When the first of June rolls around, I’m going to try out a new monthly budget. Kate and I are working to save some money, so I figured I could benefit from paying more attention to my finances. Unfortunately, I’m not very good at math, so anything but the simplest budgeting system is right out […]

My girlfriend checked herself into the hospital on Monday to deal with an ongoing heart problem. It’s been a hectic week to say the least, but she’s doing well and she’s gotten a huge amount of support from her friends and family. In fact, I’ve now got a pretty touching backlog of people to thank […]

This week, Stephen Harper took the time to visit Canada’s National Microbiology Laboratory, where he congratulated researchers and public health professionals on their quick response to the H1N1 flu outbreak. You can read all about it in this official press release from the Conservative Party. “The success of this lab is a testament to Canada’s […]

There’s an article on the Toronto Star website that’s been making the rounds today. Kate sent me the link this morning, and my friend Ram posted a link a couple of hours later. It’s well worth reading, even if you’ve only got the time and inclination to check out the first paragraph: “We want Tamil […]

Speaking of babies, the Huffington Post just linked to an article in People Magazine about Bristol Palin. Since the birth of her son, Palin has reinvented herself as a spokesperon for abstinence-only sex education. In theory, this isn’t a bad idea. I don’t buy into the notion that Palin’s a hypocrite just because she’s advising […]

Say what you will, but the most succinct and compelling argument that I’ve heard to date for being pro-choice – or “pro-abortion”, as some of the more committed and inaccurate pro-lifers prefer to call it – appeared on an album that Consolidated put out in 1992 called Play More Music. Consolidated were known for placing […]

I’ve got a whole lot of web designing to do in the next few months, and I want to make sure I do it properly. As you may already know, different browsers render sites in different ways; what might look good on Firefox, for example, could look terrible on Internet Explorer. That’s why it’s considered […]

“I see you’re drinking Diet Pepsi. Is there anything else youthful you’d like to experience?” “Yeah, I’d like to pour about half a litre of Southern Comfort into this Diet Pepsi and drink it in the park because I can’t get into bars.”

Hey, I know this is short notice, but here’s the schedule for tonight’s edition of Everyone’s a DJ at Disgraceland: 9:00 PM – Sixtwo 9:20 PM – Andrew Masuda 9:40 PM – Jon Blair 10:00 PM – DJ 33 Year Old’s iPod 10:20 PM – Death Cadet 10:40 PM – Stuart 11:00 PM – DJ […]

When I logged into Shplang on Thursday to post the latest edition of “A Thousand Things That Piss Me Off,” I was pleasantly surprised to discover that we’d gotten a link from a respected (but possibly not safe for work) blog called Electronic Cerebrectomy. The link referred to a post of mine in January, in […]