Nov
28
a real team player
6:48 pm | 1 Comment
One of the coolest things about the last couple of days is that I’m starting to feel something that’s been missing since I moved to Toronto: camaraderie. It’s something I hadn’t thought of until I was walking home from work tonight (yes, I can walk home from work — it takes about 30 minutes. Nice, […]
Nov
27
hollius crapus!
6:22 pm | Leave a Comment
So finally, after years of total ignorance about the Harry Potter phenomenon, I’ve decided to read the first installment of this already-classic book (as you can see under the ‘current books’ heading on the left). I’ve only just begun, but so far I like it. And I found something funny: in searcing for the link […]
Nov
25
i got a job for the winter!
7:00 pm | 13 Comments
For those who are interested, my job search is over… for now. Today I was offered a contract position with the Canadian Magazine Publishers Association, which I gladly accepted! I’ll be working as a liaison between the CMPA and its member magazines on a project that promotes and markets small magazines across the country. It’s […]
Nov
24
she’s a maniac, maniac on the floor
10:17 pm | 6 Comments
The young woman who came up with this totally rad 80s music quiz is my new hero. Actually, scratch that. My friend Gisele, who forwarded me this totally rad 80s music quiz, is my new hero. She scored 95, I scored a wimpy 80.5. But at least 3 of those missed points were due to […]
Nov
23
newsflash: youth get drunk, fuck
10:41 am | Leave a Comment
How do you like this characterization of the 18-34 age bracket:
“Young people will argue vehemently with you for hours about party politics, about religion, about love and war and peace and that weird new $20 bill. They will curse when they argue, using words like ‘fuck.’ Then, once they are done, they will go out […]
Nov
19
What’s more unlikely than a rock star writing a book about hockey? How about the rock star finding Canada’s game in China, the United Arab Emirates and Transylvania. In Tropic of Hockey, Toronto rock musician Dave Bidini (of the excellent band Rheostatics) ambitiously sets out to find (and play) Canada’s greatest export in unlikely corners […]
Nov
18
if art could kill…
2:03 am | Leave a Comment
Not sure what to make of this, but at least it’s morbidly funny. Thanks to my pal Jason in NYC and his sick sense of humour for passing it along.
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