Emm Emm Sicks

The Countdown Begins Really, the countdown began a few months ago when I purchased my train ticket to Ottawa; Movie Marathon Six is almost upon us! Here is the program… The King of Kong New Jack City Once Kiss Kiss Bang Bang Singin’ in the Rain North By Northwest Micmacs The Black Hole House (Japan) [...]

Off the Hook By Going Off the Airwaves

Avoiding Getting Wired In the place we used to live in near High Park, we used to have cable. When we moved into our new home, we opted out of paying for cable and watched whatever we could pick up from the analog feed to our house. The TV we had was not the greatest [...]

Magpie

Oooh! Shiny! Children are hilarious; you never think of them as having developing personalities until later, but that’s really not true; I’m convinced that their personalities are somewhat fixed when they are born, and that they are fairly malleable. It’s just fun to see what they come up with… Little J: Daddy, can I have [...]

If a Tree Falls In the Forest…

My Kid Would Probably Hear It First Have you ever looked at your child, and felt a twinge of jealousy? I look down at little J and marvel at all of the opportunities that she has that I never did. This is in no way me tooting my own horn, either; really it’s about how [...]

That Was the Week That Was

G20 I posted something a little while ago that addressed my thoughts on the event; specifically, the poor choice of venue (downtown Toronto) and the amount of money (more than I will make in a lifetime). During the event (and frankly, after), I expressed my shame at being a Canadian; this opinion was met with [...]

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