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shack

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Another post, on topic, reprinted from a different board:

What would you do if had a trillion dollars? - B. Gates

A: Bill, I would invest most of it in space ship designs, ultra fast engines, and state of the art telescopes. Then I'd have my team of astronomers find an exoplanet capable of comfortably supporting human life. Then I'd send my spaceship to the planet, and claim it first; the law for discovery has always been "finders, keepers" for the first white man to plant his flag, so I'd own a whole planet. Then I'd sell 80% interest in the planet to some rich Mormon who wanted to be God of his own planet, for two trillion dollars. Then I'd have my trillion dollars back, and one to party with, too. The 20% of the planet that I still owned would be the only place there where you could get coffee, cigarettes, liquor, and premarital sex, so I would get like, 99% of the tourist money as well.
Excellent game plan but you left out one important component. Extra-marital sex.
 

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I saw Steve Earle, too, but the solo acoustic show at The Diamond Club, around 1990.

I might have seen that one as well, but I recall it being a few years later, maybe around '93 or '94. The one I went to, the opening act was Buddy and Julie Miller.
 

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I might have seen that one as well, but I recall it being a few years later, maybe around '93 or '94. The one I went to, the opening act was Buddy and Julie Miller.
These must be two different concerts. Did he play Nebraska as the last song of the show?
 

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To me, this silhouette of a woman in a yoga pose:

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Resembles the Masonic Square and Compass:

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In the silhouette, you really can't tell if it's is a frontal or dorsal view.
 

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Another very interesting building is The Great Hall, on the southeast corner of Queen Street West and Dovercourt, just west of the CAMH. It's a former Templar Lodge, now rented out for events. I saw Vanessa Carlton perform there in March, 2017, and took note of the Masonic type arches at the ceiling. It's an excellent concert venue, known as The Great Hall when there's balcony seating, and Longboat Hall for shows where the audience is all at floor level. If you're in that neighbourhood, try opening the door on Queen Street. If it's locked, a private event is probably taking place. If the door is unlocked, you can walk right in and look around, and if you see any staff, they'll just answer your questions, or leave you be.
LOLOL - Back in the 80's, it was used as an artsie gay speakeasy. I was hanging w the artsy set back then and one of my "outrageous" social contacts used to host club nights there dressed as Mozart. I used to bail out before the pants came down and the theatre guys started to spank each other.
 
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LOLOL - Back in the 80's, it was used as an artsie gay speakeasy. I was hanging w the artsy set back then and one of my "outrageous" social contacts used to host club nights there dressed as Mozart. I used to bail out before the pants came down and the theatre guys started to spank each other.
I saw a feminist short film festival there in 2017. I was walking by, and the door was unlocked, so I walked in, and they were setting up in Longboat Hall. One of the film makers, Dominique van Olm, invited me to the show that night. She's very attractive, and looks a lot like Brenda Strong the actress, (Sue Ellen Mischke, 'the braless wonder' on Seinfeld). Her film was good, about a young boy spending the weekend at his much older sister's place in a different city. The other films were a bit too 'uterocentric' for me. A band played after the film; Something Jane, I can't remember the name, but they were from a GTA suburb. I'm still in touch with Dominique from time to time, through Linked-In.
 
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