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Rum Runners: Run Away
Posted in Personal Miscellany
on July 24th, 2010 by
Stephen DeGrace
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Reviews,
Food and Restaurants
Tonight we went to Rum Runners restaurant in Charlottetown, PEI to celebrate my step-brother's graduation from college. A lot of family were there and it was a very happy event. Regrettably, the restaurant itself was not one of the highlights of the evening. Rum Runners is a terrible restaurant and I would never recommend it to anyone.
The Avatar Phenomenon
Posted in Unfounded Speculation
on March 2nd, 2010 by
Stephen DeGrace
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Reviews,
Movies
I meant to blog about this back a month or so ago when I first saw the movie Avatar (Wikipedia entry), but never got around to it. Then today, one of my co-workers told me about this clip on Youtube. Do yourself a favour and watch it - you need to see this. These people seem to be completely serious, including the dude having sex with a flower through his braid at the end of the clip. It is truly special. Yes, the special effects were amazing, and the 3D was remarkable. But I think that while most people I've talked to tend to claim they aren't as much into the story as they are into the effects, I think the popularity of the movie was actually rooted in the story and even more in the implicit ideology. Those willing to admit it, and those who go farther into the realm of farce like the LARP people are only the tip of the iceberg - something in this movie speaks to something fundamental in the collective psyche of our culture.
Hunter's: Food, And Lots Of It. Eventually.
Posted in Personal Miscellany
on August 11th, 2009 by
Stephen DeGrace
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Reviews,
Food and Restaurants
Hunter's Ale House in Charlottetown has the advertising catch phrase "Great food, great rock, and lots of it." Well, the rock is all right, but I'll definitely never go there for the food again.