The Luau Corner: Archive

My new favourite meal

Were you planning to live past the age of 32?? brownj: Welcome to: What’s in Burkie Dog? - 1 Medium/Large Sized Hotdog - 1/2 lb of Cheese curds - Large ladle of Gravy - Sprinkling of crushed Hickory Sticks And only $6.95.

Oct 15th

NEW YORK TIMES Thursday October 8, 2009

Brooke Astor’s Son Guilty in Scheme to Defraud Her By JOHN ELIGON 6:58 PM ET Anthony D. Marshall was convicted of stealing from the matriarch as she suffered from Alzheimer’s disease in the twilight of her life. He could face from 1 to 25 years behind bars. Look out my sons!! Whatever your names are………?

Oct 9th

Myth.

Uh, everyone’s pee stinks…….so why pick on aparagus……….? Heck, you could blame that on the Taliban if you like, or your ex mother-in-law who treated you badly or your ex-boss who stared down the front of your shirt for that matter………..”Argggh! Honeeeey!! My pee-pee smells bad ‘cause my boss was staring down my shirt again...

Oct 9th

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Creep + Cape = Creepy Cape Guy.

Phantom of the opera……………. pbrown: There is a disturbing dude who paces back and forth on the street directly in front of our house. He wears a cape, which has a mask attached to it, which subsequently covers 50% of his face. I am waiting for the day him and I square off? in a dance off!

Sep 1st

A brotacular evening

brownj: Dancing shoes? Aging beaniks? Count me in……. I wish I was there……… Well, last night truly lived up to expectations. Immersed in a throng of aging beatniks and bluesmen and women, the Burnaby Blues and Roots Festival went down like a cold beer on a hot christmas morning. Meaning it was delicous. Reasons for greatness include: 1) Sharon Jones and the...

Aug 12th

Aug 2nd

Bro Favor

pbrown: Whew….thanks for the lesson. I’m still learning about “sick” as in “that is so sick” and a few others. As your parent, I thank you…….:) No, I do NOT want to be “with it” or “in”, I just want to understand what the hell you’re talking about! Bro Favor (n.) Pronounced like the spanish “por favor”, bro favor...

Aug 2nd

Blue jays need some psychic advice →

brownj: YOU CALLED……………..? questions and answers from beyond the grave!

Jul 27th

RE: YES THERE HAS BEEN A MIX UP.

1.. Huh? I missed something here………. 2. The girl in the pictures is pretty. 3.. Paul, how come you aren’t dating her? 4. Huh? I really missed something here………. Your Mom speaking

Jul 9th

Jul 7th

I’m having a good Saturday——my...

Jun 13th

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A Good Mantra.............

“The idea that mediocrity is acceptable is truly at extreme odds to everything that I believe in, and have been taught.” Joseph Lau

Jun 13th

Graduation...............

Seems real enough…….:)

Jun 3rd

“Buffalo huh? Where is that Colorado? Man….I wish it...”

– Marshall Axani - Friend, school chum, geographically negligent (via brownj)

Jun 1st

May 22nd

“I hope that the seventh NHL team lands in Hamilton. And I also hope they are...”

– PB (via brownj)

May 17th

Lets Get Serious?

Now this is really interesting. Great idea James! It keeps the rest of us in the loop without pestering you. I did a cram session on Paul Gross yesterday. He is quite versatile as an actor/writer/producer/director etc. You’re in with some good people. I wonder if he drinks Heineken? Need me to recruit anybody??

May 12th

80's Party??

Did we really dress like that? Were we really that young? Oooooooo…Rob Lowe was sooooo cuuute!!

Apr 29th

“brown: londonbeard: vigeant: londonbeard: This is my choice for vigeantumblog’s...”

– - blogelsgaard -

Apr 4th

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The types of dreams you have when you don't have a...

This is definitely a guy-dream. You know, you take something you really admire and covet out of your pocket and……..? Psych 101. Dr. Wendy. pbrown: I don’t have a smart phone… I would really like one, but the timing just isn’t right yet. Last night I had a dream that I found a smart phone… lucky me! This phone was sick.. it was the latest on the market, top of the line, touch...

Mar 18th

Canada wins at World Cup Skiing!

Slideshow: World Cup Downhill Skiing KVITFJELL, Norway (AFP) - Canada’s Manuel Osborne-Paradis won a men’s World Cup downhill here on Friday ahead of Michael Walchhofer of Austria and Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway. Osborne-Paradis, opening his World Cup account after four podium finishes, timed 1min 47.09sec, with Walchhofer and Svindal .31s and .37s adrift respectively....

Mar 6th

My Mother has added me to facebook...

brownj: luau: A-a-a-amen! A-a-a-men! Aaaaa—men——amen—amen….Did you get that?? brownj: luau: pbrown: looks like I will be cleaning up my profile. Funny you should say that……………..your Mother…………:) So did mine! Weird. We should start a support group. What the?

Mar 1st

My Mother has added me to facebook...

A-a-amen! A-a-a-men! Aaaaa—amen—amen-amen….Did you get that?? brownj: luau: pbrown: looks like I will be cleaning up my profile. Funny you should say that……………..your Mother…………:) So did mine! Weird. We should start a support group.

Feb 28th

Feb 3rd

Word of the day...

brownj: Bro-must: “Bro-must is the natural, manly equivalent of cologne.” Bro-must? Bra-bust?…..I’m confused……….

Jan 14th

Aurevior Le Devoirs! →

pbrown: I will be heading up North for the weekend tomorrow and will not be reachable by internet or phone! (most likely) ARGGGHHHHH! It’s Au Revoir not Au Dior!!!!

