We just wrapped up our first reading at Free Times Cafe, following the end of our run at the Gladstone Art Bar in December. It was a mighty fine night, and a great start to what I hope will be a long and lively run n a great new space. Big thanks to Amy Jones, […]

Andrew Sullivan of the Atlantic blogs posted an interesting chart on his blog a little over a week ago. It tells a pretty startling tale about the American health care system. Thanks to Funkaoshi for the link. What this chart does is compare the health care spending per person in a range of developed countries […]

Here’s some exciting news! According to an article in the Toronto Sun, activist and street nurse Cathy Crowe is about to be named the NDP candidate for Toronto-Centre MPP. This is the role most recently filled by Toronto mayoral contender George Smitherman, whose resignation took effect on Sunday. Crowe is unopposed for the party candidacy. […]

Since I don’t work on Mondays, today was the last day of my vacation, and I totally phoned it in. The office itself was closed today, because of some flooding that went down during the break. So we’re all coming back tomorrow, and it won’t be an easy day. But it’ll be good to be […]

There’s an article on a National Post blog this morning that makes a compelling case for Jack Layton stepping down as the leader of the federal New Democrats and running for mayor of Toronto. It’s a tough but fair opinion piece; author Chris Selley (and not Toronto editor Rob Roberts, to whom I’d originally falsely […]

David Allen, creator of the Getting Things Done system, recently sent his mailing list a series of questions about the past year and the year ahead. Some of them are a little hokey, but on the whole they’re fairly useful. I thought I’d post the 2010 questions here with my answers, since lists like this […]

I can’t believe that for the second year in a row, Stephen Harper is apparently choosing to run from his problems by proroguing Parliament. What a sad excuse for leadership. This isn’t what elected officials are supposed to do. They’re not supposed to deal with widespread domestic and global criticism by shutting down the government […]

I’m in the UK at the moment, celebrating my first official Christmas with Kate and her family. It’s been a wonderful day, and as much as I’ve wanted to send my best wishes to everyone back home, I figured I’d rather be social in the old school sense than spend a bunch of time on […]

Last week, I made a surprisingly enduring contribution to the cultural canon. If you follow me on Twitter, or you’ve got me in your feed on Facebook, then yes, you’ve probably already heard this story. In any event, I’ll try and be brief. On Friday morning, the good people at BBC 6 happened to play […]

My Aunt Karen recently gave me some very good advice on dealing with friends and relatives who want to know where my life is going. It’s a question that comes up a lot when you’re thirty and/or engaged; people want to know about the wedding, sure, but they also want to know about your career, […]