These “Yesterday’s News” posts are a colossal waste of time (for now, at least)
One of the main reasons I’ve tried to start posting news and links on a daily basis is to trick myself into getting my news feeds organized, and staying on top of them once I’ve done so. But I haven’t nearly gotten there yet, and because I haven’t, I’ve been spending a lot of otherwise […]
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AIDS Walk Update: 12% of my fundraising goal achieved
It’s only been a few days since I signed up to do this year’s AIDS Walk for Life, and we’ve already achieved 12% of my ambitious goal of raising $1,000 for the AIDS Committee of Toronto. Many thanks to my lovely wife, and a good but anonymous friend, for donating this week. We’re on our […]
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Link of the Day: PFLAG Canada
“PFLAG Canada [Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays] is Canada’s only national organization that helps all Canadians who are struggling with issues of sexual orientation and gender identity. PFLAG Canada supports, educates and provides resources to parents, families, friends and colleagues with questions or concerns, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.”
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Link of the Day: Hunger Free World
“Hunger Free World,” their charter explains, “as a non-governmental organization completely independent from any specific ideology, religion or political intent, has the vision of realizing a world free from hunger and has the mission to make an enable environment and to take action to create a world free from hunger. “Hunger Free World aims to […]
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Tension without release
“I want to smash your face in,” said the man on the street at Yonge and Carlton. “Okay,” said the kid handing out the free morning paper. “I want to smash your face in,” the man repeated “Uh-huh,” the kid mumbled. “I want to smash your face in,” the man said a third time. “All […]
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Two weeks and counting without a drink
If you’ve been following me on Twitter, you may have noticed I’ve been wrapping up each day lately by noting how long it’s been since I’ve had a drink. Last night, I hit the two-week mark. No, I haven’t joined AA, and I haven’t had some recent personal disaster that’s prompted me to change my […]
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Link of the Day: Freedom to Marry
“Freedom to Marry,” their website explains, “is the campaign to win marriage nationwide. We are pursuing our Roadmap to Victory by working to win the freedom to marry in more states, grow the national majority for marriage, and end federal marriage discrimination. We partner with individuals and organizations across the country to end the exclusion […]
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Option 30
“Option 30,” Wikipedia says, “was a New Wave band from the early 1980s founded by Timothy K. (“TK”) Smith on guitars and vocals, Jim Nordstrom on bass and saxophone, and Todd Nero on drums. The band also featured a young Trent Reznor on keyboards and lead vocals. “Option 30′s style was similar to that of […]
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It’s Friday, so here’s the video for “All We Are” by Kim Mitchell
Kate and I heard this one on the radio on the way out to cottage country last weekend, courtesy of the Mighty Q. It was the perfect song for the moment, and now that another weekend is upon us, I’d have to be a pretty selfish jerk not to share it. If you’re only able […]
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Link of the Day: SafeHands for Mothers
The vision of SafeHands for Mothers is “to contribute to a reduction in maternal mortality and morbidity from pregnancy-related causes and to protect and promote health of the newborn in developing countries. “We aim to achieve this through the production of high quality films and visual materials to support government and non governmental training and […]
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