Saturday, March 8, 2025
On Granville Street in Downtown Vancouver. Summer of 2018.
Granville Street is a major street in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and part of Highway 99. Granville Street is most often associated with the Granville Entertainment District and the Granville Mall. This street also cuts through suburban neighborhoods like Shaughnessy, and Marpole via the Granville Street Bridge.
The community was known as "Gastown" (Gassy's Town) after its first citizen - Jack Deighton, known as "Gassy" Jack. "To gas" is period English slang for "to boast and to exaggerate". In 1870 the community was laid out as the "township of Granville" but everybody called it Gastown. The name Granville honours Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville, who was British Secretary of State for the Colonies at the time of local settlement.
In 1886 it was incorporated as the city of Vancouver, named after Captain George Vancouver, who accompanied James Cook on his voyage to the West Coast and subsequently spent 2 years exploring and charting the West Coast.
During the 1950s, Granville Street attracted many tourists to one of the world's largest displays of neon signs.
Towards the middle of the twentieth century, the Downtown portion of Granville Street had become a flourishing centre for entertainment, known for its cinemas (built along the "Theatre Row," from the Granville Bridge to where Granville Street intersects Robson Street), restaurants, clubs, the Vogue and Orpheum theatres, and, later, arcades, pizza parlours, pawn stores, pornography shops and strip clubs.
By the late 1990s, Granville Street suffered gradual deterioration and many movie theatres, such as "The Plaza, Caprice, Paradise, [and] Granville Centre [...] have all closed for good," writes Dmitrios Otis in his article "The Last Peep Show." In the early 2000s, the news of the upcoming 2010 Winter Olympic Games, to be hosted in Whistler, a series of gentrification projects, still undergoing as of 2006, had caused the shutdown of many more businesses that had heretofore become landmarks of the street and of the city.
Also, Otis writes that "once dominated by movie theatres, pinball arcades, and sex shops [Downtown Granville is being replaced] by nightclubs and bars, as [...it] transforms into a booze-based 'Entertainment District'." In April 2005, Capitol 6, a beloved 1920s-era movie theatre complex (built in 1921 and restored and reopened in 1977) closed its doors (Chapman). By August 2005, Movieland Arcade, located at 906 Granville Street became "the last home of authentic, 8 mm 'peep show' film booths in the world" (Otis). On July 7, 2005, the Granville Book Company, a popular and independently owned bookstore was forced to close (Tupper) due to the rising rents and regulations the city began imposing in the early 2000s in order to "clean up" the street by the 2010 Olympics and combat Vancouver's "No Fun City" image. (Note the "Fun City" red banners put up by the city on the lamp-posts in the pizza-shop photograph). Landlords have been unable to find replacement tenants for many of these closed locations; for example, the Granville Book Company site was still boarded up and vacant as of July 12, 2006.
While proponents of the Granville gentrification project in general (and the 2010 Olympics in specific) claim that the improvements made to the street will only benefit its residents, the customers frequenting the clubs and the remaining theatres and cinemas, maintain that the project is a temporary solution, since the closing down of the less "classy" businesses, and the build-up of Yaletown-style condominiums in their place, will not eliminate the unwanted pizzerias, corner-stores and pornography shops - and their patrons - but will simply displace them elsewhere (an issue reminiscent of the city's long-standing inability to solve the problems of the DTES).
Thursday, March 6, 2025
Tuesday, March 4, 2025
'WandaVision' review: The most exciting MCU story yet is also the weirdest
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| https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/wandavision-review-marvel-disney-plus |
The most remarkable thing about WandaVision is how familiar it feels. Despite being new — it's the first Marvel series on Disney+ and the first new Marvel anything in ages — WandaVision feels as welcoming as a beloved TV rerun.
