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11/14/2004

and it was the most prophetic fortune cookie ever. 

you may attend a party where strange customs prevail
vous pourriez assister a une réception aux étranges coutumes.

For real.

Shaheen, a restaurant by Beaubien metro, attracted the likes of Mira and Allie by boasting "unpretentious Indian and Pakistani fare. And a Kleenex box on every table."

When we first arrived, they seemed pissed that our friends didn't show up for 45 minutes because they had to close at 9:30pm. So they kept glaring at me in the mirror, gave us a faulty corkscrew for the wine, and turned off the heat to try and freeze us out. But we stuck it out, more determined than ever to get our $6.50 worth of soup, rice, curry, and dessert.

After Jer endured a striking blow at his ability to handle spice, the conversation quickly turned to politics, and Joffe, assured as ever of his convictions, spurred the conversation forward until it became a fiesty debate.

We were certain we were about to be kicked out when the owner, a big, middle-aged Pakistani immigrant, approached the table.

"Let me just ask you one question," he said, "Are you for or against American presence in Iraq and Afghanistan?"

Cut to thirty minutes later, well past the 9:30pm closing time, the debate raging on as Joffe told us everything he was against, while falling strangely silent when attempting to tell us exactly what it was he was for.

The point is:

The food was good and plentiful.
The debate (and I quote) was "nourishing also."

Go for the food. Stay for the old dude in the apron talking to you.

**** out of *****
$ out of $$$$$
Issue 1. Volume 1. Digitaldownpour Restaurant Critiques.


11/13/2004

ho ho ho? 

Is Santa Claus always this early?
There's only 40 shopping days till Christmas afterall.
What ever shall we do.

11/09/2004

Book of the Week 

So aparently Marshall McLuhan's claim-to-fame catchphrase "the medium is the message" was a typo, just a small communications glitch that drastically altered the meaning of his own important message. Because in fact, what Mr. Media was trying to tell us all along was that the medium is the massage.

Much more profound, don't you think?

Way ahead of his time.








11/07/2004

Delusions of Grandeur 

We are sad to say that one of our fellow blogs has apparently developed a strong case of delusional schizophrenia. A delusion is commonly defined as a false belief and is used in everyday language to describe a belief that is either false, fanciful or derived from deception. This is unfortunately evident in said blog's continued insistence that their blog is better than Digital Downpour, which is obviously a very fanciful notion indeed.

We would like to take this opportunity, however, to remind people that delusions of this scale typically occur in the context of neurological or mental illness. So while it may be tempting to cede to one's first reaction to such grandiose delusion by calling the deluded party mean names like "Crazy nut" or "Unfit-to-blog psycho", it is important to remember that it is not their fault but rather the result of a chemical imbalance inside their brain.



And with that, we wish the blog suffering from this illness peace of mind and hope that they will soon find a medication that best suits their needs.

11/03/2004

1460 more days 

Four years is a long fucking time. Especially when it's four years filled with constitutional amendments, neo-conservative values and "whatever it takes" mentality.

My favourite though is the ballot proposition that Georgians passed with 76% of the vote which will "Amend the Georgia constitution to recognize that marriage is only the union of a man and a woman" while simultaneously ensuring that "no divorces could be granted by a Georgia judge in the case of same-sex marriages". That's just so clever.

But I'm not feeling too down about it anymore because I just thouroughly enjoyed 106 minutes of my time spent watching






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