Jul 22nd

“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.”

– Martin Luther King, Jr.

Apr 3rd

Too Fashionable?

Since when was that a weakness?????

Mar 2nd

Recent fascination with architecture? →

pbrown: Some of these buildings are WHACK… definitely worth a look. To add to my last post on Dubai, I would like to quote Adam Barrett: In the context of Dubai building an 8-star Hotel ~ “… 5-star hotel? What, are we sleeping in used condoms?” Very true Adam. Dubai makes me feel poor. Very poor. I think I have scurvy. MOM: Um……I might be middle-aged, but this is very...

Feb 29th

““We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the hateful...”

– Martin Luther King Jr.

Feb 28th

Dear Mr. Onion.....

Perhaps because I am over 40 and have lived in the US for 6 years now, I am wary of those who promise change but have not outlined what change. And very possibly that is Barrack Obama’s edge. He does not state exactly what he has on his agenda for “change”, therefore his opponents cannot dissect and attack his program, hence bogging down the real objective: winning the...

Feb 18th

Eddie the Eagle:

pbrown: Yesterday, Calgary celebrated it’s 20th anniversary of the ‘88 Winter Olympic Games. Cool… Except for the fact that the way it was celebrated was a ceremony in Canada Olympic Park, where an ‘88 Games Celeb (British Ski Jumper: Eddie the Eagle) was sent down a zip-line from the top of the (now unused) ski jump. This was obviously not meant for our generation, because the so-called “Hoopla”...

Feb 15th

Improve the world: Rescue a Frenchie.

I became an official FBRN volunteer today!!!!! My first assignment will be to do a belated home check on a volunteer who lives nearby. She is fostering a wee Frenchie puppy who has pulmonary stenosis (He was rescued from a state condemned puppy mill bust). He has seen the vet cardiologist and gets his heart surgery next week. So he’ll come back with love in his heart and a sound ticker...

Feb 13th

Learning Chinese.........

We were in one of my Mother-in-law’s favorite restaurants in San Francisco and Mom was quite friendly with the waitress. I wanted to thank the waitress in Chinese and Joseph told me that thank you is “she she” (short “e” like eh). Ok, so my big moment comes and I smile sweetly and say “shi shi”. The waitress stared at me kind of weird. I repeated it…still a confused look on everyone’s face...

Feb 9th

Super Tuesday on Wednesday.........

I went to bed last night feeling queasy, stressed and full of self recrimination. Not like me, especially since I didn’t do anything wrong. Something was causing the heavens to swirl and gurgle. So I woke up feeling better (hurray), made coffee and it tasted good. Always a good indicator of how my day will go. I booted up, clicked on the news and YES!!!!!!!! Hilary was ahead!!...

Feb 7th

Well praise be...........

I clicked on the link and found out what Pocky is……………I was getting a bit worried………….:)

Feb 3rd

“Ain’t nothin’ but three things in this world that’s worth a...”

– Tom T. Hall

Jan 31st

More "Goodness"??

Look, I’m as open-minded as the next person, even more so than most. Being Danish—-well I’m part of the live-and-let-live club………and Scientlogy is surely not in tune with that strong intellectual/hey buddy let’s say “Skol” and drink- some-aakvavit-to-the-occasion Danish heritage. And you didn’t have to take Psych 101 to know how...

Jan 30th

French Bulldog Rescue Network in 2007

We find beauty in the most incomprehensible places and otherwise homely faces It is our gift to see beyond the dirt, terror, sadness and defeat, and find The true soul that lies within. We are Rescue! For Summer and her baby Rajah, Aimee, Truffle & Brulee, Samson, Butch, Posy, Churchill and all the...

Jan 20th

The Man at Hub/Men in Trees

Instead of a tall, handsome, piercing blue eyed marine scientist stranded in a life raft in the frigid waters of the Far North———wondering, hoping, praying that he will make it to a cell phone to call his girlfriend who is royally pissed off and about to dump him because he didn’t call………..we have the adventures of The Man at Hub??

Jan 17th

Screenwriters Guild strike....

I don’t know about the rest of the TV watching world but I totally support this strike. However……………I miss Men in Trees!!!!!!!

Jan 16th

“I came I saw I farted….”

– Louis the Unparalleled

Jan 13th

The Ladies take on Extreme Dudes.....

Little weenies……………….I am not kidding you, that is what girls/20 something’s/middle-aged women think. So somebody must have done the research——-NOT ME. “Brian”? Maybe. I’ve met (that means I had to say excuse me to get past the guy—-the part of the gym where they have the giant free weights) I’ve met a Mike, an Alfonso, and something I couldn’t pronounce. Maybe the guy’s...

Jan 11th

Sigh, I am sitting in my home office right now as it fills with the odor of Frenchie farts. Ugh! I had better turn on the scented oil lamp. Daily routine……

Jan 7th

http://www.frenchbulldogrescue.org/htdocs/foster.ht... →

Jan 7th

Improve the world: Rescue a Frenchie.

These loving, comical, loyal, intelligent little companion dogs truly make the world a better place to live. French Bulldogs —— Mai oui!! They are everybody’s friend, always curious and interested in what you are doing (regardless of how mundane or boring). Their biggest need is human contact—love!—lots of it. Sadly, because of the hefty price they bring they are...

Jan 7th

http://paul-brown.tumblr.com/ →

Jan 6th

“You can’t live in a city that robs you of your spirit and steals your...”

– Lise Lau reflecting on the next move.

Jan 6th

Dec 30th