Oh sure, there is a sinister force lurking that threatens to tear it all apart. And being a Marvel Studios production, WandaVision doesn't commit nearly enough to the bit to say anything new about its characters or the artificiality of television. Nor is the show really weird enough. But as a playful homage to the type of TV we don't see anymore, WandaVision is a blast that proves there's plenty of dimensions still left to explore in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Premiering on January 15, WandaVision throws viewers back to a bygone era when TV was appointment viewing. Elizabeth Olsen and Paul Bettany reprise their Avengers roles as the mystical Wanda Maximoff and synthetic Vision, respectively. But rather than star in a modern thriller with rudimentary plots, an impeccably costumed Olsen and Bettany ham it up in a mid-century sitcom with nods to I Love Lucy and Bewitched. (The show's first few episodes are in black and white with 4:3 framing.) Here, in this impossible and likely false reality, Wanda and Vision are newlyweds who navigate dire challenges like nosy neighbors, playing host to Vision's boss for dinner, and their neighborhood talent show.
It's all very clever and immensely fun. And it succeeds by virtue of Olsen and Bettany, whose performances are so textured in this unusual framework that you can and will be fooled into thinking their big screen Marvel roles have been small screen darlings this whole time. Their screwball antics and exaggerated gestures take up the space they were denied in any of their Avengers appearances.
There were times watching WandaVision where I believed I was actually watching a lost sitcom, newly unearthed. A married witch and robot living in suburbia? That's not any more strange than Alf.
Unfortunately, for all Bettany and Olsen give to the show and its attention to detail — WandaVision filmed in front of a live audience, and TV legend Dick Van Dyke was an unofficial consultant — the show cuts corners where it needn't. Its biggest betrayal is in its clean, 4K resolution that betrays the immersion. Even high-definition transfers of I Love Lucy contain grain that is absent in WandaVision. This isn't a grave sin, but when a show like WandaVision shoots for the moon, you wonder why it's content for the stars.
Still, there hasn't been anything like WandaVision ever, in 2021 or 1961. And for all its creeping darkness — ripped straight from its dual comic source materials of Brian Michael Bendis' House of M and Tom King's The Vision — WandaVision is ineffably comforting. Even if you didn't grow up cheating bedtime to watch Nick at Nite, the tropes and aesthetics of the mid-century sitcom are so baked into our shared psyche, it's impossible not to feel at ease watching something with a laugh track.
For years, it was TV sitcoms' many happy families and inoffensive hijinks that kept generations heated by the warming glow of the screen. It isn't surprising why Disney rival WarnerMedia spent an eye-watering $500 million to stream Friends. These shows worked, and they still work today.
But WandaVision isn't aiming to enter the pantheon of endlessly rewatchable sitcoms like Friends or The Office. By the end of Episode 3 (the last one Disney provided for review), it's clear Wanda and Vision's world is about to get a lot less nostalgic.
As the Marvel Cinematic Universe stages its long-awaited comeback without a standard-issue Marvel blockbuster like Black Widow, The Falcon, and The Winter Soldier, or even Eternals to satiate audiences, the most daring thing about WandaVision isn't that it's so “weird” or “strange” — it's that it's comforting. Right now, maybe that's what we need the most.
WandaVision streams January 15 on Disney+.
2023 Discs of the Year Awards Blu-ray and UHD
These are my winners for the best in physical media of 2023. As always I am limited to the titles I could personally purchase and review. 2023 was a standout year for catalog releases so this is merely my attempt to highlight important technical aspects and the hard work put in by many talented people that frequently gets overlooked. I also hope this can serve as a helpful buyer's guide for those looking to pick up some incredible releases.
00:00 Red Carpet Nominees
05:39 Awards Start and Introduction
11:03 Best Artwork-Bruce Lee At Golden Harvest LE, Arrow
12:12 Best Steelbook or LE packaging standard release: Young Guns UHD steelbook, Lionsgate
14:23 Best Silent Film Release: TIE- The Trap, Kino. The Mystic and The Unknown, Criterion.
