Link of the Day: GreenMoney Journal
“The GreenMoney Journal encourages and promotes the awareness of socially and environmentally responsible business, investing and consumer resources in publications and online. “Our goal is to educate and empower individuals and businesses to make informed financial decisions through aligning their personal, corporate and financial principles.”
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Did I mention that I’m spinning tonight at the launch party for a sex shop?
That got your attention, didn’t it? The place in question is called Ohhh Canada, and the launch party is here in town at 7:00 PM tonight. Oh, and for every purchase, the store will donate fifty cents to ovarian and prostate cancer charities. My friend Ana put me in touch with the owner, Katrina McKay, […]
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It’s Friday, so here’s the video for “The Sweater” by Meryn Cadell
This is a blast from the past, although depending on where you’re from and how old you are, it might be completely new to you. It’s definitely not the sort of track that you would have expected to become a hit, but it did; there was a period back in the early nineties when it […]
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Link of the Day: GreenSingles
“GreenSingles began as a paper newsletter in 1985. We are a family-owned, privately held company, operated by vegetarians. We are a mission driven, triple-bottom-line organization. Our priorities are people, planet and then profits. “We have helped thousands of single adults from 18-99 correspond and meet with others who share similar values, interests and concerns. In […]
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Link of the Day: Public Citizen
“Corporations have their lobbyists in Washington, D.C. The people need advocates too. “Public Citizen serves as the people’s voice in the nation’s capital. Since our founding in 1971, we have delved into an array of areas, but our work on each issue shares an overarching goal: To ensure that all citizens are represented in the […]
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Witness to a City: Introduction
I was admittedly in a bit of a negative mood when I cracked open the introduction to Witness to a City, for reasons that included but certainly weren’t limited to our new mayor and his first day in office. Would the words of Miller cheer me up, or at least give me some perspective? In […]
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Clear proof that I’m far too immature to be considered a worthwhile source of commentary on Rob Ford
Jocelyn Geddie, a very funny woman that my brother can proudly call his girlfriend, set a fun mock-debate in motion on Facebook this afternoon after I pointed out that a lot of elected officials “wait until at least their second day in office to violate their own campaign promises.” Granted, this was a matter of […]
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Jason Hall on the lasting effects of globalization
Jason Hall, a notable playwright and a true classic of a friend, is also one of those guys who’s frustratingly intelligent. You know those people who can look at a seemingly trivial event, unravel the latent but nagging contradictions, and unearth an undeniably compelling point that you wish you’d been clever enough to spot on […]
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Easing into the new term with a bit of Miller’s book each day
You know, I’m looking at this copy of Witness to a City that I bought the other day, and it looks like it’s a pretty decent page-turner. And at a hundred and eighty pages broken up into twenty sections, even the most casual reader could at least enjoy this book in bite-sized chunks. Are you […]
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Believe me, there’s a lot of things we can call Rob Ford
The cover of today’s Toronto edition of 24 Hours is a great illustration of its role as one of the subtler papers under the Sun Media umbrella. Especially when you spot it right next to a copy of today’s edition of the Toronto Sun. The front page of 24 Hours, for example, says “Now We […]
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