End of a very long road, or just a new corner?
The Libyan rebels are inside Tripoli in a so-far amazingly successful push against the tyrant Gaddhafi's stronghold. There are credible rumours that his son, Saif Al-Islam (pictured here), has been…
August 2011
English Riots
"Yes, the looters may only be "relatively" deprived - but then, the politicians are only relatively corrupt, the police are only relatively on the take (and relatively prone to shooting…
Fun With Photoshop: Somehow, I always did suspect…
…that Rick Perry had a skeleton in his closet, dancing the Watusi in a pink tutu and high heels: Adam, on the other hand, looks like he’s had better.
E-Books
E-Books have drawbacks. They often come with typos and when written as e-books often lack the scholarship one might otherwise expect. That said, gosh, there is some much to read…
Asbestos is wrong, Even a Widow knows its true
If you feel the Government of Canada's support for exporting Asbestos is wrong, and you support the work of Michaela Keyserlingk. She is the widow who lost her husband to…
New TV show – for "bloggers, tweebs and political junkies"
I've been watching tweets go around this week for a new show that says it's for "bloggers, tweebs and political junkies." Apparently, starting viewers do an vote online to decide…
New TV show – for "bloggers, tweebs and political junkies"
I’ve been watching tweets go around this week for a new show that says it’s for “bloggers, tweebs and political junkies.” Apparently, starting viewers do an vote online to decide…
New TV show – for "bloggers, tweebs and political junkies"
I've been watching tweets go around this week for a new show that says it's for "bloggers, tweebs and political junkies." Apparently, starting viewers do an vote online to decide…
New TV show – for "bloggers, tweebs and political junkies"
I’ve been watching tweets go around this week for a new show that says it’s for “bloggers, tweebs and political junkies.” Apparently, starting viewers do an vote online to decide…
Ontario Election 2011: Candidate Overview for the Riding of Parkdale Highpark
This post is intended to fill a void on Google that does not, as yet, have a non-partisan summary of the basic facts about the candidates running in the Parkdale-Highpark…
Body found believed to be that of abducted Ont. woman – CTV News
This is a very sad, and very odd, story. Domestic violence, including murder, is terribly common but seldom connected to abduction: http://bit.ly/ol9aX5
One Good Tern Deserves Another
...and indeed the wifey and me saw a pair of Sterna hirundo fishing in the storm water pond near our apartment this morning. They were after the pond's teeming population…
Christy van der Clark
There’s certain rules a B.C. Liberal/Socred must adhere to; cruelty is at the top of the list. While Bill van der Zalm was busy plucking the wings off flies during…
LCBO Fall Beer Release
Whew, I’ve been shirking my beer news duties since leaving for London a year ago. But I’m back now and think I’ve figured out what I have/haven’t missed in the…
LCBO Fall Beer Release
Whew, I've been shirking my beer news duties since leaving for London a year ago. But I'm back now and think I've figured out what I have/haven't missed in the…
LCBO Fall Beer Release
Whew, I’ve been shirking my beer news duties since leaving for London a year ago. But I’m back now and think I’ve figured out what I have/haven’t missed in the…
Palestinian official: U.S. blocking emergency UN meeting on Gaza violence
In an attempt to stave off violence in Gaza, Palestine has proposed an emergency meeting at the UN. A Palestinian official is claiming that the US has blocked the meeting."The…
Yesterday is gone
I don’t even want to talk about this. You know, it just seems like one of those things. Adding anger to a broken heart is all that it might bring.…
More tips
I stumbled on this somewhere around the fourth of August, and posted it to G+. In light of stumbling on John Baldasari’s Tips for Artists, I thought it was worthwhile…