16:13 Best Film Restoration: Bruce Lee at Golden Harvest, Arrow
18:25 Best audio restoration: The Man Who Knew Too Much Perspecta Stereo, Universal
20:17 Best Encoding Blu-ray: The Big Gundown, Fidelity In Motion, Indicator
22:11 Best Encoding UHD: TIE-Bruce Lee At Golden Harvest, Barbarella-Arrow. Cinderella, Disney.
24:34 Best improvement using same master, Blu-ray: TIE- The Kiss Before The Mirror and The Big Gundown, Indicator.
27:09 Best improvement using same master, UHD: Touch of LE, Eureka.
28:11 Best improvement over previous flawed video masters: Bruce Lee At Golden Harvest, Arrow.
28:53 Best effort in handling multiple cuts, audio tracks and presentations. Blu-ray: The Big Gundown, Indicator.
29:04 Best effort in handling multiple cuts, audio tracks and presentations UHD: Bruce Lee At Golden Harvest, Arrow
29:35 Best Audio Commentary: TIE- David J. Skal-The Unknown, Criterion. Nora Fiore-The Kiss Before The Mirror, Indicator.
37:08 Best Supplemental Features Package-Bruce Lee At Golden Harvest, Arrow.
38:05 Best Supplemental Feature: The Final Game of Death-Bruce Lee At Golden Harvest, Arrow.
38:46 Best Documentary: The Final Game of Death-Bruce Lee At Golden Harvest, Arrow.
38:53 Special Award for Excellence in Film History Supplements: The Final Game of Death-Bruce Lee At Golden Harvest, Arrow.
41:16 Best of 2023 Awards
41:23 Best Audio Quality: Bruce Lee At Golden Harvest, Arrow.
43:30 Best Picture Quality Blu-ray: Tarzan The Ape Man, Warner Archive.
44:48 Best Picture Quality UHD: TIE- The Ranown Westerns, Criterion. Barbarella, Bruce Lee At Golden Harvest, Arrow.
49:36 Blu-ray of the Year: The Big Gundown LE, Indicator.
51:44 4K UHD of the Year: Bruce Lee At Golden Harvest, Arrow.
52:33 Best Boxset of the Year: Bruce Lee At Golden Harvest, Arrow.
53:19 Disc of the Year 2023: Bruce Lee At Golden Harvest, Arrow.
56:23 Best Labels of 2023
56:29 Best US label: Warner Archive
59:04 Best UK label: Arrow Video
01:01:35 Best Label: Arrow Video
01:02:56 Final Summary
Monday, March 3, 2025
601 Hastings Street at Seymour Street - Princess Plaza
https://vancouverpublicspace.ca/inventory/601-hastings-street-at-seymour-street-princess-plaza/
Site Name: Princess Plaza
Name and Address:
- Site Address: 601 West Hastings
- Closest Street Intersection: Hastings and Seymour
- Local Area: Downtown
- Neighbourhood: CBD
- Latitude: 49.28484963
- Longitude: -123.1128793
Photoset: https://flic.kr/s/aHsjUWissX
Description: A mixture of open-space and covered public space. The site is primarily defined by a heavy, domed structure – open at ground level. The site offers one of the few weatherproof public spaces in downtown. A significant change in grade exists between north and south ends of the site – necessitating a sizeable flight of stairs at then north end.
Components: Atrium; Edge space
Year Built: 1982
Ownership status: Private
History Notes: The atrium/plaza was built in 1982, as part of the development of the adjascent Princess Building. In 2014, a proposal was submitted to the City of Vancouver to redevelop the building into a larger office tower. This rezoning was approved in 2015.
Key Events, Usage in History, Timeline:
- 1980s – constructed
- 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014 – VPSN informal event programming to activate the space (primarily on Halloween); 2014 Rezoning application seeks to redevelop site.
- 2015 Rezoning application approved.
Locational Context: The atrium dome is located SE of the Princess Building, an 11-storey office tower. Surrounding context includes other office and retail uses. To the east: SFU’s downtown campus.
