The little carpet-cleaner-that-could (save me from the dreary housework, that is) now cures cancer. Independent women on your gift list this season will love the latest precious version of the adorable Roomba. No word as far as I can tell from Maureen Dowd. More »
In a news story culled from, it seems, the cutting room floor of Nip/Tuck (best show on regular cable, word) the Edmonton Sun announced on its front page today that serial rapist/very bad man/prison inmate Shane Hilton will get a new face, courtesy of Alberta’s finest plastic surgeons. Seems Hilton was badly disfigured by a […] More »
“Harper awaits ’clearer direction’ from NDP” No other way to define it—abject cowardice. And so, once again, Canadians are forced to question the leadership of Canada’s traditional second party at a time when that party should be doing their best ever sell job on the issue of… leadership. More »
Jack Layton may very well have dimmed his own spotlight. I’m sure there will be plenty of analysis blaming Layton for whatever happens in the coming election (if indeed there is one). If the very latest trend is true, and if Canadian voting tendencies continue as they have the last decade or so, a slim […] More »
Uh oh, I can feel myself slipping ever so inextricably into very hot water. My imaginary New York Times op-ed columnist girlfriend, Maureen Dowd has a book coming out, called Are Men Necessary? When Sexes Collide, and her employer has graciously allowed her to preview it a bit in the weekend magazine. Check out Dowd’s […] More »
Thank god the CBC is back—how else would I get my morning head shake? Hauled myself out of bed at 6:30 this morning and turned on the radio. Standing at my window, watching the sun rise over Lake Ontario into a stunningly clear sky, I heard local morning host Andy Barrie say this: “We’re live […] More »
Dig this from yesterday’s oral questions in the House of Commons. The build up is a bit precious, but the question itself is pure gold: Hon. Jack Layton (Toronto Danforth, NDP): Mr. Speaker, if the Prime Minister wants to behave like FDR, the least he could do is provide a new deal for the lumber […] More »
Front page news this morning has Justice Gomery putting the finger on everyone but Paul Martin for the sponsorship scandal, despite Martin being such a prominent wallet man for the previous liberal government. This can only further soften the seat of power federal Liberals have been getting very cosy in as polls rise over the […] More »
Everyone should listen to and buy “Do they know it’s Halloween?,” a Geldof send-up performed by an ensemble calling itself the North American Halloween Prevention Initiative. Included in the group are some great and hot artists, such as Beck, The Arcade Fire’s Win and Regine, Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore, Sloan’s Chris Murphy, Feist, and so […] More »