and i feel fine

If this were four years ago, people would probably be pretty uptight about that Y2K thing, and maybe thinking about crazy things like the end of the world. Luckily we don’t worry about that so much anymore, now that we’re on to keeping the world safe from terrorism and all that. Anyway, this is a […]

Dec

29

the old man

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Today is the day my dad (well, step-dad actually) Don Wright would have turned 50 years old. A lifelong trucker, he died quite suddenly in a hotel room in 1996 while on a trip to California. It’s a good time to remember him. I sometimes wonder what he would think of the path I’ve taken […]

Dec

25

happy solo xmas!

10:39 pm | 2 Comments

Just because I’m spending xmas day by myself this year, doesn’t mean I’m not excited about:
� baking (made a big batch of yummy chocolate chip cookies today)
� catching up with loved ones (regular phone calls and emails today have done the trick)
� filling my face (I bought Stove Top Stuffing, brussel sprouts and potatoes for […]

Dec

23

xmas party cheer

12:34 am | 2 Comments

On Friday we had our staff xmas party at the CMPA. We went out for dinner and drinks and had a “greedy gift” exchange in which you can steal an opened gift when it’s your turn to get a present. I got a Toblerone… mmmm… Toblerone. A few of us went out afterwards too… the […]

Dec

20

dude, what are you thinking?

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An interesting item from Poynter’s E-Media Tidbits blog mentions that Michael Moore’s new rabble-rousing bestseller Dude, Where’s My Country is now available as a PDF through Adobe’s website—but with some odd restrictions.
In another battle in the ongoing intellectual property wars, it seems you’re not permitted to read the book aloud if you download it. That’s […]

Dec

17

bush in 30 seconds

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My pal Shaun is subletting his room while he’s in Asia, and it seems the new guy is a talented subversive filmmaker. Their’s is the place I crashed at when I first arrived in Toronto, so I know for a fact that the raving Conservative lunatic who lives in the apartment will be starting ideological […]

Dec

12

what is dictionaraoke?

7:41 pm | 2 Comments

It’s what you might get if you crossed Wesley Willis with a Speak-n-Spell. Doing cover tunes. Actually it’s brilliant. My personal favourites: “Like a Prayer,” “Take On Me” and “I Wanna Be Sedated.” (It even says ‘wannabe’ instead of want to be!) Hint: scroll down to the very bottom and use the mirror site if […]

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