Site Orientation: Various; primarily south and east
Dimensions:
- Area: Total site: approx 600m2
- Dimensions: Total site (including dome) approx 15m x 40m
Design Features:
- Solar exposure/shading considerations: Covered space.
- Weather Proofing: Yes.
- Surface Treatment and Materials: Hard surfaced.
Furniture and Amenities:
- Formal Seating: Yes – several steel benches
- Informal Seating: Yes. Planter ledges provide additional seating. Also, stairs to the north end
- Waste or Recycling Disposal: Yes.
- Lighting: The interior of the dome is lit via 20 lights.
- Landscaping: Several large planters are built into the plaza space – helping to define the space and, through terracing, moderate the change in grade.
- Other items of note: Ash tray containers.
Security: Site has CCTV cameras inside.
Access:
- Transit: Accessible via HAstings Street bus routes. Approx 1 block south from Waterfront Station (SkyTrain, Canada Line, SeaBus).
- Universal Design: Accessible at grade along southern edge. Eastern and southern edges have stairs.
General Usage or Observational data: The space is used informally, and in relatively low numbers. Often a spot for smokers, or people taking a break.
Typology: Enclosed Space – Atrium
Evaluation Details:
- Timestamp: 24/11/2014 18:55:35
- Time of evaluation: 0.125
- Weather during evaluation: N/A
2023 Damn Fool Awards: The worst physical media disc releases of 2023
These are my awards for the worst in physical media and catalog title masters for the calendar year of 2023. There were unfortunately many compromised releases and masters but two so outshone the others that they dominate these awards: the desecration of American Graffiti and the Warner studio release of the Fleischer Superman cartoons. And the specter of James Cameron looms large…
00:00 Intro goof
00:00:32 Introduction
02:24 WTF disc of the year:
04:03 Worst artwork:
05:05 Most disappointing audio:
05:48 Worst audio:
05:56 Worst over processing of preexisting audio source:
06:33 Worst audio desecration:
07:51 Disc most ruined by no original audio:
08:21 Cheapest feeling and least effort boxset:
09:38 Worst 4K UHD picture quality:
12:04 Worst Blu-ray Picture Quality:
13:21 Worst encoding, UHD:
14:21 Worst Encoding BD:
15:12 Dumbest Encoding UHD:
15:43 Dumbest Encoding BD:
16:04 Worst HDR:
16:47 Worst Supplemental Feature:
21:54 Most problematic and error ridden disc:
23:03 Most problematic boxset:
25:00 Cheapest reissue practices:
26:17 Most annoying reissue practice:
28:36 New Low for Film Preservation: James Cameron 4K remasters
29:53 Lifetime Achievement Award for continued Video Idiocy: James Cameron
30:09 Worst UHD of the Year:
32:25 Worst Blu-ray of the Year:
33:23 Special Award for Video Incompetence-
34:38 Worst disc of the year:
36:57 Top 10 worst
37:18 #10
37:34 #9
37:55 #8
38:24 #7
39:03 #6
40:02 #5
40:48 #4
41:03 #3
42:04 #2
42:36 #1
42:58 Final Summary
45:47 Outro Goof
Friday, February 28, 2025
Symptoms of ADHD in Women and Girls
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| https://chadd.org/for-adults/symptoms-of-adhd-in-women-and-girls/ |
Women and girls experience the same general symptoms of ADHD as men and boys. However, the way the symptoms are expressed in their behaviors can appear different from their expression in men and boys.
This difference in expression has historically been one of the reasons girls and women are underdiagnosed. Clinicians, parents, and other adults who work with children look for the male model of ADHD symptoms that focuses on hyperactivity and impulsiveness. When girls demonstrate symptoms of inattention, overly sociable behavior, forgetfulness, talkativeness, or difficulties with time management, those behaviors are attributed to other causes or cultural expectations.
Symptoms of ADHD
ADHD has three main presentations: predominantly inattentive, predominantly hyperactive-impulsive, and combined inattentive and hyperactive.
