A couple of weeks ago, after I’d finally gotten around to reading The Catcher in the Rye, I sat down and rattled off this post. It was an admittedly hamfisted take on Salinger’s writing style, and it probably would have gone unnoticed if a perfect stranger hadn’t stumbled across it last week and gotten surprisingly […]

I’ve got to get out of the habit of sleeping until noon on Sundays. Up until recently, I had a fairly good routine of getting up early and writing three comic strips. It was a great way to start the day, and by the time noon rolled around I’d have a week’s worth of “work” […]

Today was a mighty fine day. I got a lot accomplished at work, I did a litttle writing, got some exercise, checked out a great record, and had some good meals. Not only that, but I managed to make it out to a pub to celebrate the launch of a good friend’s book, and I […]

Recently I finally got around to reading – not to mention poking fun at – The Catcher in the Rye. Today, I started reading Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse. So I guess if I should happen to be yelling like an undergrad about the banality of everyday life the next time you see me, then at […]

My friend Matej Novak was kind enough to pass on a link to a video that he and his team produced on behalf of Scotiabank in honour of the recent AIDS Walk for Life. Do check it out, and feel free to spread it around. “Scotiabank’s AIDS Walk for Life in Toronto took place on […]

Look, I like getting on the web and yelling about politics and current events as much as the next guy. But there’s a right and a wrong way to do it, and if we’re going to waste our time with loud debates that ultimately won’t change a thing, then we ought to at least behave […]

Kate and I went to check out the Short Cuts Canada screening tonight at the Isabel Bader Theatre. Our friend Dylan Reibling has a short called Record in the festival, and it turned out to be one of seven thoroughly enjoyable films on the bill tonight. All seven films will screen again tomorrow at 4:00 […]

I didn’t believe this when I first heard it, but the sources look pretty reliable, so I’m going to run with it. Apparently President Obama himself, while speaking off the record to journalist Terry Moran, called Kanye West a “jackass” in response to his behaviour at the MTV Video Music Awards. Obama made the remark […]

Boy, did you hear about that phony who wrote his own unauthorized sequel to The Catcher in the Rye by that guy J. D. Salinger? That guy’s got some nerve writing his own sequel to some other guy’s book without even asking that guy if he could do it. People are always trying to cash […]