graydon james

I enjoy tea, and make songwriting look really really difficult. It's actually quite easy, kids! Don't let me fool you. Musician, writer, husband, & dad.

[graydon james @graydonj]

GO train announcement as we enter Union: "Do not cross the tracks, it's dangerous and illegal. (pause) It is super fun though. But don't do it. But if you do, I get it, cause it's awesome. But please...don't. (pause) But it is fun."

[graydon james @graydonj]

@shawnclarke This guy's mind will be blown when he finds out Anthony Hopkins *real* opinion on eating people.

[graydon james @graydonj]

The implication of their old slogan was that peanuts were the satisfying part of the equation. It should have been: "Packed with satisfaction, Snickers is really peanuts."

[graydon james @graydonj]

When you pay your hydro bill, do you also whisper, "Hail hydro" at your computer like I do?

[graydon james @graydonj]

@cbbruuno *Janeane. Dammit!

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@cbbruuno Minus Man (Owen Wilson as a serial killer and Janine Garofalo as a postal employee!) and Brick (Joseph Gordon Levitt in Rian Johnson's first film).

[graydon james @graydonj]

@herbdoom @cbbruuno Heck yeah! I just recommended Zero Effect to a film buff friend who said, "How have I never heard of this film?" ... and I still know all the words to "Skeet Surfin'".

[graydon james @graydonj]

Who doesn't dig the conflicted loner with a deep sense of right and wrong? https://t.co/8LKWXDswbF

[graydon james @graydonj]

Intuitively we know this is true: https://t.co/fko9IwhLb1. On the show "Quantum Leap" it always took a few seconds before the glowing nimbus of light coalesced into Dr. Sam Beckett, and then a bit more time before he said, "Oh boy."

[Town of Ajax @TownOfAjax]

🎉A free performance to welcome you back to the St. Francis Centre – this Saturday!

Effortless harmonies & poetic lyrics about stories from small-town Ontario. A multi-media concert by The Young Novelists.

Reserve your spot ➡ https://t.co/7doXQllwih

https://t.co/cE3dGq0zbf

[graydon james @graydonj]

Teleparallel gravity! I'm intrigued by any theory that sounds like it was named by Ray Bradbury: https://t.co/rHALu92uA1

[graydon james @graydonj]

I'm not *this* introverted, but in the summer I would go out for a bike ride at 2am and I enjoyed the absolute quiet. There is a joy in seeing the city in a different way: https://t.co/AlrUPO7sT8

[graydon james @graydonj]

All my button smershing adds up to something, I'm sure: https://t.co/cDCjRwvSxG

[graydon james @graydonj]

I love mathematical theory because there have been numerous open problems -- so easily stated they can be understood by the lay person -- that end up requiring multi-hundred page proofs: https://t.co/1Z83ItgMdr

[graydon james @graydonj]

I think the love of the largest, guzzliest vehicles is probably a problem: https://t.co/puHEtZxvsy

[graydon james @graydonj]

That feeling of Googling your own album to remember the release date: "In City & Country" released May 4, 2018...Star Wars Day! I mean...c'mon memory, work a little, yeesh.

[graydon james @graydonj]

An argument for moral ambiguity (aka some sense of realism) in political narratives: https://t.co/lXa9gxeBOg.

I think the problem is that a simple "good v. evil" narrative is more compelling to certain audiences...and easier to spew from a talking head.

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I embraced slow productivity years ago! (Har de har)...but seriously, time lost due to anxiety and a crushing sense of obligations unmet reduces time spent actually getting things off your to-do list. This is sensible: https://t.co/SnksjUBZVM

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So...what do you want to write next? says the quiet little blinking cursor: https://t.co/t3r83Ag3HJ

[graydon james @graydonj]

A "gift" for y'all -- no one asked for it, no one wanted it, and yet here 'tis. A pandemic project of very reasonable proportions. I'll say this: I had fun making it!

https://t.co/0mUIVeoMas