Hey, I learned a fancy new term today! Listen up, because I’m only going to share it once before I pretend I’ve never heard it and lock it away forever. It all started this morning, when my friend Tallulah posted a link to a story on the CBC about a British medical journal that chose […]

The good people at East Metro Youth Services have just launched a brand new website. You may remember them as the group we worked with when we held an all ages edition of Everyone’s a DJ back in July. Now more than ever, their website will provide you with a wealth of information on the […]

Hey, remember when I mentioned that my brother had created a profile on Funny or Die? Well, after a brief Facebook poll, one of those videos was deemed worthy to appear on the site’s front page. All right! Do check it out, and if you enjoy it, be sure to let them know it’s a […]

Hey, you know that uncomfortable moment at the convenience store when you spot that sign behind the counter? You know, the one that says it’s illegal for the store to sell cigarettes to anyone born before today’s date in 1992? If that moment makes you feel old, obsolete and depressed, then you might want to […]

I guess it’s not a very good week to be an aging intellectual and social critic. One day after the passing of Howard Zinn comes the news that J. D. Salinger, the reclusive author of The Catcher in the Rye and various notable short stories, died in his home today. He was ninety-one years old […]

Historian Howard Zinn, best known for the groundbreaking work A People’s History of the United States, has died of a heart attack at the age of eighty-seven. “From the start,” Zinn wrote in his autobiography, “my teaching was infused with my own history. I would try to be fair to other points of view, but […]

Hey, did I tell you guys that I’m spinning at the third night of the Wavelength 500 festival next month? I’ll be backing From Fiction, the Bicycles, Laura Barrett, Magic Cheezies and Young Mother. Wow, what a show! It’s all happening at Sneaky Dee’s on Friday, 12 February 2010, and I hope to see you […]

You know how they always say that the secret to succeeding in life is to do one thing and do it well? It’s a very nice idea, and one that makes a lot of sense. But I hope it’s not the only way to lead a good life, because I don’t think I’ve ever been […]