We had a mighty fine time hosting the November edition of Everyone’s a DJ on Saturday night at Disgraceland. Many thanks to those of you who joined us! The December edition, which we’re hosting on the eleventh, will also be our third anniversary party. We’ve been at this thing for nearly three years now, and […]

Years ago, I used to work at a newsstand down at the mall. It was a thoroughly dull job, especially on the Sundays I tended to work, because of a serious lack of business. I spent most of my shifts reading magazines alone during the lengthy gaps between customers. Conversation was usually pleasant but limited, […]

Local comedian, founding Sketcherson and Hotbox creator Pat Thornton raised a cool five thousand dollars last year for the Stephen Lewis Foundation by performing a twenty-four hour stand-up comedy marathon as part of the foundation’s A Dare to Remember program. This year, he returns to Comedy Bar to do it all again. He’s already raised […]

Twenty years ago today, Tim Berners-Lee published a proposal for a bold new hypertext project that he called the “World Wide Web.” In other words, in a sense, today is the Internet’s twentieth birthday. In Tennessee, Federal Judge Thomas W. Phillips unwittingly marked the occasion by sentencing David Kernell to a year in custody. Kernell […]

A few months ago, a DJ named UntuWinik made his first appearance at Everyone’s a DJ. He spun a smooth Latin house blend, which was unusual fare for Disgraceland, but which proved to be a big hit nonetheless. He’s come back a few times since, and it’s always a pleasure to host him. If you’re […]

Last night, I posted the “Litany for World Peace” that Reverend Alex Bisset read at yesterday’s Remembrance Day service at the East York Civic Centre. In the same spirit, I invite you to read the excellent speech that David Miller, the man who is still our mayor, delivered yesterday.

My office was closed today in honour of Remembrance Day, so this morning I headed up to the East York Civic Centre to take part in their service. It was a pretty stirring hour, with many branches of the service in attendance, and many perspectives offered on their sacrifices. One of the speakers in attendance […]

If you’ve been following this blog lately, then you know I’ve been talking and talking and talking and talking and talking about the fundraiser that Literature for Life is hosting here in Toronto tomorrow night. In fact, if you were sick of hearing me talk about it by now, I wouldn’t blame you. Why? Because […]

Wait a minute, today’s the ninth? Well, what do you know? Kate and I have officially been married for a month. All we have to do is repeat that accomplishment five or six hundred more times, and we’ll be able to say that we’ve had a long and happy life together. In a related story, […]

In case you didn’t see it, the Toronto Sun ran an editorial last week lauding NDP leader Jack Layton. The paper backed his current call for the Harper government to cut its 5% tax on heating fuel, knowing that the winter months are about to hit Canadians hard. They even cited his proposal as a […]