Two froze to death on Toronto streets yesterday
More here and here. The question I (and others, apparently) ask is this: Is a civilization that lets two people freeze to death on busy streets really civilized? #topoli #onpoli…
Musings
Read this and heed this, or you will be sent to your room without dinner
Dear Irritating People: I find this "the new normal" neologism extremely irritating. Stop using it. Sincerely, etc. — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) January 6, 2015
And now for more now now about Now
Hollett with a friend. Assorted Now employees and friends of its owner swarmed this wee web site yesterday, taking umbrage with what I had to say about the magazine’s boss…
Son Three reacts to the win
He’s quite shy, as you can see.
In Tuesday’s Sun: coalition, accusation, repetition
Get ready. You can always tell when a federal election is coming in Canada. The political parties commence a frenzy of fundraising. The commentariat start speculating incessantly about when, exactly,…
John Tory steps on frozen pool of his own overblown rhetoric
Almost wipes out. Hilarity ensues. Caption contest!
“These guys will be amazingly famous if there is any justice in this bastard world.”
Apropos of nothing, here is my new fave, Plague Vendor, live. The words above come from a comment below the fan’s video, and they sum things up rather nicely. There…
I trust you now agree with those of us who think the election will be in the Spring
Your Honour, we present this exhibit! He’s clearing the decks. Could be for the Fall, sure, but I still think the Spring. Who’s with me?
Now now, Now
Now magazine is irritated with Your Humble Narrator. For a while – um – now, the alt weakly has been in a state of high dudgeon, and it would be…
Is Den Tandt right?
Quote: “Mulcair is the only leader of a federal party who stands a fair chance of losing his job following the federal election, tentatively slated for later this year.” I’m…
I am confused, as usual
Apologies for getting all Toronto-centric, but the media in The Centre of the Universe are this morning filled with stories about how the new mayor is going to “get tough”…
I grow old, I grow old, etc.
Me: "Wow, you slept late, buddy." Son 3: "Dad, I'm a teenager now. Teenagers sleep in." Me : "Oh. Right." — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) January 4, 2015
In Friday’s Sun: 2014 in one word
If you were asked to assign a word to 2014, what would it be? Cold? It was indisputably that. Uncertain? With oil costing far less and housing costing ever more,…
Predictions about 2015, and confessions about 2014
Some of 2014 was kind of meh. I can now reveal, for example, my big news: I was going to be the host of a show on Sun News –…
In which I tweet a criticism of tweeting Twitterers (updated)
About 60 per cent of Twitter is scolding. It’s like a giant social media hall monitor, and it’s irritating as Hell. — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) December 31, 2014 UPDATE: A…
In Tuesday’s Sun: 2015 isn’t a year – it’s a lifetime
NEW YORK – It’s a cliché, but like a lot of clichés it’s true: a week is a long time in politics. British politician Harold Wilson said that, or something…
Bush-Clinton?
My Twitter take, on a rainy NYC morning. Link here.
At the shrine
Third iteration of it, in the Village. You can see the original version in the video posted below, on December 22. Don’t know who the woman is who photo bombed…
NYC bound
This is where Lala and I will be tomorrow: • CBGB’s and The Fillmore East • Joey Ramone’s NYC pad • St. Marks Hotel • Trash and Vaudeville • Iggy…
What I got for Christmas
I also got the new Fender Rascal bass.