To the hockey arena at the Universite de Montreal last night to see the Pixies’ holy-shit-we’re-broke tour. The slight hint of Spinal Tap that was in the air turned into a sneering insinuation when the Datsuns took the stage, three extra-skinny dudes in tight jeans, big hair, and serious post-zeppelin power rawk. Thanks to amps […] More »
Last night, my friend Rolf and I went to see the Laval Chiefs play the Verdun Dragons at the Bell Centre. These teams play in the Ligue Nord-Americaine de Hockey, billed in a recent Montreal Gazette article as “the most violent hockey league in the world”. In case you don’t quite get what this league […] More »
I posted this as a comment to the original Ukraine conversation, but I think it’s important and enlightening enough to post again: the Guardian’s Jonathan Steele gives a new perspective to the shades of grey at play in the contested presidential election (or maybe it’s not that new and I’ve just been reading to much […] More »
American broadcast network CBS has been getting a bit of heat from the now famous liberally biased media for seemingly covering up the fact that at least two of the female competitors on its hit show, Survivor Vanuatu, are openly lesbian. The reality show (oh admit it, you watch reality tv) is famous for manipulative […] More »
Our American friends are celebrating Thanksgiving this weekend, and the traditional “pardoning” of a well-fed turkey happened on the White House lawn. Hilarity on the subject from the geniuses at The Onion. “Cousin Wattle’s (a 41-pound White Holland tom) conduct prior to the pardoning ceremony prompted Justice Department officials to authorize the bird’s detention as […] More »
This Magazine friend and contributor Arianne Robinson thought about marrying someone through Marry An American. She made a documentary and I’m pretty sure hilarity ensued. Listen this Saturday at 3 on Definitely Not the Opera on Radio One. More »
Sharp-eyed National Post readers will have spotted the following apology on page 2 of today’s edition: “In the first item in a column by Gillian Cosgrove in this paper on Monday, November 22, 2004, a number of fundamental errors and intentional misrepresentations appeared. The editors regret this and apologize to all concerned.” As the CBC […] More »
“What is wrong with people nowadays? Why do they all seem to think they are qualified to do things far beyond their technical capabilities? This is all to do with the learning culture in schools. It is a consequence of the child-centred system which admits no failure and tells people they can all be pop […] More »
There’s something about the reaction to this week’s Ukrainian presidential vote that bugs me. There’s a whole lot of hubbub about electoral fraud, about Russia’s undue influence in getting their preferred Viktor (that would be Yanukovich) elected, about the thousands rallying in the streets to overturn the result and annoint the other Viktor (that would […] More »
Warren Kinsella is happy about the Alberta election results. Sure, the Tories dropped a bunch of seats, dropped a huge chunk of the popular vote, while the Libs and NDP gained. But look carefully at the popular vote: 2004: PC 47.07% LIB 29.05% NDP 9.79% AAP 9.10% GRN 2.75% SC 1.27% OTH .97% Here’s the […] More »
The other day, I was on the phone with a Big Company purchasing a new computer (to play Half Life II, of course), and at one point during the transaction the salesman asked me for my social insurance number. I declined to give it, and consequently wasn’t eligible for one of their special payment plans. […] More »