“Spring Cleaning” post #3: Weber Cooks, the saddest cooking show

12 years ago

Let's continue with Spring Cleaning, a series of posts that have been sitting for far too long in my Drafts…

Happy Easter!

12 years ago

In honour of this holiday, I present to you fantasy artists Boris Vallejo's depiction of a risen (and ripped) Christ,…

Air Canada didn’t know how to treat Itzhak Perlman; do they know how to treat your gate-checked baggage? (Hint: No.)

12 years ago

It hasn't been even a month since Air Canada had to apologize to world-famous (and disabled) violinist Itzhak Perlman for…

“Spring Cleaning” post #2: Which beer is most likely to land you in the emergency room?

12 years ago

Here's another story that I've been meaning to point to: Budweiser is most popular beer among injured ER patients, pilot…

“Spring Cleaning” post #1: Burgers. Burgers everywhere.

12 years ago

I keep a backlog of things that I plan to blog about eventually, and it's been getting massive. With the…

Scenes from the new home

12 years ago

Click the photo to see it at full size. It’s a new city, and the locations and climate are unfamiliar,…

Lies, damned lies, and Reuters’ graph of Florida firearm deaths before and after “Stand Your Ground”

12 years ago

Here's a graph that Reuters recently published on gun deaths in Florida before and after the enactment of the "Stand…

Toronto’s most pink-tacular house can be yours for $699,000

12 years ago

Click any of the photos to see the real estate listing for the house. From the outside, this house near…

Finding Mr. Righteous: Lisa DePasquale’s memoir on dating conservative guys in D.C.

12 years ago

While the major reason I moved to the U.S. was to be with my Tampa-based girlfriend, one of the minor…

Kill your productivity with “Rob Ford: The Game”!

12 years ago

Rob Ford: The Game isn't going to tell you more about what Toronto's joke of a mayor is up to,…