Saturday, May 22, 2004

Stuff You Might Want to Know

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It’s time for me to try and tidy the bulging blog folder. Enjoy the thoughts and ideas of writers who are not me. I begin with a Q&A wit...
Saturday, May 15, 2004

I Wanna Live Like Patio People / I Want To Do Whatever Patio People Do

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Nothing encapsulates the Toronto patio obsession better than the following squib by Chris Nuttall-Smith, from today’s Globe and Mail: BRI...
Friday, May 14, 2004

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Oh No I have written for Toronto Life for many years, so I speak from first-hand experience when I say that their commitment to editorial...
Wednesday, May 12, 2004

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Misplaced (Canada) Trust I always read about this sort of stupidity happening to other people, which is sort of how I like it. But today,...
Sunday, May 02, 2004

A Jumble and Tumble of Information

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In a Washington Post story (March 20, 2004), Peter Carlson writes about the surprising life of Ping-Pong players, including Barney Reed, wh...
Tuesday, April 20, 2004

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Bad Clothes Cheap! Recently I had a chance to speak with Pamela Klaffke, author of Spree: A Cultural History of Shopping, for a business ...
Monday, April 19, 2004

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Give Me One Good Reason The flat earth society known as Reason, the magazine for libertarians, now has someone offering to eat at McDonal...
Sunday, April 18, 2004

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Horsefathers From No Way Out by Doug Saunders in the Saturday, Apr. 17, 2004 Globe: On April 21, 1961, John F. Kennedy stood before h...

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ClearPlay: Preventing a Rush of Blood to the Head Forget the v-chip, forget VCR head cleaner, here’s a DVD sanitizer : Q. How do I Cle...
Monday, April 12, 2004

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Yikes! Next update will hopefully occur this Thursday or Friday (April 15 or 16).