Astronaut Love Triangle thrills audiences!
Astronaut Love Triangle was brilliant and superb and I love them more each time I see them. They’ve added a couple more pieces to their repertoire (I especially liked the…
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Dystopia Decision Tree
Via Blastr, we have a decision tree to help determine if your sci-fi society is a dystopia. Interestingly enough, I think it’s useful for determine if your current society is…
Romney and the "M" word
CNN’s religion section notes today that W. Mitt Romney (W for Willard) still has a major hurdle to overcome on the road to the White House. His religion, Mormonism. Now…
Dear Chad Kruger: Why we the people hate Nickelback
Dear Chad Kruger, I write to you today to explain the hate that is constantly thrown your way regarding your band, Nickelback. Now, it’s not actually because we think your…
Celebrity Twitter Trend: And the winner is….
Michael Cole. Yes, Michael Cole, a commentator and personality from World Wrestling Entertainment was the only celebrity to be trending in multiple countries on Twitter: Canada, USA, and the United…
Maybe it’s time to kill the May Show
The May Show of today is a pale imitation of the May Show that was so successful through the 1980′s and the first half of the 90′s, so maybe it’s…
Best and Worst Celebrity I’m Following on Facebook
Everyone follows some sort of celebrity on Facebook or Twitter. If you say you don’t, you’re a bloody stinking liar. I have decided to write about two celebrities in particular…
People focus: Ricky Martin – Out and Happy
After the death of Beastie Boys’ Adam Yauch, I have decided to create a new article where I focus every so often on a person who has not only done…
Mad Men: The tobacco industry’s 60-minute infomercial.
Don Draper, circa 1965. There is a lot of buzz pop cultural circles these days about the Sunday return of Mad Men, the wildly acclaimed but little watched (although it’s…
Sunday Blues Spotlight: Derek Miller
I first saw Derek Miller when he was featured on the live music TV program, ‘Arbor Live’, on the APTN (Aboriginal Peoples Television Network). Arbor Live is a fantastic show…
Saturday At The Movies
I wish I this fellow had been working on my last flight!
Harper: Right about Iran, but on the tar sands and "outsiders" …
This week, the Prime Minister expressed aloud concerns many of us Canadian of all stripes have had either openly or privately – that Iran is a ticking time bomb with…
The greatest Christmas movie miracle of all time
This originally appeared as a column in the December 22 print and online editions of the North Bay / Nippissing News, the weekly newspaper I’ve been writing for recently. I’ve…
Keystone XL delayed; and how many Wal-Marts does Hamilton need?
It was a big surprise but also a delight to hear that Hillary Clinton's State Department has ordered Trans Canada Pipelines to reconsider the proposed route of the Keystone XL…
Link away as much as you want, sez SCC
The Supreme Court of Canada has handed the blog world a big victory. Writing for a unanimous Court in Crookes v. Newton, Justice Rosalie Abella wrote that merely providing a…
Bye Steve, and bye-bye (maybe) Tim
Hard to imagine a world without Steve Jobs ... I'll always be a "PC" (personal computer) but I love iTunes ™ -- which made possible the podcast and the ability…
Enter stage right — WAY right — Rick Perry
Just as former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty -- probably the only guy who's close enough to the centre that he could actually beat Barack Obama in next year's presidential race…
"I invested in a company called News Corp .." "Dad, that’s Fox!" "Argh! Undo, undo!"
Funny line from the 1999 Simpsons episode "Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo" but it got terribly serious today with one of the whistle blowers being found dead and PM David Cameron…
Brooks is not the victim here
Why was Rebekah Brooks made to fall on her own sword? What happened to the buck stops here (meaning it's the ownership of the paper, not the editors, who take…