes like peanut better only somehow so, so much better.
• Sheep. Get even a few metres outside of a city, and they're there.
• Ponchos. Where else in the world is it totally acceptable to wear a rain poncho on the street?
• Flowers. All year round, there are flowers being sold on street corners. They're also popping out of the ground in January.
• Pannekoeken. Like pancakes but flatter, larger and covered with cheesy goodness.
• Cheese. Cheese stores, cheese variety, cheese cheese cheese.

• The smell of warm doughnuts in the crisp fall air

"L'enfer, c'est les autres." --Jean Paul Sartre

"Idealist : a cynic in the making" --Irving Layton

"But I would very much miss books as material objects were they to disappear. The tactility of books assists my memory, for one thing. I can't remember the quote I'm searching for, or maybe even the title of the work that contains it, but I can remember that the book is green, that the margins are unusually wide, and that the quote lies two-thirds of the way down a right-hand page. If books all appear as nearly identical digital readouts, my memory will be impoverished. And packaging is of huge importance, too -- the books I read because I liked their covers usually did not disappoint. In the world of books, all is contingency and serendipity. Books are much more than container vessels for ideas. They are very nearly living thin...