Category Archives: Random

Ten Years Ago Today (BJC2k Gala show, Anthony Gatto, etc)

22nd
Apr. × ’10
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During my last cruise someone asked me: “When did you know you wanted to be a professional juggler?” I thought about it for a few seconds before replying: “Exactly ten years ago today.” Which, to be honest, is only half true. Ten years (and now ten days) ago I didn’t know I wanted to be [...]

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Luke on Spiritual Experiences and Atheism

21st
Apr. × ’10
By admin

Here’s a blog post I’ve wanted to write for a long time, the first in the series of three. This post will be about spiritual experiences, the second will be about modern Christians and their use and knowledge of the bible, and the third post will be about the Bible as history. Preamble: Last year [...]

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Volcano!

18th
Apr. × ’10
By admin

I just looked up the Eyjafjallajökull volcano, and realized that Pola and I visited it in 2007: In this truck: Meanwhile I’m staying with friends in Istanbul until… well, I don’t know. My next gig is on Wednesday, in the south of Spain, so I hope I can just fly straight there. There’s a place [...]

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Starting the day on the wrong foot

23rd
Mar. × ’10
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One day, when I was about 11 or 12, I was walking to catch the school bus. I looked down and noticed that I was wearing odd shoes. And not just a little bit odd; one was a black trainer and the other was a white trainer. I knew if I carried on, and went [...]

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Erectile problems?

22nd
Mar. × ’10
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Years ago I stopped at a service station in the UK. Above the urinal I chose to use was a poster advertising a helpline for men experiencing erectile problems. It was called something like “Man Matters”. At the base of the poster was a thick booklet of paper slips, each with a telephone number and [...]

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7 years ago today

15th
Mar. × ’10
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On the 15th of March, 2003, I got my second tattoo done. Here’s what I wrote for my website at the time: A few years ago I was living in Scarborough. One day I was walking the long way up from the beach to my house, a route I didn’t normally take, and passed a [...]

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Youtube vs iTunes

7th
Mar. × ’10
By admin

Normally if someone uses music in a youtube video, three things happen at my end: 1. I just watch the video as normal. Maybe see a music credit. 2. The video is removed so I can’t see it at all, or the music is replaced automatically. 3. If the music is “located” somewhere else, I [...]

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A bad flight (and a new laptop on the way?)

13th
Feb. × ’10
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The story of part one of my flight home: I waited by the cruise for my taxi, which didn’t seem to be booked by anyone, and once it was finally sorted I set off with about 45 minutes to go before my flight. Thankfully the airport in Ushuaia is pretty close to the town, because [...]

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United State of Pop 2009

14th
Jan. × ’10
By admin

In the shower this morning I remembered the United State of Pop 2008, the DJ Earworm mashup of the billboard top 25 tracks of the year. I knew the latest one would be out, so I looked it up. Watch it once, then listen to it again and read through the handy lyrics guide.

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Goals and plans for 2010

2nd
Jan. × ’10
By admin

Yesterday (in my time zone) I posted the obligatory “looking back at 2009″ roundup. Here’s what I plan to do in 2010. 1 – Work and travel: 1.1 – Keep working on cruise ships, though structuring the my time away better than last year to maximize time in Berlin/with friends/doing my own thing. 1.2 – [...]

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