Kate and I got a lot of wedding work done today. We’re a little over two months away from the big day, and we decided to celebrate with a movie and a little wine. But as often happens between two progressive people – or two progressively tipsy people, at least – we shortly got to […]

Hey, remember California’s Proposition 8? You know, the state constitutional amendment providing that “only marriage between a man and a woman” could be considered “valid or recognized” in California? Well, guess what just got totally struck down because sexual orientation “does not constitute a legitimate basis upon which to deny or withhold legal rights” in […]

Amazingly, your generous support for my involvement in this year’s AIDS Walk for Life continues to grow. As I mentioned in my last update, I recently chose to double my fundraising goal from five hundred dollars to a thousand, after meeting my original target earlier than expected thanks to the generosity of people like you. […]

I’m heading out of town for a couple of days, so there won’t be anything new on the blog until Tuesday. The daily links will return bright and early, and the democracy posts I’ve taken to writing on Saturdays will return next week. Enjoy your weekend!

Hey, remember that time when I asked you guys to vote for Make Media Matter in the Pepsi Refresh Project? If you’ve been doing it, then thank you. If you haven’t, please take a moment to do so; they need your help to get to the top by the end of August. Don’t just vote […]

I didn’t want to mention this until it was a done deal, but today was the day that the folks at Chart sent me out to the Four Seasons to interview Dave Mustaine of Megadeth about his new book. It was a chance to talk to one of the most accomplished and intelligent people in […]

CTV British Columbia is reporting that a man was arrested this weekend in the act of attempting to rob a Starbucks franchise – by the two cops waiting in line that he’d just cut in front of, both of whom had wandered over from the police station right across the road. I don’t want to […]

When you’re planning a wedding, you run into an awful lot of people who tell you that your wedding day is, or should be, the greatest day of your life. It’s a phrase you’re going to hear word for word, over and over again. “The greatest day of your life.” Well, anyone who says that […]

It’s been less than a month since I registered to do this year’s AIDS Walk for Life, an event that raises a huge and much-nedeed amount of money and support every year for the AIDS Committee of Toronto. I set a fundraising target of five hundred dollars, because thanks to the support of a number […]

According to Google Analytics, somebody out there recently found this site by running a search for the phrase “size of matt blair.” Since you asked, anonymous visitor, I’m six feet tall and I weigh a hundred and fifty pounds. Hope that helps!