Sunday, September 29, 2002
The Julie/Julia Project converges Potage Crème de Cresson and Le Slayer but in so doing misses the inception of le septieme, a regrettable loss.
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Don't Look Up
Don't look up
Keep your eyes straight ahead
One bright day we will count our blessings
Today we count the dead
 
I learned to pray today
On my knees in my living room
When the world turned to fire
In the heart of desire
And love faded into the gloom
 
Don't look up
Keep your eyes straight ahead
One bright day we will count our blessings
Today we count the dead
 
Brothers they fell from above
Sisters they took off their shoes
The brave ones ran in
Never came out again
Now we are torn and confused
 
Don't look up
Keep your eyes straight ahead
One bright day we will count our blessings
Today we count the dead
 
Is there no end to the pain
Born in the souls of men?
Can no love redeem
Is there no holy stream
Where our spirits can be cleansed?
 
Don't look up
Keep your eyes straight ahead
One bright day we will count our blessings
Today we count the dead
 
I learned to pray today
On my knees in my living room
When the sky turned to fire
In the heart of desire
And love faded into the gloom
 
Love faded into the gloom
Love faded into the gloom
 
© 2001 Love Pants Music
Words and music by Ken Dow
Genre: Gospel

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Andrew (art is a form of pretension) has a suh-weet template. I must have one....
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Just discovered that for, say, oh, two years, I've been listing Photoshop, Canvas and Graphic Converter in the word processing section of the toolbox page on my main site. That's got to be good for business, eh?
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It's funny but when I sit down to write in this space my first instinct is to snatch someone else's words and pictures that reflect, or oppose, my own. It's difficult to simply release my perspective; I reflexively look for the security of an object with apparent weight.

But the truth is I love eating out and I just had a fantastic meal at a new fine dining room here in Owen Sound (the picture is purely suggestive, graciously stolen from the commons). So I should talk about that. Four of us - two couples - went out for the evening. We quickly realized we've fallen into a potluck rut of late, because although we have many, many inspired gatherings in our circle, unlike our urban counterparts, we rarely go out to dine in groups.

Peppercorn steak, prime rib au jus, rack of lamb, filet, lobster - serious retro decadence. Old school, my friends. And this from a guy who whines about SUVs Lagavulins, whisky sours and (o...my...god) specialty coffees - as in Spanish, Monte Cristo, Italian? But the truly wonderful bit was the wine recommended by the maitre d'. A perceptive (did I mention expensive) match for our cholesterol-infused extravagance. Ahhh. Better yet I convinced one of the owners to keep some grappa on hand. And yes the house in question was once a brothel and if that doesn't lend a certain je sais exactement to an establishment, I don't know what does.
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