Earlier this afternoon I learned that Arnold Schwarzenegger, the thirty-eighth and freshly former governor of California and the star of Jingle All the Way, will be appearing at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre on the twenty-sixth as part of a Canadian speaking tour. Which is good news, I suppose, because if nothing else, he’s a […]

Speaking of Everyone’s a DJ, I got a call from Disgraceland over the holidays. Because there are five Saturdays this month instead of four, they asked if we could move the party from the eighth to the fifteen. So for this month only, we’ll host the party on the third Saturday of the month, returning […]

Back in April, somewhere toward the end of a month-long story arc, I suddenly stopped writing Righteous Melody, the web comic I’d been publishing three times a week using blank panels drawn by my brother. If you were reading along at the time, and you guessed that the strips had suddenly stopped because Kate and […]

If you’ve got an Xbox, and you’re like me, then you’ve probably already downloaded the demo for the forthcoming Dead Space 2. As a big fan of the original game, I was eager to see what the sequel might be like, and I’m glad to report that it looks really promising. That said, I do […]

For me, it’s been a lazy one, and I guess that’s the way it’s supposed to go. As much as I’d like to make every day count, there are just certain days when you don’t get up to much. Frankly, I’m not very good at letting myself have one of those days every now and […]

It’s been a lazy day around the house, and the blog’s been no exception. No links of the day, and no videos, but I’ll get back to that in due time. For now, it’s all about wrapping up a great year, and looking ahead to another. I hope it’s been as big a year for […]

A recent column by Norman Spector, which was pulled shortly after publication on Friday from the Globe and Mail website and has since been posted on Spector’s own site, suggests that it might be. Although as Spector freely admits, it’s just a rumour, and a vague one at that. “In Ottawa,” Andrew Cohen wrote in […]

The man at the next table shouts “Bartenderess!” because it’s faster than shouting “I’m pretentious, a little drunk, and on a lunch date!” The bartenderess arrives, and he orders two shots of tequila. He calls for a very specific brand, and asks that she bring everything to the table unprepared, so he can assemble the […]

Speaking of Tron: Legacy, I’m a little surprised by some of the reviews I’ve been reading. I haven’t seen the movie myself, so obviously, I’m not in a position to judge. But the word on the street seems to be that it’s pretty good, but it doesn’t measure up to the original film. Remakes have […]

Say what you will about Ford, but he knows how to play to his base. No sooner did he win the repeal of the vehicle registration tax, for example, than he pledged to use his extra sixty bucks to buy Christmas gifts for his kids. Call it a sweet fatherly gesture or a cheap dose […]