Fit to be Tied

Fit to be Tied

i had a bit of a knee-jerk reaction to this nonsense: Rob Ford, the criminal former Mayor of Toronto (who was, mystifyingly, never charged for his crimes), has missed all that attention now that he’s been out of the limelight and under the chemotherapy heat lamp...
Arrest-Faking G20 Commander No Hero

Arrest-Faking G20 Commander No Hero

The Toronto Star has a new article out about the testimony of Cmdr Norn Miles, a York Regional police officer, in disciplinary hearing of Supt. David (Mark) Fenton, who allegedly employed civil rights-violating tactics against citizens during the 2010 G20 debacle in...
The Bizarre Truth About Expensive Cars

The Bizarre Truth About Expensive Cars

One thing i don’t understand about cars is … Okay, let me be straight: there are many things i don’t understand about cars. i don’t own one, because i blessedly don’t need to. i do drive, and through renting a lot of cars over the past 15...
Robbin’ Williams Legacy

Robbin’ Williams Legacy

i got pretty bummed about Robin Williams last night. It’s now a few weeks after he killed himself. When it happened, i was on vacation, mercifully free from the 24-hour news channel barrage that no doubt maudlinly flogged the story. That means that i never...
Silly rabbit – Trix are for skids

Silly rabbit – Trix are for skids

Oshawa is a factory town, in the proud tradition of factory towns. It’s where Colonel Sam McLaughlin decided to plunk Canada’s largest automobile assembly plant in Canada. To this day, GM remains the city’s biggest industry, with (i’m guessing)...
The Shame of a Filthy Mouth

The Shame of a Filthy Mouth

It felt like i was getting a call from my girlfriend. – Hi! It’s your dental office. You have an appointment tomorrow at six? – Oh … um. Right. (i’d never be able to make my staff Christmas party, and i’d picked up something for the...