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Colin and I went out to TNT Paintball today. I made a few good kills, and got killed a few times myself. I made it out alive, but my pants weren’t so lucky. I’ll spare you photos of my welts. The gig last night was great. I dig the new stage at Logan’s, though they…

The word of the day is gestalt. It’s been a musical few weeks. We played our first show with Annie Nolan on Sept 17, and it went quite well. (For those who were confused, I wasn’t playing with Jay that night, it was his last show with his old band.) Then I saw The New…

You may recall that back on July 10 I mentioned that I’m in a band again. Well, that’s a lie. In fact, I’m in two bands. The first one has me playing the bass for a lovely singer-songwriter by the name of Annie Nolan. Our first gig is on Sept. 17 at Steamers Pub, opening…

It’s my last day in Ottawa. I’ve been a bit negligant in updating my travelogue here, so to both of you reading it, I apologize. Angela and I arrived in Montreal on the evening of the afternoon on the 5th. From the bus station, the Berri-UQAM Metro station is just a flight of stairs away.…

Despite having caught a bit of a cold, I’m enjoying my Ottawa Adventure. Since my last dispatch, I’ve visited the Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, the Ottawa Locks, the Parliament Buildings (outside, and inside Centre Block, including the Peace Tower), the Canadian War Museum, and the National Gallery of Canada. I’ve also done a lot…

Four a.m. Saturday morning saw me stumbling bleary-eyed into the shower. I proceeded to also stumble into: my shoes, Mike’s car (thanks Mike!), an airport, and an airplane. Somewhat energized with airplane coffee and Peak Freans cookies, I entertained myself with an episode of The Surreal Life on the back of the seat of the…

In about seven hours time, I hop on an airplane to Ottawa. Why? Well, my sister’s there. And apparently they’ve got some great museums. And we’ll be making a side trip to Montreal — where, I am told, I must crawl up the stairs of St. Joseph’s Oratory, and dress up really nice if I…

tweek.is-a-geek.com? Old and busted. ryansteele.ca is the new hotness. The death of my old Linux box accelerated my plans to switch to WordPress and get a better domain name. Things to do: set up a photo gallery of some description, repair the broken links in my old posts, create a custom theme… oh, and keep…

I rode my bike to work for the first time on Monday, and every day this week. Not once did I die. I might even do it again next week. Thanks to everyone who sent me birthday wishes this week. Twenty-six… yikes. I’m heading back to Comox this weekend. Keep an eye on the fish…

So I’m sitting here listening to The Tiger Is In The Window by Chet while completing my tax return, and thinking to myself, “I wonder what Chet is up to? I haven’t heard much from them lately.” Chet, you see, is an amazing art-rock band from Victoria. When I was in the Moonshine Revellers we…