As a guy who spent 10 weeks and then 17 weeks as a stay-at-home dad, I really identified with this video. If only I had written my own Rage Against the Machine-inspired song, recorded a video, and posted it on YouTube, I could have made hundreds of thousands of people laugh. Instead I started a … More Stay at Home Dad
I like my neighbourhood. Built during the post-war boom in the 1940’s, Manor Park is a fairly typical urban community, with nice tree-lined streets and an interesting mix of single-family homes, green space, and lower-income community housing. There are a lot of cool things about my part of town. It’s just a five minute walk … More Not In My Backyard
On the campaign trail yesterday, Stephen Harper said: “I think when ordinary working people come home, turn on the TV and see a gala of a bunch of people, you know, at a rich gala all subsidized by taxpayers claiming their subsidies aren’t high enough when they know those subsidies have actually gone up – … More Galas and Ordinary People
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about my sons’ obsession with ABBA, and more specifically, the song Dancing Queen. To my great relief, they’ve been asking for it less and less in recent days. ABBA has been replaced by Coldplay, which, depending on your point of view, is either more of the same or … More Coldplay’s New Single
This little piece of perfection gives you an inside view on the difficult approval process Canadian artists face when applying for foreign travel assistance. It may be painful for the artist, yet it’s of utmost importance that each artist be carefully vetted by an experienced committee on non-partisan bureaucrats to ensure Canada is properly represented … More So You Want to Tour Abroad, Eh?
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