What was the best moment in Canadian democracy in 2010?
On Friday the folks at Samara, a charitable organization dealing in citizen engagement, released the results of a poll they launched back in December. Samara asked their blog readers to name “the best moment in Canadian democracy in 2010,” trimming the responses they received down to five that they put to a vote. The top […]
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The Sketchersons have a new head writer, and his name is my brother
On Thursday, I told the folks on Twitter and Facebook that it had been a “big day for people in my life achieving milestones.” I was frustratingly vague, and it was only because the two people I was talking about weren’t yet in a position to share their good news. But today, I’m officially allowed […]
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Knowns and unknowns at Righteous Melody
Righteous Melody continues to threaten to become an actual thing again with the publication of today’s strip. Check it out, and do stay tuned for the next one, which will be published on Valentine’s Day. January sure has come and gone, hasn’t it?
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Link of the Day: Neil Pasricha’s TEDx talk
It took me far too long to get around to it, but I finally sat down last night and watched the talk that my good friend Neil Pasricha delivered at the TEDxToronto conference back at the end of September. It’s available on YouTube, through the official TEDxTalks channel. If you’ve got eighteen minutes to spare […]
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It’s Friday, so here’s the video for “Sunless Saturday” by Fishbone
“Sunless Saturday,” released in 1991, was and remains the highest charting Fishbone single. Watching the video now, twenty years after it first hit the airwaves, I feel like this particular track is what Dave Matthews Band would sound like if they ever decided to get over themselves and kick some major ass. Think about it, […]
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Link of the Day: Chick Publications
“Everyone loves Chick tracts!” says the banner across the top of the site. Which is ironic, because Chick tracts don’t exactly love the vast majority of people back. In fact, it’s kind of a weird way to sell one of the most hateful, hostile, and occasionally hilarious sites on the web. Dig through the archives, […]
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There’s a sense in which the cleverest thing about grunge was the fashion
A little while back, during a visit to HMV, I happened to catch a giant poster for Pearl Jam and whatever album they were pushing at the time. They were standing in the woods, wearing jeans, t-shirts and flannel. They all would have been in their early forties at the time, and not to be […]
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Link of the Day: Project Wonderful
“Project Wonderful is run by a bunch of neat people working out of our world headquarters in scenic Toronto, Ontario! Our goal is to make advertising online a less frustrating and more awesome experience… “Our official blog, Blogject Wonderful, always has the latest information on what we’re up to.”
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Happy anniversary, Jack Layton!
Today is the eighth anniversary of the day that Jack Layton became the leader of the New Democratic Party, a position that he’s held ever since. Congratulations, Jack! I worked on the leadership campaign, though of course I was just a rookie volunteer, fresh out of university at the time. It was an amazing learning […]
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Link of the Day: Do Nothing for 2 Minutes
“Just relax and listen to the waves,” suggests a rather neat single-use site called Do Nothing for 2 Minutes. “Don’t touch your mouse or keyboard.” The site chastises you with a big red “FAIL” if you blow it, and congratulates you if you succeed. Thanks to Steph for the link.
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