A bunch of shameless self promotion. Back in August I was invited to join Don McLenaghen on Radio Freethinker, the skeptical podcast of CiTR radio (the UBC radio station). Ethan was away that week, so we spent the entire hour talking about Humanism. You can listen to that interview here
Continue readingTag: personal
wmtc: where i’ve been
I was planning on spending the final few weeks of my summer reading, and blogging the remainder of my notes from Marxism 2012. That all changed when the Rivera family was ordered to leave Canada by September 20. While Kim and lawyer Alyssa Manning pursue all avenues to challenge this
Continue readingwmtc: the reverend bruce springsteen and the hands-to-the-sky church: the boss in toronto
On Friday night in Toronto, Bruce Springsteen led the born-again E Street Band and his faithful flock in a rock-and-roll revival meeting. There was soulful rhythm-and-blues, and there was hard-charging guitar rock. There was political anger and there were elegies for lost friends. There was the wonder of mortality and
Continue readingTerahertz: Radio Freethinker on Tuesday
Just a quick post tonight. On Tuesday afternoon, I’ll be on CITR’s Radio Freethinker show talking about all the latest news from the BC Humanists. The show runs for a full hour, so if you have ideas for what I should talk about, drop them below (obviously soon so that
Continue readingA Novelist's Mind: Lilian Nattel Online: Bestsellers – in praise of Walmart
Web of Angels is back on the bestseller list! And no small thanks go to…Walmart, which chose this literary novel about a mom with dissociative identity disorder as its featured book for July. In an opportunity to do good and right, Walmart hit it: literature meets mainstream right there. Bestsellers
Continue readingwmtc: we like lists: list # 16: five things going on with me
I did this once before – turns out it was about a year ago – and although not many people participated, it made for good conversation and helped me get caught up with some friends. So why not? I still prefer posting about my life here as opposed to Facebook.
Continue readingTerahertz: Support the World Cerebral Palsy Challenge
One of the projects that I’m working on right now is to raise awareness and recruit teams for the upcoming World Cerebral Palsy Challenge in support of the Cerebral Palsy Association of British Columbia. The Challenge started two years ago among a network of CP associations in Australia. It was
Continue readingMolly'sBlog: Molly’sBlog 2012-07-22 22:04:00
PERSONAL:DRIVING AROUND WINNIPEG: It’s a quick trip from the Slav Rebchuk bridge and the missing “People Before Profit” sign to Selkirk Avenue, the main drag of Canada’s second poorest neighbourhood. That’s Winnipeg for you. This burg can’t even be the winner in a competition for bad. Anyways it’s an
Continue readingwmtc: pancakes, pups, palestine: mini-holiday in london, ontario
We’ve just returned from a visit with our friends David and Stephanie in London, Ontario. We had such a lovely, relaxing time – plus we were off from work the previous weekend for wmtc7 – that it really felt like a mini vacation. It was also Diego’s first time going
Continue readingMolly'sBlog: Molly’sBlog 2012-07-12 21:30:00
DRIVING AROUND WINNIPEG:PERCEPTUAL EXPECTANCY As you drove over the Slaw Rebchuk bridge from downtown Winnipeg to the North End you were greeted for years by the “Welcome To The North End: People Before Profit” sign on the roof of the Nippon Auto building at the north foot of the bridge.
Continue readingThe Scott Ross: Liberal Party’s Future, New Apple or Old Microsoft
Tablet computers have been around for years, but it took Steve Jobs to make them popular. Though the Liberal Party has been around longer than any tablet computer, it shares more than a few similarities with the now ubiquitous device. The Liberal Party has strong fundamentals and viable market share
Continue readingwmtc: wmtc7 is awesome, or, 10 reasons i love hosting a summer potluck
Wmtc7 was last night, and I think it might have been the best wmtc party yet. It was certainly the our biggest turnout, with more than 40 people – and 10 dogs! All week, southern Ontario had been sweltering under brutal heat and humidity. Then on Saturday morning it rained
Continue readingTerahertz: Arguing with 15 year old me–The Young Offender’s Act
On my last trip to my parent’s house, I grabbed a couple of my old Social Studies 10 essays that I had written. I did quite well in Social Studies and was quite proud of my essays, a belief justified by the marks I tended to get. This first essay,
Continue readingwmtc: boston mini-vacation, days 1 through 4
This must be a huge Skip It! for most readers, but I write this blog for myself as much as anyone else, and I must have a record of all my travels. And so… This trip had a dual purpose – friends and baseball – and both came off brilliantly.
Continue readingA Novelist's Mind: Lilian Nattel Online: Life and Books
I am braving the heat in my sunny and a/c-less work corner (it’s the 3rd day of 34 degree heat) to post because it’s been so long. Last week, before the weather got hot, I went for a walk with A, one of our long walks: 20 km to the
Continue readingwmtc: greetings from boston
Astute baseball fans might recognize this as Fenway Park, seen from behind the outfield. This would be totally unremarkable… if I hadn’t taken it five minutes ago from my hotel room. We are in Boston for a quick – although highly anticipated – mini-vacation. We drove down yesterday, driving back
Continue readingwmtc: the limits of empathy: eyes wide open, but not all the time
In light of the horror show taking place in Ottawa, this would be the perfect time to post notes from “Can We Stop the Harper Agenda,” the big panel discussion at Marxism 2012. However, I’m waiting to get an audio file of the talk, which will greatly improve the post.
Continue readingwmtc: happy (belated) birthday to me
A friend noted a certain absence on wmtc and wondered if perhaps I’m not thrilled about turning 51. I do usually announce my birthday here! I didn’t this year because (a) it seemed inappropriate to put up a celebratory post on the very day the Harper Government codified its Ruin
Continue readingwmtc: sevens are wild: join us for wmtc7
On the seventh day of the seventh month, at the seventh hour… well, it’s really the 19th hour, and anyway it doesn’t matter because those time divisions are arbitrary… but if you’re a wmtc reader and you’re not a troll, and you don’t work for Jason Kenney, the CBSA, the
Continue readingwmtc: secrets from your sister, one awesome store
Before I begin a series of political posts, here’s a personal-consumer post. I highly recommend the Toronto store Secrets From Your Sister to anyone in the GTA in need of bras or lingerie. When you move to a new city, you have to find new everything. A new doctor, dentist,
Continue reading