Category Archives: Distractions

The Day the Music Died

By Jesse, himself. | Published: March 3, 2009

I absolutely make no guarantees that this post will remain up for any length of time. Whether it’s my own discomfort with being completely transparent on the internet (a function of age, perhaps) or just the overall embarrassment over the cheesiness of the clip, I’m just not sure if I want this thing out there [...]

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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 was [...]

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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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The Good Ol’ Hockey Game

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

Some moments are priceless.

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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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