Apr 1, 2007
This past week, the blogosphere was abuzz with something disturbing. Death threats, sexual harassment and cyber-bullying of the lowest kind.Visit blogger Kathy Sierra’s site and you can read about some of the things she’s been through. It’s not funny, not a dark sick...
Mar 26, 2007
The weekend papers covered the latest NADbank data on readership in Canada and naturally put their own spin on the results.Toronto Star: “Toronto Star Remains Canada’s Most Read Daily Newspaper”Globe and Mail: “Growth of free dailies dropping”Toronto Sun (news...
Mar 21, 2007
Back from vacation. Still cold (with snow) in Toronto even though tomorrow is technically spring.I’ve been writing this blog since January and I wanna tell ya (as a Catskill’s comic might segue), there’s gonna be a few changes ‘round here.First off, you’ll notice a...
Mar 6, 2007
Today on my way to work, I noticed the large windows on the King Street entrance of Metro Centre were completely frosted over. It looked spectacular. But it did remind me of what happens to my glasses when I come indoors from extreme cold. (The temperature was -22C.)I...
Feb 25, 2007
Everyone who has studied Canadian history has at least heard about the Family Compact, a ‘wealthy, conservative, [and] elite’ group that controlled the government of Upper Canada (Ontario) from just past the War of 1812 and up to approximately 1841 (though some...
