Give thanks for the flesh of pumpkin
on Dec 31, 1969I’m going north to visit the folks for the Thanksgiving weekend (Canada has it in the correct month). When I say north, I mean black bears and moose in the backyard kinda north. Logging trucks on logging roads kinda north. I’m hitching a ride wi...

The carnies are coming! The carnies are coming!
on Dec 31, 1969Someone had recently asked me what my favourite part of the CNE was. That’s easy! It’s the danger! To sum it up, it’s the danger of riding unsafe, potentially deadly rides. Nothing quite as exhilarating. That’s what The Ex has...

The Practical Gentleman’s Guide to Urban Insolence no.8
on Dec 31, 1969Warmest welcome once again, dear reader! It’s so nice to have the pleasure of your company for another instalment of the Guide. I do hope that life has treated you kindly and that during the odd times when it hasn’t that you’ve had some opport...

That’s going to be something very special
on Dec 31, 1969At first I thought I was just being a little too sensitive to the sight of construction cranes. After all, they’re not unlike beaky, disciplinarian public school teachers with their exaggerated snoot in every page of last night’s incomplete homew...

From the desk of Patrick
on Dec 31, 1969Attention: Mr. Chris Spence, Director of Education, Toronto District School Board I'm on to you. I see what you're doing here, and it's all finally starting to make sense. And I don't like what I'm seeing. First it was the Afrocentric schools. The...

Sick day
on Dec 31, 1969*cough* *hack* Doctor says I might be able to get back to it tomorrow. And if experience has taught us anything, professional advice should never be questioned. Thanks for dropping by, dear reader, and be sure to grab some hand sanitizer on the way...

The land of milk and maple syrup
on Dec 31, 1969Another movie shoot? I gotta be honest with you, I don’t get out of bed for anything less than a feature-length film these days. Made-for-TV is, frankly, below me. And Winona Ryder? Didn’t she steal something? *phft* No thanks. I have my stand...

I was special when I didn’t have to move my legs
on Dec 31, 1969I found myself out west today. I don’t want to be too obvious about it … just in case a certain someone reads this blog … so maybe I should just say I was reviewing my qualifications with two gentlemen for the purposes of negotiating a regular...

Essence of pragmatism
on Dec 31, 1969I like Christmas, I really do. I’m always a little surprised to hear someone say that they don’t. To me, the dislike inevitably always boils down to poor management, doesn’t matter the back story. What do you see when you look at the followin...

Men with balls and shiny names
on Dec 31, 1969Roy Thomson Hall. TIFF premiere of something starring someone. “Who’s here tonight?” *mumble* ” Sheen.” “Martin Sheen? Really? I didn’t know he was supposed to come.” “Yeah.” “Haha! Yo...