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With a banjolele on my knee…

By Jesse, himself. | Published: February 11, 2009

In honour of my Uncle Bert’s birthday, I had to post this great article I tripped over at BoingBoing.com. The first musical instrument I ever learned to play was the banjo-uke. My Dad’s a cabinet-maker, and one of his early projects was to make a couple of the miniature banjos for my Uncle Bert, who [...]

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The Family Virtual Christmas Card

By Jesse, himself. | Published: December 17, 2008

Hot off the hard drive, here it is. The watercolour is my first attempt at painting. An unapologetically blatant rip-off of a Tony Bennett masterpiece, it was just meant to be an exercise. His is three times as large, and a 100 times better (I can’t sing as well as him, either) but I was [...]

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My First Ride

By Jesse, himself. | Published: October 6, 2008

Murph dropped me a line about noticing a ’62 Plymouth Valiant on the road today and being struck by how ugly it was. It got me thinking about a post I’d been meaning to put up for quite awhile. A short tribute to the best car I ever owned. Flat-head 6, the last year of [...]

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Reporter Hates Anchor. Anchor Hates Reporter.

By Jesse, himself. | Published: March 11, 2008
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Inspired.

By Jesse, himself. | Published: February 9, 2008

Not a lot of people know that I have a tattoo of an anchor on my right bicep with “Carol” & “Liam” emblazoned on a ribbon wrapping around it. It is an intentional reference to very traditional merchant marine tattoos, popularized by sailors to remember their loved ones. Norman Rockwell’s whimsical painting, showing a sailor [...]

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