October 31, 2006
Don’t worry, we’re doomed
Two bits of pretty scary news in the past two days: 1. World hunger ‘intolerable,’ with scant progress in decade: UN 2. Slumping Flames fall to Capitals. Er, no. Scratch that. Global warming will devastate economy: report Not that any of us are necessarily that surprised, but the news hardly comes as a welcome reminder. I’ve often been pretty amazed at the collective optimism (ignorance?)... [More >>]
October 29, 2006
Crisis? What crisis?
Yesterday, the Toronto Star published a very nice profile of This to mark the occasion of our 40th birthday. I’m now convinced the term “punching above its weight” will soon become synonymous with the magazine, if it’s not already. [More >>]
October 27, 2006
Grunge Pays. Who Knew?
So Forbes just released it’s annual list of the top earning dead celebrities (surely you’ve been craving such a list for a while now). The top spot went to Kurt Cobain. Fifty million dollars. Wow. He’ll surely be on the list again next year since his sober (ahem, cough, cough) widow sold 1/4 of the Nirvana song catalogue to Primary Wave, a company that will place the band’s... [More >>]
October 27, 2006
Soccer Rising; Community Building
(photo courtesy Toronto FC) Apologies to all the Toronto-indifferent out there, but sometimes it is just fantastic living in the professional sport centre of this great country. The Leafs are off to their classic shaky start yet they still look better than last year (really, all you can ask of the Leafs right now), the Argos look great to chase the Grey Cup, the Jays have made some recent noise and... [More >>]
October 23, 2006
50 Years Ago Today
Today marks the 50th anniversary of the beginning of the Hungarian Revolution. Everyone’s gonna be talking about it all day today, but don’t fear, I’ve combed Wikipedia and offer you the Coles Notes version, cuz as a Hungarian immigrant, if anyone’s gonna be doing internet research on this topic, it should be me. Ahem. The Hungarian Revolution was a spontaneous and bloody uprising... [More >>]
October 20, 2006
Procrastination deluxe
It’s Friday, and if you can’t find anything to procrastinate with, you’re just not trying hard enough. (Try it on “manic mode” for best results.) [More >>]
October 19, 2006
Streets to screens
Time to give you Film Clubbers a fix while we get the club back up and running (expect a return in November, by the way). If you’re in or around the Toronto area, the Toronto Public Space Committee’s Streets to Screens project has two Canadian premieres this Thursday for their Transit Tales night. The first is Contested Streets: Breaking New York City Gridlock, an effort to explore how... [More >>]
October 18, 2006
yes, this seems like a good time to get messy in public
The Tories have taken Garth Turner’s executive washroom key away. It’s in the Globe. You know, Garth Turner…played third base for the Blue Jays in the 80’s. But here’s my question — who writes the Tory press statements? Check out Jaffer’s word-like things: “This is something that has been culminated since Mr. Turner’s election to our caucus,”... [More >>]
October 18, 2006
I confirm and do not deny
For those out there who think all I do on this blog is refer to Paul Wells’ blog (properly apostropheed this time) and then say something smarmy, read on. Wells wrote of Ignatieff yesterday: Michael Ignatieff’s campaign is now reduced to a kind of dare. If you don’t support him, it’s because you’re not sophisticated enough. You can’t handle his clever insights. You... [More >>]
October 17, 2006
Semi-serious posting delayed by real life
Please note: I wrote this piece last week, and was about to post it when the news of Yankee pitcher Cory Lidle’s death in a tragic plane accident hit the media. I have held it to allow that terrible story due weight. Why We Love It When The Yanks Lose They’ve got all the money; most of the influence; a giant talent pool; a massive, loyal, patriotic following; and for the most part a deferential... [More >>]
