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Join Ninja and Special K on a whirlwind tour of exhibits at the Royal Ontario Museum, before the festivities of Father’s Day begin. First stop: Shanghai, past, present and future.    Next stop: Wedgewood treasures and the Black Star Sapphire of Queensland.    Last stop: History of Disability and Typewriters.  Ninja talks about getting her malaria shots from a past classmate who is now a doctor.

Famous tyrants mentioned: Mao Tse Tung, Hitler. Novelties in a Museum: Man in a Dinosaur.  Ninja’s rank in her typewriting course:  Second.

 

The Black Star Sapphire of Queensland

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The Bruegel-Bosch Bus by Kim Adams (Art Gallery of Hamilton)

“That is the power of art - the salvation of one’s soul.” - Mayumi

One night after work, Special K and Ninja brave rush hour to drive to Hamilton, Ontario to see the new exhibits at the Art Gallery of Hamilton. They are not disappointed by the kimono of the famous Geisha Ichimaru, nor the contemporary art of Japan, the Bruegel-Bosch Bus, and the Monotheatrum.

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Ninja and Special K’s Future Back Yard

The lesbian gardening show.  Ninja and Special K head out to Ontario’s Sheridan Nurseries for a rainy adventure into the expensive world of luxury gardening equipment and shubbery shopping.

Canna Lilly

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On a rainy, miserable weekend because they can do little outside work, Ninja  and Special K conduct a painting proof of concept in the basement that also includes the art of putting Muskoka chairs together.  They debate whether Adirondack, Muskoka and Cape Cod Chairs are all the same or not.   Ninja finds proof in Wikipedia that they might be, but Special K is certain they are all slightly different.  Ninja promises her partner that there will be no podcasting this weekend, but can’t quite stick with it.

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Photo by Mark Berry

Last month, Buck Angel spent a week in Toronto. He did two workshops for the sex shop, Toronto’s Come as You Are, a performance at the club Goodhandys and a question and answer talk for the Aids Committee of Toronto, ACT. I was fortunate enough to be granted an interview with Sarah, one of the owner’s of Come as You Are, Sergio who took care of Buck during his week here, and Buck himself at the ACT event.

Born a woman, Buck spent a great deal of his life before his transition unhappy and dissatisfied, one might say, desperately so. All that changed when Buck transitioned. He also became the first and most famous transman porn star. Arguably, Buck Angel is the most famous female to male transsexual in the world. Buck has a fan base that spans many countries and demographics.  As the only Transman star in the sex film trade, his fans are men and women, gay, straight, and all combinations in between.

Buck Angel does not care a whit what you think of him. He defies labels because he refuses to resolve any of the contradictions that anyone finds in him. And this is one of the things that is so wonderful about him, making him an inspiration and poster boy for following your dream. His life is a direct contradiction of how quick people are to put labels on things. If we don’t label things and put a cage of definition around ourselves and others, there is the fear that we might spiral out of control and that society would be reduced to anarchy. If you are a queer of any awareness, you already have a solid foundation in the issues that transsexuals face in our society. But you may be critical of Buck’s life choices all the same. If you are straight and have never given transsexuals more than the sensationalistic nod that the media gives transpeople, you may be shocked by Buck’s choices and lifestyle. I think we are shocked and critical because we are unable to see the shades of colour between black and white. We crave easy simple answers where often complexity, contradictions and paradox are the only explanations. It is for these reasons that you must listen to this show today.

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Today Ninja gives you part two of the Geek Gathering. We folks know how to live in the moment. Katherine talks about the tedium of editing. Scarborough Dude takes photos of us, continues to swear and Ninja is pretty sure she hears him talking about wife swapping at one point. Talk turns to the meaning of religion and its sense of community celebration and sharing. It occurs to the group that perhaps the flood described in biblical times may actually have happened. We conclude that all religions are basically the same. But first there’s a comment about the last show from Kentie of the flatus show.com and his co-host that venerable old man Jose, and a couple of notes from Rob commenting on and correcting some of my assertions. Thanks Rob and Ken.

Links:

Zeitgeist the Movie

The Vatican

The Daily Breakfast

Cardinal Ambrozic

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)

Search Engine

Spark

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Nerd Girl by Steve Hilbert

Joan comes to a podcaster’s meetup and starts asking questions that everyone wants to answer yet digresses from. Revealed: What is it about podcasting that makes us want to spend hours and hours editing? Podcasting is about passion. We discuss the intimacy of podcasting, lattes, beer, and subjectivity. Sean admits he can listen to a knitting podcast and be thoroughly engaged. And challenges us to listen to his podcast about songwriting at Ductape Guy.

We learn that podcasters are communists, anarchists, members of knitting cults, hobbyists, navel gazers, former hippies, and most important of all: communitists – a new word coined by Joan. (Later that evening Katherine comes up with the verb form: communitize). Scarborough Dude swears a lot and then Joan swears back. So listen to this MetaCast with Sean, Katherine, Ken, Daniel, Rob, John, Valerie and others.

Other Links: Green Planet Monitor, Wayne McPhail, Rabble Radio, Librivox, Voiceprint

Web Nerd TV

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In the true spirit of tree hugging, Ninja and Special K head down to the park to celebrate Earth Hour 2008. On the way they meet a star gazer, a cottager, and several screaming children. Oh yes and Ninja notices a computer mouse attached to a shampoo bottle slung over an overhead wire. Join this soundscape for a taste of the event Toronto style.

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A herd of cows (well actually only four) are freed on a busy highway during the Toronto morning rush hour. Witnesses saw them in their backyards, munching on what little exposed vegetation could be found. Three were rounded up, but a forth was unfortunately shot when it displayed aggressive behaviour. Special K wonders why it couldn’t just be tranqualized instead. Special K and Ninja wonder whether it would do any good to boycott the 2008 Olympic games. The human rights issues associated with Chinese internal politics haven’t changed merely because Bejing is hosting the games. They feel that a boycott may only punish the athletes and serve no other purpose. Last year 2.2 million people turned off their lights for one hour in Australia. If they had sustained that level of energy savings for a year it would be equivalent to taking thousands of cars of the roads for that year.

Official Olympics Site: http://www.olympic.org/uk/index_uk.asp
Bejing Olympics 2008 site: http://www.olympic.org/uk/games/beijing/index_uk.asp
Ninja’s Earth Hour page: http://www.earthhour.org/user/rS1j
Earth Hour Main page: http://www.earthhour.org/

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Ninja recounts her experience with an ear, nose and throat specialist who insists she does not need devices to enhance her hearing. Strange sucking noises and what else sucks according to WIRED Magazine.

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It seems to me that last year I had very little problem ever finding time to get shows together, edit and post. But this year it’s been a challenge. I am just very busy. Yeah, I did get a new and more demanding day job and I have other extra-curricular activities that take up a lot of my time. And I cannot stand it when Special K stands alone on a weekend while yet again I don my headphones and laptop, which I seem perpetually connected to like a cigarette girl or hot dog jockey at half-time. She gets that sad lonely look that for some strange reason transforms into rage after a snowstorm. Why? Just because I am not there to help dig the house out from under? Phhht! She can handle it on her own. Can’t she?

Well show number 131 is finally posted all the same despite the harsh winter:

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