Women and girls can have any of these presentations, and presentations and symptom severity can vary across their lives. However, both research and lived experience indicate that girls and women most often appear to have the inattentive presentation:
- Fails to give close attention to details or makes careless mistakes
- Has difficulty sustaining attention, does not appear to listen
- Struggles to follow through with instructions, has difficulty with organization
- Avoids or dislikes tasks requiring sustained mental effort, loses things easily
- Is easily distracted, is forgetful in daily activities
To assume that women and girls only experience the inattentive presentation would be incorrect. Many women and girls report and describe “internal” hyperactivity and other unrecognized symptoms, with behaviors often ascribed culturally to very “social” girls:
- Talks excessively
- Fidgets and often needs to get up and walk around
- Acts impulsively or speaks before thinking
- Appears to daydream but will explains that her thoughts feel like they are “going a million miles a minute” and she has trouble keeping her mind on one topic
- Easily makes friends but has difficulty sustaining friendships
- Self-harming activities, or activities that require extreme and unhealthy self-discipline
- Adopts compensatory strategies, leading to working two to three times as hard as her peers in order to be equally successful
- Fears rejection by peers or friends and clings to other people or remains in unhealthy relationships
Additional indications of ADHD
Though not often listed as symptoms, other indications of ADHD in girls and women include co-occurring depression and anxiety, difficult romantic relationships that can lead to intimate partner violence, trouble maintaining friendships, and at least one space in her life in disarray (messy house, messy bedroom, or similar personal space).
Often girls with ADHD will become sexually active at a younger age than their peers, due to impulsivity, poor planning, or a desire to be cared for by their partner. When they do so, they are at a greater risk of being pressured into unwanted sexual activity or becoming victims of sexual violence, and are less likely to use or be able to insist that their partners use contraception.
Thursday, February 27, 2025
Wednesday, February 26, 2025
Monday, February 24, 2025
Bigfoot is Real…6 Reasons the Patterson-Gimlin Film is Authentic
In this video I explore the logical reasons that support the authenticity of the iconic Patterson-Gimlin Bigfoot film. I’ll delve into the details that skeptics often overlook, including the biomechanics and gait of the Bigfoot creature's movement, muscle movements beneath the skin, scientific analysis and opinions, the many failed attempts to debunk the film and more. Whether you’re a believer or a skeptic, this analysis aims to provide insight into why the Patterson-Gimlin film remains a significant piece of evidence in the search for Sasquatch.
Sunday, February 23, 2025
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (4K UHD Review)
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| https://thedigitalbits.com/item/spiderman-into-the-spiderverse-uhd |
Miles Morales (Shameik Moore) is just your average New York City teenager trying to find his way in the world, when he gets bitten by a radioactive spider and develops unique superpowers. Well, maybe not so unique. You see, in Miles’ world, there already is a Spider-Man (Chris Pine), who promises to show our fledgling hero the ropes. But when a supercollider belonging to the notorious Kingpin (Liev Schreiber) goes haywire beneath Manhattan, that becomes impossible… and the impossible becomes reality. Multiple dimensions begin to converge, each with a “Spider” hero of its own. All of them have suddenly crossed over into Miles’ world and they’ll have to work together to save their “Spider-Verse” from annihilation.
I should admit this right up front: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse may very well be my all-time favorite superhero film. That’s saying a lot, I know, but never has a film so perfectly captured this genre’s comic-book origins and visual texture before. The story – featuring characters that have nearly all appeared in the pages of different Spider-Man comic series – feels remarkably fresh, entertaining, and grounded. There’s great action here to be sure, but also a ton of humor, and genuine heart. In addition to the names I’ve already mentioned, the voice cast features Jake Johnson, Hailee Steinfeld, Mahershala Ali, Brian Tyree Henry, Lily Tomlin, Luna Lauren Velez, John Mulaney, Kimiko Glenn, Katheryn Hahn, Zoë Kravitz, and Nicolas Cage, all of whom make fine contributions to the story. But what really impresses here is that this film features the most ground-breaking animation to grace the big screen in years, with perhaps the most unique visual style since the Wachowski’s Speed Racer in 2008.
