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Innocent when you dream
July 29, 2008

I am back after a (well-deserved) month long holiday abroad that included attending Tom Waits' gig in Prague. I somehow ended up a few rows from the front, dead centre, seated between Vaclav Havel and a famous Hollywood actor. Life in Vancouver can seem pretty pedestrian after an experience like that...

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I also went to Lord's for the third day of England's test against South Africa, which ended in a draw, and to a bunch of golf courses around Royal Birkdale, where I was fortunate to be able hoist Paddy's Claret Jug...