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Apparently, Paul Martin has quit. His blog, that is. In a previous blog entry, I wrote about how our future Prime Minister had a blog. In his own words, maintaining the blog was "an opportunity to express my thoughts publicly without having to go through all the sturm und drang
CFNY Edge 102 airs a promo every once in a while that claims they are "One of the ten most listened to stations in the world". Every time I hear it, I wonder how they can justify such an outlandish claim. I read the most recent BBM Ratings for Toronto
Four letters I didn't want to hear in 2004 were S-A-R-S. Unfortunately, I've been finding the S-word all over the news lately as China last week confirmed its first SARS case of the season, and has since announced two additional suspected cases. I've seen this movie and it sucks. To
Kodak has announced plans to stop selling traditional film cameras in North America and Europe. It's digital only from here on for the world's biggest photography company. This is a bold move for Kodak, but a necessary one if they're to compete with Canon, Dell and Hewlett Packard who have
I just read an article from the New York Times that reveals the latest radio format sweeping the United States. They call it "classic alternative" and several stations have switched to the format in the past month. "Classic alternative" is essentially music from the early 90s like Nirvana, Pearl Jam,
Police recently uncovered Canada's largest indoor marijuana factory in the old Molson brewery in Barrie. The more I read about this story, the more impressed I become. This wasn't a couple of dudes growing pot to make a few bucks. This was an extremely sophisticated operation. 30,000 plants were
When Old Navy invaded Canada a couple of years back, the buzz was the quality wasn't great but the prices were reasonable. I've never bought anything at Old Navy, but that's mainly because I'm not one to buy myself clothes. I have certain tops and pants I find comfortable, and
Listening to CFNY Edge 102 today, I heard an advertisement for Chasing Liberty starring Mandy Moore. The advertisement gave me a jolt by announcing this was a film starring Mandy Moore and Matthew Goode. Remember, you can't tell Goode is spelled with an "e" on the radio. I was a
James loves to sit down with a book and peruse the pages. He also loves to have Mommy or Daddy read to him. One of his favourite books at the moment is "There's a Wocket in my Pocket" by Dr. Suess. I have a few issues with this fact. Now
Tennis player Greg Rusedski has tested positive for the banned anabolic steroid nandrolone. Reading these reports brought back some pretty ill feelings I have towards this athlete. There are few I dislike as much as I dislike Rusedski. Rusedski was born and raised in Montreal, Quebec. He's as Canadian as
On December 23rd, agriculture officials announced the latest mad cow diagnosis in Washington State, marking the first time the disease has been found in the United States. This shocking development was followed four days later by the announcement the infected Holstein was born in Canada. Blame Canada for America's mad
Yesterday's Seattle Post-Intelligencer ran a column by Neal Starkman who attempts to explain the popularity of Dubya south of the border. Starkman observes the fact the president's popularity hovers at around 50 percent. He asks, "What can explain his popularity? Can that many people be enamored of what he has
In 2003, U.S. and Canadian box office revenues fell for the first time since 1991. Attendance slid by 4.5 percent causing some concern in Hollywood. Is it that there are too many alternatives these days with DVD, video games and the Internet? Is it that tickets now cost
As I wrote yesterday, I took James to two different doctors in the three days before he was admitted to the hospital with pneumonia. I should also point out that during the one day I didn't have James at a medical facility I was in the emergency room with Taryn
Google has released their 10 most popular queries for 2003. I can't think of a better way to take the pulse of the world than by analyzing popular search queries. Below is the 10 most popular queries for 2003 throughout the entire world. Britney SpearsHarry PotterMatrixShakiraDavid Beckham50 CentIraqLord of the
Sometimes my favourite part of a song is the silence. Well, not the silence exactly, but the silent pause followed by a return of the tune. You know what I'm talking about, right? The song is clicking along fine when suddenly it stops. There is a period of about three
A very interesting site entitled American Brandstand 2003 presents some startling statistics. They tracked all the mentions of brands in the Billboard Top 20 singles chart in order "to demonstrate to our clients that pop culture relevance is a key dynamic in modern brand strategy". The results are staggering. There
One of the feel good stories of 2003 has got to be the capture of Saddam Hussein. We've all heard the story of heroic U.S. troops capturing Hussein thanks to some brilliant U.S. intelligence work. This is the story told by the American government so it has to
I heard the new Courtney Love song this afternoon. It's called Mono and it's okay, but I prefer the new Courtney Love, Brody Armstrong of The Distillers. My relationship with Courtney Love throughout the years can best be described as tumultuous. When Live Through This from Hole came out, I
I have a confession to make. I don't really dig this whole Lord of the Rings thing. I saw the first movie of the trilogy and found it rather long and boring. Hell, there wasn't even an ending. The experience pissed me off so much that I refused to see
Believe it or not, there is a down side to having arrested Saddam Hussein the other day. This result will inevitably have a positive effect on Dubya's popularity at home. It was just the jolt of integrity he needed to ensure his reelection next November. Of course, with eleven months
Lets do something crazy. Lets do something radical. Lets be bold. Lets redesign our Canadian money. We've all seen those same faces dozens of times. Quite frankly, I'm getting bored of it. The five dollar bill features Wilfred Laurier, the ten dollar bill features John A. MacDonald, the twenty dollar
Despite last week's ruling from the Copyright Board of Canada, word is the Canadian Recording Industry Association will follow the RIAA's lead and file lawsuits against those who share copyrighted files on the Internet. This report from the Globe and Mail site asks the question we're all wondering. Can a
Damn, it's only ten days until Christmas. I haven't even thought about what I'm getting most people. I'm going to have to find some time to figure this all out. My mom and brother are pretty much done their Christmas shopping I hear. Taryn's been to the stores a few
When Mark Carey and I took Smells Like Sour to the web back in June, we thought it would be a great way to create a forum to discuss potential SLS songs and such. Lately, it's become a cesspool for cyber-kitties and their IM-speak. Earlier today, someone by the name
