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Get Well Soon, Andrew!

Andrew McCallumYou might know him as Andrew McCallum of Tucows tech support (and he was recently promoted to a technical communications position) or as “Mental Floss”, DJ and composer of electronica. He’s a great guy, and when I joined Tucows back in 2003, he was one of the first people I got to know there.

His family reports that he was in a serious accident on the morning of Saturday, April 5th. He was rushed to the hospital with severe trauma and underwent extensive surgery. He is in critical condition and is now being stabilized. The doctors have said that the critical period for him runs from the time he was admitted to the hospital to around Tuesday evening.

Andrew’s brother reported this morning:

The staff at the ICU are regularly testing Andrew’s awareness. Andrew is apparently reacting to some stimulus, although I’m told that at this point it’s all involuntary. Nonetheless, this is a good sign, as I understand it. Keep the prayers coming.

Hang in there, Andrew, we’re all rooting for you.

(If you’d like to keep up with news about Andrew, the best place to do so in on the Facebook page titled “Andrew McCallum is in the Hospital”.

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Charlton Heston Tribute, Part 1

Heston’s Own Organic Damn Dirty Grapes
Photo courtesy of Miss Fipi Lele.

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Time to Rock Out on the Accordion

It’s a gorgeous spring day here in Accordion City. Now that I’m working at b5media, which is a stone’s throw away from my old busking haunt at Queen and Spadina (you can see a panoramic view of the corner here), I think I might take the ol’ office accordion (yes, I actually do keep a spare accordion at the office) out for some rockin’, street musician-style!

I’ve got plans to expand the repertoire by learning a number of songs from the videogame Rock Band, along with others — if you’ve got suggestions, let me know in the comments!

In the spirit of rockin’ out on the accordion, I’ll close with this photo of the accordion-powered gypsy punk band Gogol Bordello:

Gogol Bordello
Photo courtesy of Wikipedia, by way of Boing Boing.

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They Sell EVERYTHING at Costco

“Universal Caskets” section of Costco
Photo courtesy of RoninKengo.

They’ve got urns, too!

(In case you were wondering: Yes, I have a membership at Costco.)

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Door Sign of the Day

“Deliveries in the rear”

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The House That Jack Lost

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It’s Dumb, But It Made Me Laugh

“I hit a dog” comic