Saturday Night’s Alright For….
….For Uke (Cover) Fighting! First, the original…. And now, the fantastical cover, from a real basement (and with a real stylo!)…. ______ UkePegPhotoCredit: LosAngelino PhotoMaven EllenBloom.
January 2012
In Praise of the National Film Board
When I was a young boy living in a Scottish village that didn’t have a movie theatre, one of my teachers used to thrill me and the other kids, by…
Claude Julien: the only honest Bruin? "We didn’t do enough to win the hockey game. Let’s be man enough to admit it and move on.”
The Boston media is imploding over a rather meaningless mid-season game earlier today between the Canucks and that city’s Bruins. Nobody has pointed out the Canucks were playing at 10…
Review: The Queer Art of Failure
The most useful lesson I took from this book is the importance of looking for that which runs against your expectations, of taking that which matters to you and seeking…
Day Two of Tragedy of the Market: From Crisis to Commons
Tragedy of the Market: From Crisis to Commons January 6-8, 2012 Vancouver/Burnaby All panelist biographies are here: Below are some lessons learned and observations from the sessions. Friday: The opening…
Birthday party at Midway
Mallory had her official birthday party this morning at Midway, one of 22 parties the indoor amusement palace was hosting today. Pancakes, cake, bumper cars, jungle gyms, friends and presents.…
Colton Orr talks about reinventing his game | #nhl #leafs
Colton Orr says he has two main goals in mind as he exchanges his Toronto Maple Leafs jersey for a Toronto Marlies one. The first is to get himself in…
Wankers of the Week: Wronging in the New Year
Crappy New Year, everyone! How’s yer hangover? All gone? Slept it off, you say? Good. Because, as we all know, wank never sleeps. Especially if it’s got a buzz on;…
January 21 is London Day of Labour Action: OFL Rally Against Caterpillar Inc.
PRESS RELEASE (LONDON, ONTARIO, Jan. 6, 2012) — The Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) today issued a call to workers across Ontario to mobilize for a massive rally in London,…
Should BC teachers get a salary increase? Myths & Realities
BC teachers are in contract negotiations asking for a fair deal. What do we mean by fair exactly? Teachers would like improvements in three areas: class size/composition, salary and benefits,…
Year in review….
… can be found here… interesting stats. Trashy, Ottawa, Ontario
Leadership 2012 Roundup
Not surprisingly, the last week has seen the NDP’s leadership candidates push their campaigns into high gear for the last couple of months of the race. So let’s take a…
Palestinian Sesame Street victim of politics – Shara’a Simsim loses its funding from USAID
Palestine’s Sesame Street – in Arabic known as Shara’a Simsim – will not go into production this season. The US Congress is to blame. In October, when Palestine was admitted…
What’s the value of an art school? – Contextualizing the crisis at NSCAD
NSCAD's modern new Port campus overlooks Halifax harbour. Photo by Rory Hyde. Celebrating its 125th anniversary next year, The Nova Scotia College of Art and Design is the oldest of…
Terry O’Reilly begins new CBC Radio series today
Under the Influence from CBC Radio After The Age of Pursuasion, his award winning series about advertising, I’m certain Terry O’Reilly’s new program will be radio that I will not…
Introducing: Deep Accountability
siberia001.jpeg This is the first in a series of occasional posts I’m writing to grow an idea I’m calling “Deep Accountability.” Currently, fossil fuel industry lobbyists, flacks, allied pundits, and…
Jan. 7: I awoke about seven…..
showered, dressed, and took the stairs down to the ground floor (I could have taken the elevator; but I wanted the exercise so I could become beautiful again); walked out…
Shades of Green: Men and The Optimism Factor
If men, with their inflated sense of optimism, are leading us into an uncertain age, then we should regard their sense of confidence and control with a measure of concern.…
Priorities
You know what is truly stupid? In this story on how the feds replaced two artistically significant Canadian paintings with a routine portrait of the Queen just before Bill and…
Austerity’s Targets « Framed In Canada | #cdnpoli #classwarfare
As the post-recession politics of austerity tattoo a bull’s eye onto the backs of workers in Canada and elsewhere, Iceland stands out as a refreshing alternative. Iceland was the first…