by ryanc | Dec 6, 2014 | Rants, Uncategorized
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...
by ryanc | Sep 18, 2014 | Rants
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...
by ryanc | Sep 9, 2014 | Rants
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...
by ryanc | Dec 24, 2004 | Rants
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)...
by ryanc | Dec 17, 2004 | Rants, What's the deal...
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...
by ryanc | Nov 27, 2004 | Rants, Twistedhip
As long as i’m ranting about advertising, i may as well mention another ad trend that’s driven me consistently crazy since ’83 – ads and promo spots that re-word songs so that whenever you think of the song, you sing the ad lyrics. It’s...
