On Thursday, 27 September 2012, the White Ribbon Campaign wants you to put on a pair of high heels and Walk a Mile in Her Shoes. This innovative annual event is a wonderful and powerful way to generate awareness and support in the campaign to end men’s violence against women, and this year the WRC […]

This year’s AIDS Walk for Life is now just a few weeks away. At the time of this writing, according to my sponsorship page, generous people like you have already donated a total of $315.00, which of course is 31% of my $1,000.00 goal. These donations, as I’ve noted, will benefit the AIDS Committee of […]

In case you haven’t yet seen it, a fellow named James who goes by RegBarc on Reddit posted a copy of a five-year-old letter from his father yesterday. A week after he came out to his father over the phone, he found out through the mail that his father had chosen to disown him. “This is how […]

I’ve just posted an event listing on Facebook for this month’s edition of Everyone’s a DJ, which is happening this Saturday night at Disgraceland. I haven’t yet been able to follow through completely on my pledge to hand the series off to a team of volunteers, but I’m glad to say we’ve been making progress. We’ve […]

“There are many reasons for going veg,” according to a cookbook called New Vegetarian. “During a vegetarian’s lifetime, one can switch from one reason to the next and never run out.” One of the more notable reasons is the environment, which the meat industry compromises in a whole host of ways. “In 2006 the Food […]

Literature for Life is proud to present Words 2.0, the second edition of its newest annual fundraiser, at 99 Sudbury on Friday, 7 September 2012 at 8:00 PM. I did some work on the first fundraiser during my time with Literature for Life, and I can tell you that it’s a terrific event for a […]

Underworld and Danny Boyle go way back. Boyle introduced the band to a mass audience by closing his second film, Trainspotting, with their previously ignored single “Born Slippy .NUXX.” They went on to work together on various stage and screen projects, the latest of which was a little something called the opening ceremony of the 2012 […]

Tonight’s the big night, dudes. My wife and I are on a date! We’ve just checked into a hotel downtown, using a voucher we were given as a wedding gift almost two years ago. We’re now on our way to finally see The Avengers, at one of the few theatres that’s still showing it. No, […]

There are still a couple of months to go until this year’s AIDS Walk for Life, and I’m feeling good about our progress. According to my sponsorship page, we’re still holding steady at a total of $305, which is 30% of my $1,000.00 goal. Many thanks as always for your generous donations, which will benefit the AIDS […]

Yesterday, I argued that we shouldn’t count on politicians to offer real solutions to problems like gang violence and gun crime. One of the reasons why is because these issues demand long-term investments in root causes, and politicians have little incentive to make those commitments when “the payoff may not be clear for a generation, […]