From BoingBoing (the biggest timewaster of all time), comes this totally insane story about Troy Hurtubise, one of my biggest heroes and North Bay’s third-coolest resident. Apparently, he’s built this device called Angel Light, the idea for which came to him in a dream: Troy dreamed the Angel Light would be able to see through […] More »
Insider tip on today’s big hoopla in Washington D.C.: “Among its 2005 presidential inaugural activities and amenities in celebration of the second term of President Bush, the Ritz-Carlton Hotels of Washington will be serving guests gourmet rattlesnake nachos.” And then this, on another website altogether: “No other wild animal in the United States is as […] More »
This is totally wicked: EDMONTON – Normie Kwong, a legendary football fullback nicknamed the “China Clipper” after he became the first Chinese-Canadian in the CFL, has been appointed Alberta’s new lieutenant-governor. More »
Time to officially note a changing of the guard. THIS Magazine is losing our dedicated and brilliant Publisher, Joyce Byrne, who has accepted an undercover lefty assignment in Alberta. Joyce’s tenure at THIS has seen the magazine transform itself in many ways. She oversaw the recent and highly popular redesign of the print magazine, as […] More »
From the New York Times: “The time for diplomacy is now,” Condoleezza Rice told senators at her confirmation hearing to replace Colin Powell as secretary of state. What spectacularly bad luck for Colin Powell. His time arrives just as he heads for the golf course. On the other hand, I’m looking forward to Ms. Rice […] More »
Salon has a great list of 34 noteworthy scandals the Bush Admin has been involved with in the past 4 years. The ones we’ve heard about, like Abu Ghraib, Guantanamo and the outting of CIA operative Valerie Plame are all on the list, as well as many other eyebrow-raising schemes that most folks didn’t hear […] More »
Anybody catch The Hour, the new show on Newsworld by former VJ and This Mag promoter and winner of the Greatest Canadian contest George Stroumboulopoulos? I don’t get Newsworld. Is it worth getting cable for? Reviews plz. More »
Last week over at Brand Autopsy, they spilled the beans about the Dark Room Magic at NPR; the tricks they use to make everyone sound so smooth and articulate. I’m keen on this, because starting this week my co-author and I are pimping our book Nation of Rebels to the folks south of the 49th […] More »
From Today’s Globe: VANCOUVER — British Columbia appears poised to offer improved incentives to its $1-billion dollar film industry, as it tries to level the tax playing field with other Canadian provinces, including Ontario. B.C. Premier Gordon Campbell is set to hold talks with film sector officials this week, a sign his government may be […] More »
So, Ms. Sgro is finally stepping down, after an affidavit was leaked in which “pizza shop owner Harjit Singh claims Sgro pressed him to supply food and workers for her campaign last spring. …when word of his arrangement with Sgro started to leak out, Sgro suddenly reneged on the deal and last month ordered his […] More »
I was going to do my usual shtick and complain about the Tsunami benefit concerts and so on, since I’m getting a bit concerned that we’re approaching the Dianification of the disaster. But Paul Wells has a nice piece here, with the lovely conclusion: As a rule of thumb, you can’t change the world with […] More »