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Ladies and gentlemen, I’m proud to announce the creation and release of the second shirt made exclusively to satisfy my immense ego.  I present to you Shirt #2:

The shirt was designed by my brother, David, and was made by the good people at Acme Shirt Company.  For those of you out there who don’t own [...]

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Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to welcome back to Friesen Point my dear friend and increasingly loyal list-assigner, The Crain Train.  He’s been conspicuous in his absence for the last week or two, forcing me to resort to desperate measures to get my list-making fix.  I’m proud to report that today he is back [...]

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If you ever have the distinct honor of taking a walk with me, and I even catch as much as the sound of a bee nearby, you will have the even more distinct honor of seeing me duck and cover, protecting my face (or as I like to call it “my cash register”).  Some have [...]

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For past dispatches from the private files of Clams Casino, please see here, here, and here)
This weekend has certainly been an eventful one around the Friesen/Gifts household.  A lot of good things have happened, but truth be told, I’m real happy that it’s almost over.  The pace was just too hectic, too chaotic for my [...]

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Children, in my exploratory series on the pop culture scene during the 1990’s, I’ve illuminated many very insightful points.  I have shown that the 90’s were a time when there was enough room on the charts for nerd/thugs as well as gay party boys.  I have shown that the 90’s were a time when we [...]

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Children, we live in a weird world, a world of uncertainties.  Our world is a world where anything can happen.  At 10:24 PM you might be on top of the world, but before the clock strikes 10:25, the bottom may have already fallen out.  I believe All American Rejects lead singer Tyson Ritter put it [...]

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It’s been a tumultuous weekend around the Friesen/Gifts household.  As is my pattern, I drank substantially more whiskey than I should have on Friday night, spent most of my Saturday laying on my couch groaning, and did everything I could to avoid seeing the sun for the rest of the weekend.
However, while I was hiding [...]

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Children, the nineties were a very weird time for pop culture.  People may think that our musical scene is diverse nowadays with artists like the Jonas Brothers and T-Pain both being able to enjoy mainstream success, but such people are no students of history.  At their core, the Jonas Bothers and T-Pain are basically the [...]

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I think I’ve had enough of this world.  Every day, I read the news and about every other day I stumble across a story that just really shakes my faith in humanity.  To be fair, I guess it’s really just my faith in our country that’s being shaken; these stories tend not to come out [...]

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I’ve officially run out of viable Top Five List topics.  My dear friend and loyal list topic assigner The Crain Train has not sent me any new topics recently, nor has any of you, my minions.  Yet, my urge, nay my need, to make lists is very active.  Thus, I feel the need to assign [...]

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