The latest version of Textpattern, the content management system that powers this site and many others, has just been released. Thanks to Funkaoshi for the tip. What this means, among other things, is that I’m finally going to make good on my promise to do something more substantial with this site. The release of version […]

Tickets to “Black White and Red All Over,” the fundraiser that Literature for Life is hosting on Wednesday night at 6:30 PM in Toronto, do indeed come with a tax deduction. The tickets themselves are a hundred bucks each, but all ticket buyers will receive a fifty dollar tax receipt. It’s going to be a […]

Currently, there’s a petition on the Animal Rescue Site to tell comedian Adam Sandler that devocalization isn’t funny. “Sandler’s comedy, Grown Ups, included a canine character who had been devocalized – a ‘convenience surgery’ in which vocal cords are cut just to stifle a dog’s or cat’s voice. The movie portrayed this cruel procedure as […]

I have it on fairly good authority that the mysterious origins of Fresh Talks will be revealed at Comedy Bar tonight, where the Sketchersons are hosting their latest “best of” show. Don’t miss it. The show starts at 9:00 PM. And if you say it doesn’t start at 9:00 PM…

Hey, everybody! Isn’t it great that today’s the day that the universe, or farmers or what have you, have given us a bonus hour? Thank you, daylight saving time! So, how did you end up spending yours? I pretty much slept through mine. But that counts, right?

Remember when I told you about ETC Group and their campaign against geoengineering? Well, according to a recent release, the UN Convention on Biological Diversity has just declared a de facto moratorium on geoengineering projects and experiments. A spokesperson for ETC Group called the decision “a huge and important step forward in protecting our home […]

Noëlle Richardson, veteran broadcaster and Chief Diversity Officer for the Ontario Public Service, will be joining fellow guests Andria Case and keynote speaker Terry O’Reilly at the annual Literature for Life “Black White and Red All Over” fundraiser, which will be hosted on Wednesday, 10 November 2010. In addition to enjoying a lengthy and notable […]

Here’s what happened. Last week, Chart editor Aaron Brophy put the call out to his staff for blurbs about novelty rappers. They were working on a feature, and they wanted some examples. I tossed out a couple of ideas – including Bangs, who ultimately made their list. But other than that I wasn’t all that […]

There’s an old episode of Night Court in which pompous, lecherous prosecutor Dan Fielding loses his campaign for city council to a dead opponent. It scored big laughs among the show’s audience – not only because Fielding was exactly the sort of stuffed shirt who viewers love to see humiliated, but also because of the […]

CTV News anchor and reporter Andria Case has graciously agreed to appear at the annual “Black White and Read All Over” fundraising event that Literature for Life is hosting on Wednesday, 10 November 2010. To learn more about Case, please feel free to click the link above. As I mentioned yesterday in an oddly similar […]