I'm a big fan of "Fight Club".  You'll find it at #5 on my list of ten favourite flicks and I've watched the DVD several times.  One of my favourite scenes in this great movie is the closing shot of buildings collapsing while Jack and Marla look out the window.

According to a recent survey, three out of every 10 respondents failed to identify that Jews were the primary victims of the Holocaust.  This stat has been released to coincide with the 60th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland. This is sad but not difficult

Finally back from his lovely Moroccan vacation, Prime Minister Paul Martin announced yesterday that Canada would double its aid to victims of the tsunami disaster to $80 million, putting us in the forefront of developed nations that have pledged money to the relief effort.  Today he followed that up by

As holidays go, New Years is pretty weak.  I can't get excited about celebrating a change from one calendar year to the next.  Today is 2004 and tomorrow will be 2005...whoopie! To me, the changing of the calendar year is merely a convenient excuse to write and read various

I'm intrigued by a story out of Nova Scotia about a Mi'kmaq woman who filed a complaint with the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission back in 1999.  Dorothy Kateri Moore was working at a sports store in Sydney when her boss referred to her as "kemosabe".  Apparently this boss, who

A website entitled Media Matters for Americans is sharing video clips from right wing commentators Ann Coulter on Fox News and Tucker Carlson on CNN in which they ridicule Canada.  Watch the video or read the transcript. I know these buffoons don't speak for America, but some of the ignorant

I was just reading about a Pennsylvania school district that has stopped teaching Charles Darwin's theory of evolution.  They're now teaching their students a new theory called "intelligent design" which argues that the complexity of nature is such that it could not have occurred by chance, as Darwinian theory holds,

The Federal Communications Commission has confirmed it received complaints about the uncensored broadcast of Oscar-winning war movie "Saving Private Ryan" on ABC-affiliated stations last week.  Who would file complaints about blue language in such context?  I am really, really, really at a loss for words here.  "Saving Private Ryan" tells

I just received a couple of emails from co-workers based out of Vancouver indicating that they'll be taking November 11th off because it's a statutory holiday in British Columbia.   MPs will have this whole week off to mark the Remembrance Day holiday.  Because I work in Ontario, I'll be working

The Royal Canadian Mint and The Royal Canadian Legion have unveiled the world's first coloured circulation coin. The 25-cent coin features a red poppy, the symbol that pays homage to the 117,000 Canadians who have died while in the service of the nation. Right now, this coin is available

We in Toronto are currently enjoying Daylight Saving Time.   It was first introduced during wartime as an effort to conserve fuel needed to produce electric power. We've been in Daylight Saving Time since April and I believe we should stay here.  The Man says differently and has us returning to

Ontario's Attorney General Michael Bryant has announced a plan to rid my province of all pit bulls, making it illegal to buy or bring the dog into Ontario.  I only wonder what took him so long and why we didn't do this years ago. Every time I pass a pit

Is nothing sacred?  As I write this, James is enjoying an episode of one of his favourite shows, "Blues Clues".  What I just witnessed has quite upset me.  Blue, the cute little dog and keeper of the clues, is talking. For the past couple of years I've been forced to

I can't believe in 2004 a simple utterance of the S word can still cause such a kerfuffle.  NASCAR star Dale Earnhardt Jr. was docked 25 points and fined $10,000 USD by NASCAR on Tuesday because he cursed during an interview on NBC.  Asked about the significance of his

In order to deposit the cash and cheques donated towards my run for the cure, I lined up at a CIBC branch during lunch.  It was excruciating.  After five minutes I started feeling agitated and I believe I stood in that line for a good half hour before reaching the

The CBC has put a rather creative spin on changes they've made to their live radio streaming.  If you were to believe their hype, one of several live CBC Radio streaming improvements is a decision to move to one standard media player for live streaming - Windows Media Player. As

I'm steaming mad at Bell Canada right now.  Tonight, my home phone is out of service.  I can't place calls and I can't receive calls.  Coincidentally enough, I placed a call to Bell earlier in the day regarding another matter.  Hmmm... Somehow, Bell got their wires crossed and dropped my