Quote of the Day
“War is the great scavenger of thought.”
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Quote of the Day
“I’d rather have a full bottle in front of me than a full frontal labotomy.”
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Go Sabres!
I’m going to say something very unCanadian right now. I hope the Buffalo Sabres win the cup.
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Woohoo! Thanks Ricky!
For some reason—don’t ask me to explain it—this year I decided to do something rash and impulsive. I bought two season tickets for the Toronto…
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Lights, Camera, Action!
Last night Tanya and I went to our first ever World Movie Premier! The film was called Shades of Blue, and the premier took place…
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So Dark the Con of Rotten Tomatoes
Last night, I eagerly went to watch the DaVinci code movie, despite all the negative reviews and criticisms by the “professional critics”, despite the fact…
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Harper Wants to be Bush’s Mini-Me
So, let’s see…since the Canadian federal election, our new fearless and noble leader Prime Minister Stephen Harper managed a broken promise and an act of…
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Crooks! All of Them!
These days, the price of a litre of gas looks more and more like the frequency to your favourite radio station. Just this morning, I…
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One Red Paperclip
Remember how the kid succeeded in making $1 million selling essentially nothing? Well here’s another reason to hunt down and kill your high school guidance…
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Are You Fucking Kidding Me?
Once again, the pages of the Toronto Sun have provided me with plenty of fodder about which I can have a little rant. My latest…
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Timmies and Culture
A Canadian says to a Scott, “I like the way you rrroll your ‘Rs'” The Scott says in turn, “It’s just the way I walk.”…
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Hello Kettle, I’m Pot and You’re Black
There comes a time in everyone’s life when they have to accept responsibility for their actions—when they have to look in the mirror in order…
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A Juno Quick-Hit
Last night the 35th Annual Juno Awards were held in Halifax, Nova Scotia. For those of you who aren’t Canadian or fans of Canadian music,…
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Unsolicited Feedback On My Unsolicited Feedback
So how cool is this? When I got home from Pittsburgh on Monday and checked my email, I found a message from none other than…
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Back Home
The weekend went well and we all had a good time. Pittsburgh was a very nice city, the people of Pennsylvania were very friendly, the…
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Pittsburgh or Bust
Tonight Tanya, my buddy Greg, his wife Sara and I are driving down to Pittsburgh for the weekend to watch a hockey game between the…
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Couldn’t ET Just Call Collect?
An article in today’s Toronto Sun tells of a Malaysian man who received a surprise from the local phone company in the form of a…
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Commuter Etiquette: Cell Phones
I wasn’t going to write about this because I wasn’t sure if it was an epidemic, or just an annoying-but-isolated occurrence. Sure enough though, it…