This has been – by FAR – the best project I’ve ever undertaken.  And, I’m feeling pretty darned fortunate. It’s not every day that you have the opportunity to work with one of your favourite brands. As a self-professed Urban Barn junkie, I’ve coveted their furniture from the moment we signed the purchase agreement for [...]

Youngest Son: Daddy, will you be sad if I want to go to [eldest son's] hockey game, not the Santa Claus parade?
Me, totally lying: No, of course not, buddy. If that’s what you want to do, we’ll do that.
[The author checks himself in for tr…

Confucius didn’t predict Stephen Harper, but it seems that the great Chinese philosopher certainly anticipated politicians like him. “The superior man understands what is right,” Confucius observed some 500 years before the birth of Christ, “the inferior man understands what will sell.” And what “sold,” up until 2009 or so, was the Conservative leader’s undisguised [...]

Why are the Hudak PCs threatening an election just days after the last one, and why are they putting Ontario’s economic stability at risk?
Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?

How good does she seem?
Good enough that this incorrigible Liberal and liberal could vote for her, that’s how good.

To wit: Hudak suggests Tories may try to trigger election next year (Ont-Minority) Source: The Canadian Press Nov 18, 2011 16:40 TORONTO – Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Hudak is suggesting that his party may try to trigger an election next year to put Ontario’s economy back on track. In an email to the party faithful, Hudak slams Premier Dalton [...]

All these Natalie Wood stories today got me thinking about where I was, early Eighties-ish.  It being three decades ago, I’m not totally sure.  But I’m pretty sure I wasn’t combing through the Entertainment section, looking for updates on Robert Wagner’s career. No, me and my friends were elsewhere.  Memories: the vid below is so [...]

Spotted by BCL: “I thank you for all of your previous support, but I also encourage you to continue working hard so we will be ready to go into an election next year if necessary to restore Ontario as the economic leader in Canada. Yours truly, Tim Hudak” What’s noteworthy about this is two-fold.  One, [...]

It takes you from the personal to the global, and you don’t even notice she’s doing it.  Along with being such an important subject, it’s just wonderful writing.  

Here.
The repeated references to “balls” are disturbing, but worth a read.  And, BTW, where did this web site come from?

Quote: “For the moment, it is a good sign that Mr Monti is being called “the professor”. It’s an indication that the people want him to succeed. Having been a professor myself and having done my time in politics, I would offer only one piece of advice: convince your people that you are doing this [...]

The Santa Claus parade is on Sunday here in Toronto. Last year only one of my kids would go. Will anyone at all come this year?

…so, they’ve turned to Ayn Rand as their muse?  Ayn Rand?
Overheard at the branding meeting: “You know, we’re tired of selling gym pants that make your ass look great.  We’ve decided we’re all about a bizarre, cryp…

Pat Martin’s Parliamentary crimes pale when compared to this! Press Gallery, show Pat Martin mercy!

Blogging makes money? Bullshit.  I’ve sold some advertising over the years, but I don’t run this web site – which predates the word “blog,” which I hate, and which isn’t a “blog” – for money.  I do it for fun. Anyone who says they can make a living out web logs is full of it. [...]

Last week I shared with y’all the HIGH-larious video from the Executive Managing Director of Zellers… sans pants, of course. (I’m still chuckling at his striped boxer-briefs.) I just love that Zellers, rather than tiptoeing around the subject of their impending closure, is actively participating in its transition by reaching out to customers via social media. [...]

I just saw her speak at the Royal York. John Turner was there and lots of other folks. Very, very impressive.

What a piece of work Glen McGregor is. How is this news? I think it’s just about time to publicize my recent correspondence with this jerk, and my less-recent experiences – such as when he publicized my family’s home address, thereby helping neo-Nazis I’d written about here to find us. From the archives – what [...]

Here. Let’s see if I get this right.  Their super-duper brilliant strategy is to now: 1. Scoff at the Constitution; 2. Dismiss Liberal Premiers who want this; 3. Piss off multiple regions who want democratic fairness; and 4. Echo what right-winger losers like Tim Hudak have said about “too many politicians.” And people wonder why [...]

The good news, I suppose, is that they closely resemble asparagus and a tasty roast.
The bad news is that E.T. tried to call home, but someone trapped him a Tupperware container.