Part of this is due to the filmmakers applying an immediately recognizable halftone-dot and offset printing effect to the footage. They also blend 3D and 2D animation in both the characters and backgrounds – and some of the 2D is hand-drawn, with actual line work. The filmmakers break the widescreen frame with traditional comic page panels, reveal the occasional bit of dialogue or thought via word balloons, and pepper action scenes with sound effects text. Perhaps the most important technique they’ve applied, however, is apparent in the way they’ve rendered the image. Rather than rendering a full 30 frames-per-second of smooth animation, they’re actually rendering 15 frames and holding some as double or even triple frames, all while avoiding motion smoothing. It’s a little like watching really well done stop-motion animation, which lends the footage an interesting dash of physicality. It’s genuinely remarkable.
Sony Animation rendered Into the Spider-Verse in 2K, so it was upsampled for its release on 4K Ultra HD. But that’s okay; every bit of detail in the 2.39:1-framed image is visible here. And let me tell you, the High Dynamic Range grade (HDR10 only) is magnificent. Colors exhibit a more vivid luster and much greater nuance, the shadows are deepened, and the brightest areas have real pop. This is a visual feast – a definite eye candy title for the UHD format.
The 4K disc also provides a lively and dynamic English Dolby Atmos sound mix (TrueHD 7.1 compatible) that seldom disappoints. There’s a little less panning and movement than you might expect, but the staging is precise, with terrific immersion and tons of robust and subtle directional cues. Bass is firm with genuine heft, clarity is exceptional, and the score by Daniel Pemberton (mixed with pop/hip hop tracks by Post Maloe, Nicki Minaj, and others) is playful with fine fidelity. Additional audio options include English and French Descriptive Audio, and French and Spanish 5.1 Dolby Digital, with optional subtitles available in English, English SDH, French, and Spanish.
The actual 4K disc includes the film and following extras:
- Audio Commentary (with Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, and Rodney Rothman)
- Spider-Ham: Caught in a Ham animated short (4:01)
- Spider-Man: Far From Home trailer (2:37)
- MIB International trailer (2:37)
Note that the Spider-Ham short is upsampled to 4K but not graded for HDR, so you’ll want to turn that off when you watch it here.
The package also includes the film in 1080p HD on Blu-ray, which includes the following extras (all in HD):
- Audio Commentary (with Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, and Rodney Rothman)
- Alternate Universe Mode viewing option (143:31)
- Spider-Ham: Caught in a Ham animated short (4:01)
- We Are Spider-Man (7:51)
- Spider-Verse: A New Dimension (5:09)
- The Ultimate Comics Cast (15:02)
- Designing Cinematic Comic Book Characters: Heroes & Hams (7:45)
- Designing Cinematic Comic Book Characters: Scoundrels & Scorpions (5:11)
- A Tribute to Stan Lee and Steve Ditko (8:34)
- The Spider-Verse Super Fan Easter Egg Challenge (5:02)
- Post Malone & Swae Lee’s Sunflower music video (2:48)
- Nicki Minaj, Anuela AA & Bantu’s Familia music video (3:00)
- Spider-Man: Far From Home trailer (2:37)
- MIB International trailer (2:37)
The Spider-Ham short is cute in a throwback way and serves as a kind of setup to the film itself. The full-length commentary is good, with interesting stories and bits of trivia on the making of the film, but the Alternate Universe Mode is the real highlight of these extras. As you watch the film with it enabled, you get a look at deleted and alternate scenes, alternate dialogue and more, all of it presented back in the context of the film. It amounts to about 27 minutes of additional content in all, added back via seamless branching. Most of it is unfinished (storyboards and the like), but it’s pretty cool to see nonetheless.
The rest of the video-based extras feel a little bit glossy, but still manage to give you a nice look behind-the-scenes on the film’s development and production, how the actors were chosen and what they each brought to their roles, etc. A highlight is definitely the tribute to Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, and I particularly liked the explanation of how the animators achieved the film’s unique look. The featurette run times may not seem like much, but there’s a lot more information and insight packed into each one than you expect.
