Published today: Bless review on Chart
I owe the good people at Chart a fair amount of backlog at the moment, and I’m doing my best to work through it. One of two pieces I sent them this weekend was this review of The Night Before, an EP by a Montreal rapper named Bless. I wanted to like this record more […]
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I think I’ve figured out this whole blogging thing
Last week, a woman named Amanda that I follow on Twitter took a moment to ask all the bloggers out there how to get better at posting frequently. Now, I’m no expert, but I’ve learned a few tricks in my time, and I figured I’d
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Link of the Day: Repower America
“Launched in 2008 in a pioneering speech by Al Gore that hit the reset button on America’s clean energy goals, Repower America was first introduced as a bold plan to ‘repower’ our country with 100% clean electricity and revitalize our national energy infrastructure. At its core, Repower America stands for the importance of investing in […]
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A better call to attend tomorrow’s Literature for Life fundraiser than I ever could have made myself
If you’ve been following this blog lately, then you know I’ve been talking and talking and talking and talking and talking about the fundraiser that Literature for Life is hosting here in Toronto tomorrow night. In fact, if you were sick of hearing me talk about it by now, I wouldn’t blame you. Why? Because […]
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The honeymoon is over
Wait a minute, today’s the ninth? Well, what do you know? Kate and I have officially been married for a month. All we have to do is repeat that accomplishment five or six hundred more times, and we’ll be able to say that we’ve had a long and happy life together. In a related story, […]
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Jack Layton, the Toronto Sun, and a rare moment of nonpartisan candor
In case you didn’t see it, the Toronto Sun ran an editorial last week lauding NDP leader Jack Layton. The paper backed his current call for the Harper government to cut its 5% tax on heating fuel, knowing that the winter months are about to hit Canadians hard. They even cited his proposal as a […]
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Textpattern 4.3.0 is out
The latest version of Textpattern, the content management system that powers this site and many others, has just been released. Thanks to Funkaoshi for the tip. What this means, among other things, is that I’m finally going to make good on my promise to do something more substantial with this site. The release of version […]
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Link of the Day: TransFair Canada
“TransFair Canada manages the Canadian side of an international system that sets standards defining what Fair Trade products are, and provides Canadians with a way to know whether those standards have been met. The intent is to both bring clarity about Fair Trade and instill confidence in the public that it is not about empty […]
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Did I mention you’ll get a sweet tax rebate?
Tickets to “Black White and Red All Over,” the fundraiser that Literature for Life is hosting on Wednesday night at 6:30 PM in Toronto, do indeed come with a tax deduction. The tickets themselves are a hundred bucks each, but all ticket buyers will receive a fifty dollar tax receipt. It’s going to be a […]
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