Link of the Day: Now Hear This!
Now Hear This! is “the literacy outreach arm of the Descant Arts & Letters Foundation. The program connects professional authors with community groups, students and aspiring writers in order to promote Canadian literature and encourage self-expression, critical thinking and empowerment through literacy education.” They do terrific work, and they’re well worth checking out. In other […]
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In which I accidentally got Fresh Talks some coverage on a noted national music website
Here’s what happened. Last week, Chart editor Aaron Brophy put the call out to his staff for blurbs about novelty rappers. They were working on a feature, and they wanted some examples. I tossed out a couple of ideas – including Bangs, who ultimately made their list. But other than that I wasn’t all that […]
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“I lost to a dead guy”
There’s an old episode of Night Court in which pompous, lecherous prosecutor Dan Fielding loses his campaign for city council to a dead opponent. It scored big laughs among the show’s audience – not only because Fielding was exactly the sort of stuffed shirt who viewers love to see humiliated, but also because of the […]
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Andria Case will be a featured guest at Literature for Life’s annual fundraiser next week
CTV News anchor and reporter Andria Case has graciously agreed to appear at the annual “Black White and Read All Over” fundraising event that Literature for Life is hosting on Wednesday, 10 November 2010. To learn more about Case, please feel free to click the link above. As I mentioned yesterday in an oddly similar […]
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Link of the Day: 100 Mile Diet
“In 2005, Alisa Smith and J.B. MacKinnon began a one-year experiment in local eating. Their 100-Mile Diet struck a deeper chord than anyone could have predicted, inspiring thousands of individuals, and even whole communities, to change the way they eat. “Locally raised and produced food has been called ‘the new organic’ – better tasting, better […]
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Terry O’Reilly will be the keynote speaker at Literature for Life’s annual fundraiser next week
Terry O’Reilly, host of The Age of Persuasion on the CBC, will do Literature for Life the honour of serving as the keynote speaker at its annual “Black White and Red All Over” fundraising event on Wednesday, 10 November 2010. To learn more about O’Reilly, feel free to visit his website. Tickets to the event […]
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Just for the record, George W. Bush is still a terrible, tragically deluded human being
If you and I were to try and pick the single worst moment of the Bush administration, then we’d have our work cut out for us. September 11 would obviously be a major contender, but what about the decision to go into Iraq under false pretenses? Or any one of the many decisions that led […]
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“Maybe this stat defines the night”
Last night, Marc Ambinder of the Atlantic posted a set of figures that he felt defined the 2010 midterm election in the US yesterday: “56% of the electorate thinks the government is doing things better left to businesses and individuals. 80% of these people voted Republican. 38% of the electorate thinks the government needs to […]
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Link of the Day: Engaging Men
“This site is a public resource for anyone – women, men and young people – committed to gender justice and ending violence against women. Engagingmen.net is designed for practitioners, policy makers, academics, students and all who are interested in effectively working with women and men in partnership for gender equality and addressing the negative consequences […]
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Another fine deal on domain names and hosting from the good people at Varial
The folks at Varial Technologies, who host this site and the many sites I’ve developed in turn, are currently offering the latest of their monthly discounts. Using the coupon code “NOVEMBER” between now and the end of the month, you can get yourself 10% off new domain registrations and transfers, as well as 10% off […]
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