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Colossal Review
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: Film
- Hits: 2013
Which I downloaded onto my phone to pass the time, interesting, unpredictable - in a good way, and generally delightful in that "Glad this got made it proves the system isn't entirely broken" kinda way. Not great, merely good.
Links: Wiki on Colossal, Reviews on Rotten Tomatoes, Trailer
The Gold Boulder
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: Lost
- Hits: 1611
On the East Shore at Gray Creek you pass a sign announcing it as the home of the "Gold Boulder". The classic lost treasure legend, it involves the unexpected discovery, recovery and loss of a fabulously large gold nugget...
The truth, well, it's probably not true. But an interesting story nonetheless.
2 articles covering the tale:
http://www.columbiavalleypioneer.com/?p=16071
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Drunk on the Pier
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: Images
- Hits: 1310
The haze over the lake is growing thick, in places you can't see the other side. My day off, stolen by a part-timer who refused to work the long weekend, terrified by the rumours of the busiest days of the year, fortunately it's a late start...
Head down to the lake, pass the day with a full bottle of Stoly, it was on sale, the economy of fools, I'm drinking, making notes, snapping photos, some great photos...
The haze from the fires gives a great horizon...
I'm joined by some german tourists, they go swimming, making for a great photo:
German jumping off pier (right click, open in new window or tab to embiggen). I finish my vodka, lie down for a nap, wake at 6:00, a dozen messages on my phone, I'm late, into the jeep, soaking wet, must have fallen off the pier, sketchy as all out, trying to get to work, I'm late, I'm hammered, my every professional nightmare come true.
Graciously they say nothing, in the land of Foon I'm still a relatively model employee...
Dream of a Blue Roof, plaster, collapsing upon me
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: Dreams
- Hits: 1515
...I'm in a large room, high ceiling, pale blue roof, only it's beginning to collapse, small cracks in the plaster and chunks begin to fall down, I can see through it, the wooden timbers, the room and sky above ...
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