I continue to be in perpetual awe of human technology if for no other reason than it’s the dividing line between us and the rest of the animal kingdom except maybe cats who have been secretly running the planet for nearly 5,000 years without so much as giving us a heads up. Opposable thumbs have led us to more than just cracking coconuts open and banging rocks together in hopes of getting a record deal. Our search for knowledge fuels our desire to create better tools to obtain that knowledge faster so that we might then have more time to waste using time-wasting tools. It’s a perpetual cycle.
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TECHNOPHOBICA by Jaimie Vernon
Posted in life, Opinion, Review with tags bang the rocks together, bank transfers, Bob Segarini, Canadian Music, Cats, cellphones, DBAWIS, devices, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Douglas Adams, Encyclopedia Galactica, gadgets, gear, gear heads, gizmos, guitar, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Jaimie Vernon, obsolete, pedals, pencil sharpener, pyramids, Smartphones, tablet, technology on November 9, 2020 by segariniChef Tom – Meat and Potatoes The Blues …and a Whiskey
Posted in Food, music, Opinion, Recipe, Review with tags arugula, blues, Bob Segarini, cheftom, cocktails, comfort food, cooking, DBAWIS, Don't Believe a Word I Say, duck fat, Food, foodie, guitar, Healthy Food, healthy recipe, Hipp Kitchen, hippkitchen, Italian cooking, Josh King, meat and potatoes, Mediterranean Diet, old fashioned, omnivore, Opinion, parmesan, Potatoes, Prodigy, Quinn Sullivan, Recipe, steak, Taj Farrant, Toby Lee, Tom Herndon, whiskey on June 6, 2020 by segariniCall me old fashioned. Sometimes you just wanna go back to your roots. Doesn’t mean you can’t apply a smidge of sophistication. Continue reading
Pat Blythe: Toronto Scrapbook – Chapter Two
Posted in Opinion with tags A Primitive Evolution, Annette Shaffer, Australia, Bad Medicine, bass, Beatles, Blue Rodeo, Bob Segarini, Bombay Sapphire, Brett Carruthers, Calgary, Canada, Canadian, Canadian Music Week, Care Failure, Caroline Kawa, Counting Flowers, Country Roots n’ Rockabilly Music Tavern, Curtis Harding, Dakota Tavern, DBAWIS, Decca, Die Mannequin, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Drake Underground CMW, drums, EMI, England, Ennismore, Epsom, Etta James, Filthy Souls, FINO + BLEED, Frank Gutch Jr., Frank Soda, G&T, Greg Keelor, guitar, Guns 'n' Roses, Hellfield, High and Dry, HMV, Hogtown, Honest Ed’s, Horseshoe Tavern, Hugh Oliver, Hugh Oliver and the Twists, I Feel It All, I’m Just A Girl, J.C. Sandoval, Keith Heppler, Kevvy Mental, Kim Carnes, Kurt Cobain, Lord of Reason, Marilyn Manson, Matt Lightstone, Melissa Payne, money, mosh pit, Muddy York, Nazareth, Neon Zero, New Zealand, Nirvana, OISE, Orbit Room, Oregon, Pat Blythe, Plateau, Punk, Reba McEntire, Rock, Rock and Roll, Roxanne Tellier, seattle, Secret Broadcast, Seventh Fire Records, Sheraton Centre, Stand by Me, Stephany Seki, Stu Dead, Sucker Punch, Sum 41, swaggering stomp, Talking Heads, Tdot, The ‘Shoe, The Big Smoke, The Foolish Things, The Picture Taker, The Police, The Ramones, The Stones, Toronto, Tranzac, Will Bennett, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, You Know You’re Right, YouTube on April 22, 2015 by segariniWell…. This was supposed to be Part Five of The Women of Rock. However, I’m going to take a break and fill you in on some of the sights and sounds of this dynamic city I call home….Toronto…. Hogtown… Muddy York…. The Big Smoke…. Tdot…. where I’ve been going, who I’ve been seeing, what I’ve been drinking (G&T w/lemon if you must know. Bombay Sapphire is the chosen one.) AND update you about an exciting event that’s coming to Toronto. Yep….it’s another Toronto Scrapbook!
JAIMIE VERNON – I, ROBOT
Posted in Opinion with tags bang the rocks together, bank transfers, Bob Segarini, Canadian Music, Cats, cellphones, DBAWIS, devices, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Douglas Adams, Encyclopedia Galactica, gadgets, gear, gear heads, gizmos, guitar, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, I Robot, Isaac Asimov, Jaimie Vernon, obsolete, pencil sharpener, pyramids, Samsung tablet, Smartphones, technology on January 24, 2015 by segarini I continue to be in perpetual awe of human technology if for no other reason than it’s the dividing line between us and the rest of the animal kingdom except maybe cats who have been secretly running the planet for nearly 5,000 years without so much as a word about it. Opposable thumbs have led us to more than just cracking coconuts open and banging two rocks together in hopes of getting a record deal.