JHR and Make Media Matter still need your help
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 […]
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I interviewed Dave Mustaine about an hour ago
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 […]
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Link of the Day: Funkaoshi
Lord knows I’ve linked to Funkaoshi, my friend Ram’s blog, on more than enough occasions over the years. If I’m posting and/or getting long winded about some issue or event on this site, then there’s a fairly good chance I heard about the latest details through a post on his. So why not finally give […]
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Link of the Day: Arts For Children and Youth
Arts For Children and Youth is an organization whose reason for being is “to ally with high priority communities and empower marginalized children and youth by engaging them in hands-on, community- and school-based arts education programs that respect existing cultural and community activity, resulting in participatory action and social awareness.” Quite a hefty set of […]
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It’s not like there wasn’t another Starbucks right down the street, you know?
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 […]
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Link of the Day: Global Rich List
If you’re feeling down about your job, or you’re in need of a little perspective, then you might want to take a moment to visit the Global Rich List. Enter your annual income, and you’ll be given your rank among the world’s richest people. To give you an example, my mid-level job at a small […]
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The greatest day of your life
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 […]
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AIDS Walk Update: Target met, target surpassed, target doubled
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 […]
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Link of the Day: Switch Advertising
Hey, here’s something interesting. “Everybody wants to be a rockstar – but at Switch Advertising, we picked up our coconuts and actually did it. We’ve collaborated with talented local artists to make our own outrageous indie rock posters, because between artists and indie rock bands, no one has to work harder to earn your attention.” […]
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