Unfortunately, there’s no Blu-ray 3D version of the film included in this package, and it doesn’t seem that Sony intends to release one separately here in the States. That’s a shame, because the theatrical 3D presentation was wildly popular. It does appear that Blu-ray 3D offerings will be available in Germany and France (click here and here to see those via international Amazon – we don’t yet know if those discs will be all-region). Thankfully, you do at least get a Movies Anywhere Digital code on a paper insert.
Co-written by Phil Lord and produced by Lord and Chris Miller (of Lego Movie and Solo fame) among others, Into the Spider-Verse is surprising and a real delight. As most of you know already, it won the Oscar for Best Animated film this year and damn well deserves it. Sony’s 4K Ultra release is not to be missed. But if I might offer a quick message to the studio: Blu-ray 3D please!
- Bill Hunt
Saturday, February 22, 2025
ASMR Sculpting & Resurfacing Your Ears | Ear Cleaning, Ear Measuring
Welcome to the Cozy Hospital! You've come into our cosmetic otolaryngology department today because you've decided your ears aren't symmetrical enough. Your doctor will examine your ears and measure them before giving them a good clean and proceeding with sculpting your ears.
** This is not a real procedure lmao
0:00 Intro 0:10 Doctor comes in, getting your history 3:08 Putting on gloves 3:57 Otoscope exam 9:32 Skin exam 16:16 Measuring your ears 24:06 Cleaning your ears 29:50 Placing protective covers over your ears 31:16 Dabbing gel on your ears 34:10 Writing notes while waiting for your ears to numb 39:32 Resurfacing and sculpting your ears 50:11 Checking with measuring tape 50:44 Cleaning off the gel 52:03 Writing 53:36 Instructions before you go
Thursday, February 20, 2025
The Courtney Love Show - Saturday Night Live
Drug addict Courtney Love has massive mood swings on her own talk show. Aired 05/11/96
Wednesday, February 19, 2025
On Robson Street in Downtown Vancouver. Summer of 2018.
Robson Street is a major southeast-northwest thoroughfare in downtown
and West End of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Its core commercial
blocks from Burrard Street to Jervis were also known as Robsonstrasse.
Its name honours John Robson, a major figure in British Columbia's
entry into the Canadian Confederation, and Premier of the province from
1889 to 1892. Robson Street starts at BC Place Stadium near the north
shore of False Creek, then runs northwest past Vancouver Library Square,
Robson Square and the Vancouver Art Gallery, coming to an end at Lost
Lagoon in Stanley Park.
As of 2006, the city of Vancouver overall
had the fifth most expensive retail rental rates in the world,
averaging US$135 per square foot per year, citywide. Robson Street tops
Vancouver with its most expensive locations renting for up to US$200 per
square foot per year. In 2006, both Robson Street and the Mink Mile on
Bloor Street in Toronto were the 22nd most expensive streets in the
world, with rents of $208 per square feet. In 2007, the Mink Mile and
Robson slipped to 25th in the world with an average of $198 per square
feet. The price of each continues to grow with Vancouver being
Burberry's first Canadian location and Toronto's Yorkville neighbourhood
(which is bounded on the south side by Bloor) now commanding rents of
$300 per square foot.
In 1895, train tracks were laid down the
street, supporting a concentration of shops and restaurants. From the
early to middle-late 20th century, and especially after significant
immigration from postwar Germany, the northwest end of Robson Street was
known as a centre of German culture and commerce in Vancouver, earning
the nickname Robsonstrasse, even among non-Germans (this name lives on
in the Robsonstrasse Hotel on the street). At one time, the city had
placed streetsigns reading "Robsonstrasse" though these were placed
after the German presence in the area had largely vanished.
Robson Street was featured on an old edition of the Canadian Monopoly board as one of the two most expensive properties.
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