between the wars

+ we went to kitsilano for dinner last night, to the vineyard, which is open until 2 am. alright food, large portions, and good drink specials. i had a pint of kilkenny for 3.99, which is quite reasonable. it is the most beautiful beer i know. i could learn to love uberbrew, but why bother when there are any number of other, better beers out there to drink? uberbrew just isn't good.

+ i had a pint of stella artois yesterday. it tasted a bit scummy, and in retrospect i think it was just the first real pint out of the lines that day. it was beautiful, though. all sorts of bubbles.

+ going to kitsilano always reminds me of august 2004, when i tried to go to zulu records on a weekly basis to keep on top of incoming used albums. i read don delillo's underworld on the #9 broadway bus, back and forth. underworld is one of my very favourite books.

+ superman's song just came on shuffle. here it is for amanda: crash test dummies, 'superman's song'.
i have two albums. i listened to these in... 1994? the second, god shuffled his feet, is better overall. lost of songs about getting old and frail. the band flamed out pretty quickly, as i recall. the guy is still putting out oddities from his new home in the maritimes. i bet they'll be re-discovered in 20+ years and rehabilitated.

+ everything is phrased as a 'plus'. i do this deliberately.