Hey, remember this guy? I ran into him again today during my lunch break. And in the interest of being objective, I feel like I should note that he didn’t have a single negative thing to say today about gay people. Women and the Québécois, sure, but not gay people. Mind you, it probably isn’t […]

It’s easy to put off a job or a project when there’s some aspect of it, even a small one, that you don’t like the thought of doing. Whether it’s a conversation you don’t want to have, a mistake you don’t want to deal with, a general fear of failure or just a bunch of […]

I’m not ashamed to admit that when I was a kid, this PSA for the War Amps used to scare the unbridled Jesus out of me. And looking at the comments following the video, I can see that I wasn’t nearly alone. I mean, look at it! A disturbingly lifelike robot child flipping and somersaulting […]

Earlier tonight at the library, I was so out of it that I actually picked up a copy of the Garfield: The Movie soundtrack. Well, it isn’t strictly a soundtrack. It’s one of those “music from and inspired by the motion picture” collections. That’s actually why I picked it up in the first place. You […]

The latest issue of the Queen’s Alumni Review features an opinion piece by John P. Smol, who’s a biology professor at Queen’s as well as an alumnus. An earlier issue of the Review, which focused on the research currently being conducted at Queen’s to address the issue of climate change, drew critical feedback from a […]

This year’s AIDS Walk for Life will be hosted on Sunday, 19 September 2010, which is now less than two weeks away. My sponsors have been really generous throughout the summer, and now I’m urging all of you out there to get involved and make a donation to help push us over the top during […]

Local journalist Jonathan Goldsbie, whose work I quite enjoy, has made a habit of live tweeting municipal debates and press conferences. Following him is a great way to get an informed sense of what’s happening at these events, with the odd dash of humour thrown in for good measure. Yesterday, at an event called the […]

“T.O. is leader in speeder readers” read the headline on the cover of yesterday’s edition of Metro. As the story in question reveals, we have more speed traps than any other city in the province. Now, somebody clearly worked very hard on that headline, and I don’t want to give them a hard time about […]

I’m in the middle of a pretty excellent book at the moment called The Checklist Manifesto, written by a surgeon named Atul Gawande. It’s “a gripping exploration of the nature of complexity on our lives and essential reading for anyone working to get things right.” So yeah, it’s got an endorsement from Malcolm Gladwell on […]

Big thanks to my friend Tallulah for taking the time this week to become my latest sponsor in the AIDS Walk for Life next month. Good on you, Tallulah! We still have a bit of a way to go if we’re going to meet my revised fundraising goal. If you’re interested in becoming a sponsor, […]