Bombay Duck

Adorable loot for all the bunny lovers

nobody@vox.com(brownamazon) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:17:40 -0500

That means you, IG and e2c!

These are all featured in the November Anthropologie catalogue.

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I'll take two, please

nobody@vox.com(brownamazon) — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:52:38 -0400

LT was describing how HRH Tortie has been curling up under the covers now that the weather has turned chilly. Which got me thinking: my office is pretty cold. I was going to bring in a little heater, but discovered they are "unauthorized" because of a potential fire hazard. So why not have a nice, warm, furry, cuddly animal to sit in my lap instead? Preferably one of these:

Floof

Meet the Pallas' Cat. It lives on the Asian steppes and grows no bigger than a large housecat. It appears to be 80% floof:

Epic floof

And check out the kittens. How nice would a brace of these little guys be on a frosty winter morning?

Kittengram, rush delivery

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"You don't know from jokes."

nobody@vox.com(brownamazon) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 08:15:40 -0400

To my delight, they've been re-airing this hilarious Canadian ad from almost 20 years ago:

Coffee Crisp commercial (early 1990s)

For the American peeps, Coffee Crisp is a delicious Canadian chocolate bar with coffee-flavoured cream and crispy wafers. It's one of those things Canadian ex-pats always pine for, along with ketchup-flavoured chips.

Apparently the two actors playing the little old Jewish ladies have since passed away. They were adorable in this ad and they still make me LOL!

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I got a feeling...

nobody@vox.com(brownamazon) — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:02:44 -0400

This amazing lip-dub video was made a couple of months ago during Frosh week by Communications students at the University of Quebec in Montreal (UQAM). They recorded it in a single take and got almost every student in the program involved. It's gone viral on YouTube, and deservedly so! So much fun! I wish we'd been able to do this kind of thing back when I was in university.

LIPDUB - I Gotta Feeling (Comm-UQAM 2009)

This campus is right in the heart of downtown Montreal--I didn't go to this school, but I know the layout very well. This building is called the Judith Jasmin Pavillion; it's named after a pioneering female Quebec broadcaster It's a hideous building--another 1970s public architecture monstrosity--but you can get a little taste of that special Montreal flava--especially with all the cute guys and girls in the video!

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A Caturday Riddle

nobody@vox.com(brownamazon) — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 09:27:09 -0400

My apartment has all hardwood floors, even the bathroom (except for the slate tile in the kitchen).

There is one carpet in the entire place: a very small (doormat size) but very nice oriental rug i keep in front of the bathroom sink because it is so thick, warm and soft on my bare feet when I'm brushing my teeth..

Guess where the cat has elected to barf?

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Helloooo out there (((echo)))

nobody@vox.com(brownamazon) — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 11:53:15 -0400

*sound of crickets chirping and wind blowing*

Sparse comments, hardly any new posts...where is everybody? Vox is deserted these days...

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What's for dinner?

nobody@vox.com(brownamazon) — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 20:23:02 -0400

Inspired salad of smoked trout, arugula, peaches, heirloom tomato and a few chanterelles sauteed in white wine, butter and rosemary from my balcony planter. The last ear of corn from the half-dozen I bought at the roadside stand earlier this week. And a lovely gewürtz-riesling blend. And what company? Just me, the cat and John Coltrane. NMS is on a 3-day canoe-camping trip with one of his buds. His loss, I would say--no?

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For RedZ: Plumbing Fail

nobody@vox.com(brownamazon) — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 20:28:22 -0400

see more Fail Blog

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Party next weekend in Montreal--who's in?

nobody@vox.com(brownamazon) — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 16:47:19 -0400

Check out the amazing lineup at Osheaga, a big music/arts festival happening next weekend in my fabulous home town.

Coldplay, The Roots, the Ting Tings, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Rufus Wainwright, etc. ,etc.--all at the same show? Hell yes!

I heard the Beastie Boys were supposed to play too, but now apparently they have cancelled.

Oh, and I was in Montreal on the weekend and somehow missed Depeche Mode in concert. Oh noes!

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I'm in ur kitchen, burglin ur soop

nobody@vox.com(brownamazon) — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 11:11:26 -0400

One of my friends in Toronto posted on his blog yesterday about being awakened from a nap by a ruckus in his kitchen. When he went to investigate, he found this:

O hai

Read the whole hilarious post here.

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