So, another, far more talented Paul wrote about his father today and it is as heartfelt as it is thorough. Paul Wells has always been a writer I admire and this piece is a good reminder of why.Still, I want to write a note to my father anyway because while
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Paulitical Satire: Justin Trudeau – Another Spit in the Rumour Mill Ocean
A thoughtful Justin Trudeau So, as usual, my favourite political blogger Warren Kinsella beat me to a piece about Monsieur Trudeau. However, what is unusual about this piece is that I agree with it completely. A change is better than a rest, as they say.In reality, everyone beat me to
Continue readingPaulitical Satire: The Paulitics of Beer – Movie Monday
So, a few weeks ago our esteemed videographer and I made a Movie Monday video extolling the virtues of local food. When we put it out to the world and started getting feedback we were struck by how many people really enjoyed the learning and the topic. That got us
Continue readingPaulitical Satire: Follow Friday – Old Toronto Beer Tour – #FF
Mmmmm…frothy Beer! So, last weekend our esteemed Movie Monday videographer and I got to do something super awesome: we went on the “Old Toronto Beer Tour“. Now, I should start off by telling you that drinking from 11am-9pm was something that I did for all of you, my fair readers.
Continue readingPaulitical Satire: The End of Movie Monday – Paulitical Satire
So, in case you aren’t keeping track, today is the tenth anniversary of Movie Monday. It’s true. For ten weeks we have been laughing and learning together. We have gone on road trips, shopped locally, and even cooked pizza together. It has been quite the ride.Now, obviously I’m a little
Continue readingPaulitical Satire: Raise Your Hand if You Don’t Think Dismemberment is Funny
So, I had this great post all ready about an amazing album that just came out and then something happened: a foot was sent to the Conservative party HQ. And then a hand was on its way to the Liberal party. Suddenly things seemed a little less rock and roll.
Continue readingPaulitical Satire: Help! My City is Broken!
So, in a personal Paul update, not to mention context to this post, I recently purchased a used car. I talked about this briefly in my earlier post about my trip across the north. But I’m not in the North anymore…I’m home in Toronto, where I live in a Condo,
Continue readingPaulitical Satire: The Paulitics of Food – Movie Monday
So, today’s Movie Monday blends two of my favourite things: good food and politics! This week’s video is meant to stir up some conversation about things like organic foods, the 100 Mile Diet, and healthy eating. Mostly, I am challenging you to rethink the way you currently view your food.Our
Continue readingPaulitical Satire: Doors Open Toronto – #FF – What to do This Weekend
Check Out Doors Open Toronto – This photo is at the MaRs Discovery District! So, this weekend something really cool is happening in Toronto Ontario…it’s called Doors Open. “What the hell is that?” you might be asking. “Do I have to allow anyone into my kitchen for brunch?” you probably
Continue readingPaulitical Satire: Part of This Balanced Breakfast
A REAL complete balanced breakfast… So, I was eating a delicious post-run breakfast this morning consisting of some cottage cheese, tomato, avocado and grapefruit (yes, I’m trying to make you feel badly about what you had for breakfast) and realized just how damn healthy it was! Just for fun, I
Continue readingPaulitical Satire: True North Strong and Free – Road Trip Politics
A political map of Canada… So, if you follow me on twitter you’ll know, in a relative amount of detail, that I recently traveled across part of Northern Canada from Winnipeg to Toronto. In case you were wondering, my Southern-Ontario kin…this is a stunning, amazing, beautiful, energizing, formidable part of Canada that
Continue readingPaulitical Satire: Buying Local – Movie Monday
So, I’m driving from Winnipeg to Toronto this long weekend and am currently writing this from a hotel in Sault Ste. Marie. But that doesn’t mean you don’t get your Movie Monday! Our friend William Matthews over at Digital Footprint has put something great together for you again, as usual
Continue readingPaulitical Satire: Politics and Blogging – It’s All About Relationships
So, a little while ago I wrote a post for the good people over at Shareaholic. Below is an excerpt from the post, follow the link below to read the whole post!How Do I Best Connect With People?First off, when I see Twitter trends that jive with my desired topics I make
Continue readingPaulitical Satire: Donating to Charity – Sometimes Politics is All About the Love
What politicians look like when they do something for charity, and are not self serving losers. Wait… So, yesterday’s post was well read and clearly got some people riled up. As always, human beings like to look at the darker, sinister side of things from time to time. It is
Continue readingPaulitical Satire: Attack Ads – Sometimes In Politics It’s All About Hate
Attack ads to the left of me…Jokers to the right! So, Warren Kinsella (a blogger that anyone who reads this blog will know is someone I enjoy very much) recently wrote an article for The Sun trying to understand why the federal Conservatives haven’t lobbed any attack ads at honeymooning
Continue readingPaulitical Satire: Toronto’s Queen Streetcar – Movie Monday
So, this week our illustrious movie maker William Matthews, over at www.digitialfootprint.ca, and I wanted to do something a little different for Movie Monday. Thus, we set out on our 1 and a half hour journey (really, more like 5 hours) from the west end of our fair city all
Continue readingPaulitical Satire: Mother’s Day – #FF Follow Friday – For All the Mom’s Out There
So, in case you haven’t noticed, I tend not to blog on the weekend. Usually, this doesn’t matter as most of you are out in the world having fun and not reading as many blog posts (right???). This weekend, it actually causes a very large problem for me: what is
Continue readingPaulitical Satire: Rye Whiskey – Lubricating Canadian Politics Since 1769
Political genius in a bottle…or really, genius generally! So, I must admit to something right off the bat: I’m a whiskey on the rocks drinker. For those of you who are purists you’re saying “Paul, the ice waters down the whiskey!”. Others, perhaps non-whiskey drinkers, are saying “dude, there better
Continue readingPaulitical Satire: Debt Free – How to Get That Debt Monkey Off Your Back
So, I’ve spent the better part of a year and a half I’ve been doing my best to learn a skill that was never taught to me, and that I never really encountered out there in the big wide world until I turned 23: budgeting. When I finally was introduced
Continue readingPaulitical Satire: The History of Toronto – Movie Monday Goes Back to the Future
So, it’s another Movie Monday and today William (our friend and videographer from www.digitalfootprint.ca) and I have put together something really special for all of you. Will was hunting around for some old photos of the city recently, and once we started looking them over we couldn’t help but feel
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