Rage, rage against the dying of the idealized past
I used to love reading the newspaper. For years I had the Globe and Mail, and then the Toronto Star, delivered to my home. I’d read it on the subway, […]
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I went down to the river to scan
Finally overcoming the irony, I managed to summon enough attention to read “Information-rich and attention-poor”, an essay in last week’s Globe and Mail. It’s really quite insightful, and makes clear […]
Okay, I really have to sit down and write a blog p…ooh, a butterfly!!
This essay in Saturday’s Globe called “Information Rich and Attention Poor” looks pretty good. I’m not sure, really. I just skimmed the beginning and kept losing focus around the third […]
"Both the country and, ultimately, the Republican Party are left the worse for it."
With America’s eyes (and the eyes of others here in Canada and around the world) focused squarely on Washington for Barack Obama’s inauguration, some have taken a break to wonder […]
A $1.75 MacGuffin
It would seem that Canada’s opposition parties — the three largest left and centre-left parties: the Liberals, NDP and Bloc Quebecois — are about to merge. Agreements have been reached […]
And a bucket of my finest diet pepsi on ice
I am the hold steady: Original weight: 233 Weight last week: 222 Weight this week: 222 Break-even’s about as good as I could have hoped for last week. Time was […]
