So, the last weekend of summer is upon us loyal readers! I hope that you are currently enjoying the last day of the last long weekend, of this wonderful summer that was. It’s not everyday the Movie Monday falls on a holiday, so I wanted to give you all a
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Paulitical Satire: Built to NOT Last – Movie Monday
So, most of us have been there at some point, standing at an Ikea asking ourselves “do I need yet another Billy bookcase?” We know it will be of the lowest quality, and maybe even break during our home construction process. But it’s cheap…it will do the job…and we can
Continue readingPaulitical Satire: #FF Yourself!! A Follow Friday You’ll Thank Me For
Sometimes I worry that I am actually trapped in the Matrix… So, I was doing my normal dance around the internet, reading pieces of news from all corners. While I blog mostly politics, I like to stay up on the news of the day for lots of topics. I find
Continue readingPaulitical Satire: They Added WHAT to the Dictionary!?
So, every year (sometimes twice a year) the powers that be at Miriam Webster and a smattering of other dictionaries go through a process of adding new words with formal definitions into the dictionary. While each time this happens I tend to just shake my head, this year was particularly
Continue readingmark a rayner | scribblings, squibs & sundry monkey joys: Aging Nostalgia
This chart imparts two important points to me: I am older than the average American I had no idea the movie Forrest Gump was so important. The list is marginally less depressing than a game a co-worker of mine used … Continue reading →
Continue readingPaulitical Satire: Canada at the Olympics – Follow Friday – #FF
So, we started this week with some talk about the Olympics, and I took my usual turn and looked at the issues people weren’t paying enough attention to, or really caring about. The feedback I got was really good, and I appreciate all the kind words about my triple jump.
Continue readingCanadian Progressive World: WTF? Justin Bieber says Aboriginal peoples get free gas in Canada
That’s what the 18-year-old Canadian pop star has told Rolling Stone magazine. The trouble is: our over-produced, over-exposed, man-made spoiled brat claims to have Aboriginal roots. But you know who’s to blame for Bieber’s ignorance? Girls. That’s right. Rolling Stone believes Bieber is “ready to be a grown-up superstar, if
Continue readingPaulitical Satire: Show and Tell – What I did on my Summer Vacation
Toronto in all it’s glory! So, today is my first day back to work after 10 days of vacay and I must say….it was pretty awesome! My girlfriend and I took part in the time honoured (?) tradition of a “staycation”. Given that we live in the Big Smoke that
Continue readingPaulitical Satire: The Bike Stops Here – The Politics of Cycling – Movie Monday
So, I’ve started riding my bike to work a couple of times a week again and as usual it’s a pretty awesome way to get around. Not only do I get to work faster than public transit ever could, but I also get exercise and have a pretty good time
Continue readingPaulitical Satire: Follow Friday – For My Father – #FF
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
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: 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: 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: 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: Newspaper Wars – The Grid vs. Now Magazine
Now and The Grid face off in the newspaper wars So, when I first got to Toronto there were mainly two weekly publications, both publishing on Thursday, that went after the “twenty to thirty something” cohort of readers. They were “Now Magazine” and “Eye Weekly“. Now, there were MANY other
Continue readingPaulitical Satire: #FF – Music Review – Bahamas "Barchords"
So, we’ve been doing a lot of politics lately, budget season tends to do that to me, but I promised diversity of content, and dammit, I will deliver!I’ve decided that reviewing albums is a perfectly fun and reasonable thing to do together, so I’ve picked a reasonably new Canadian release
Continue readingRed Tory v.3.0.3: Charlie Brooker on “Kony 2012”
Charlie Brooker’s rant about the Kony 2012 viral video, as seen on the British comedy program 10 O’Clock Live last week, including the round-table discussion that followed. Along with countless millions of others, I watched the “Kony 2012” video recently, but unlike most, was completely creeped out by it. In
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