“Reality television depends on desperate (and occasionally unstable) people”
A New Jersey restaurateur named Joe Cerniglia committed suicide by jumping off the George Washington Bridge on Friday. Which is a shame in itself, of course, but that’s not why it’s been making headlines this week. Cerniglia was featured in an episode of Kitchen Nightmares, which is one of a number of reality shows featuring […]
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Here’s the letter I sent to the six NDP MPs who revised their votes on the gun registry bill
Before I left the house this morning, I took my own advice and sent a letter of thanks out to the six NDP MPs who voted against Bill C-391, and therefore in favour of saving the gun registry, despite their earlier votes to the contrary. All six received the same letter, which read as follows: […]
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Link of the Day: Incredibly Depressing Mega Millions Lottery Simulator
The Incredibly Depressing Mega Millions Lottery Simulator is a fun little program and cautionary tale – and a great alternative to losing the lottery again and again in real life. “It is really hard to win the Mega Millions lottery,” the site explains. “So hard that it can be difficult to comprehend what long odds […]
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Published today: Underworld review on Chart
Earlier today, Chart published my review of Barking, the latest from Underworld. It’s been about a month since I mentioned that I’d been given the opportunity to review this record, and I have to admit that it’s only grown on me since.
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Girlfriend with a whip
Here’s a friendly warning to all of my fellow bloggers out there. If the two most frequent topics on your blog within a given month are the girlfriend that you’re about to marry and a political campaign that may depend on whether or not an opposition leader chooses to whip his party’s vote, then don’t […]
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Sailing off course
Remember my clever plan to use children’s cereals to trick myself into a daily habit of eating breakfast? Well, it isn’t going as well as I’d hoped. If I had to guess why, I’d say it’s probably because it turns out that Cap’n Crunch is actually a pretty disgusting cereal. I mean, I’m still going […]
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Link of the Day: Friends of the Earth Canada
“Friends of the Earth (FoE) Canada is a charitable, non-profit environmental organization. Our mission is to serve as a national voice for the environment, working with others to inspire the renewal of our communities and the Earth, through research, education and advocacy. It is the Canadian voice for FoE International, the world’s largest grassroots environmental […]
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And we’re back
If you had any trouble visiting this site today, then please accept my apologies. We had a bit of a bandwidth issue, in that we ran out of it, but I’ve moved some things around, and now we’re good to go. I’ll try not to let it happen again.
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Link of the Day: “I Luv all the Special Girl”
There’s probably some kind of story behind Fresh Talks and the video for his single “I Luv all the Special Girl,” but I’ll be damned if I know what it is. Maybe if I’d caught the video’s Canadian premiere at Sunday Night Live this weekend, I’d know what to tell you. Speaking of which, have […]
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