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An amusing little tune for Friday morning: “Toast” by Streetband

If you grew up in Toronto in the '80s and you preferred alternative music, chances are that you listened to…

12 years ago

Rob Ford and his sobriety coach are a buddy movie waiting to happen

Photo from the Toronto Star taken by Bernard Weil. Click the photo to see the source. If you follow the…

12 years ago

Rob Ford needs a homophobia coach

He's got a sobriety coach (who brings his own problems to the table), so why not a homophobia coach? Photo…

12 years ago

Show this comic to your selfie-addicted friends

If it doesn't get them to take it easy with the selfies, it might make them consider that there's a…

12 years ago

The Rogers account cancellation: resolved to my satisfaction! [Update: I’ve included the chat log]

The folks at Rogers -- namely the team behind the @RogersHelps account on Twitter -- saw my trouble trying to cancel…

12 years ago

Day 2 of my attempt to cancel my mobile subscription with Rogers [Update: Resolved!]

This is how I imagine the customer service computers at Canadian telecom companies. (It's also a simulator to train doctors to…

12 years ago

Stormtrooper vs. Redshirt

It's the pop-sci-fi version of "unstoppable force meets immovable object".

12 years ago

Happy 4th of July!

To all my American friends and family, from your new fellow resident -- Happy 4th!

12 years ago

Sarah Baker’s illustrated guide to American personhood sums it up perfectly in three images

Click the image to see the source. This image was tweeted by Sarah Baker on June 30th, and it's a…

12 years ago

My favourite sign from the World Pride parade…

...was the one held by this guy, who was part of the Toronto Public Library group:

12 years ago