The following is part of a wonderful post from last week by fellow blogger Brian Cromer. Whatever your religious beliefs, or even if you don’t have any, this is definitely a post that will give you food for thought, as well as a potential debate starter: do we inspire pop culture, or should pop culture… Read More Setting trends rather than following them: a wonderful plea
The longest part of this post was the title; I didn’t know if I should be direct, subtle or what. You can see that I decided to go all out and be direct. This story popped into my inbox today, courtesy of a lovely lawyer friend of mine who works with immigration cases. A personal… Read More To allow or not to allow – self-preservation, racism or selfishness?
Sad, sad reality, but hockey fans, snap out of it: it has nothing to do with hometown pride (who on the Montreal Canadiens come from Montreal?) and everything to do with money. And here is one proof amongst many, many others. NHL ponders 2 teams in Toronto: report NHL governors are talking informally about placing… Read More We should stop fooling ourselves… After all, it’s all about money
Just when I thought I didn’t have anything to blog about, I twisted my ankle. I won’t bore you with the details of how it happened and how much it hurts (seriously, why is it so hard to get some morphine in this country?). I’d rather like to share a newly found perspective on taking… Read More Inspiration of a twisted ankle
Has Sarah Palin helped Saturday Night Live return to its former glory? “Three things happened Saturday night: Tina Fey met her career maker on “Saturday Night Live,” Sarah Palin showed she could laugh along with the joke and the space-time continuum remained intact. At least for now.” SNL used to be one of the most… Read More SNL, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Sarah Palin – let the party continue!
October 15th was Blog Action Day, and its theme was poverty. It’s a great cause and, energized by the experience of engaging in elevated conversations with people from around the world about this important topic, I spent the last couple of days talking about it to all the poor souls I encountered. One encounter in… Read More Health for all, gender equality, animal rights etc: which cause to choose?
While I love fashion and Ugly Betty (the two seem forever linked in my mind now…), there are many aspects of both which bother me. First of all, the easy topic. Ugly Betty is a fantastic show about Betty, a young lady from Queens who gets a job as assistant to the editor-in-chief of Mode… Read More Ugly Betty, Vogue & the art of modeling: what is the price to be the Next Top Model?
As a follow-up to a debate I unwillingly stuck my big toe in a couple of days ago while reviewing Jennifer Weiner’s book Little Earthquakes, here is a very interesting article I found that I’d like to share. Chick Lit’s Big Fight By Helaine Olen August 16th 2006 August 16, 2006It’s hard to believe it… Read More The Chick Lit Debate
Before you call 1-800-KILL-HER, do give me a chance to explain myself. If I don’t end up surprising you, then I’ll dial the number myself. I’m not saying that taxes are easy to pay; I’ll be the first to admit that seeing, right beside the money that should be going into my bank account, the… Read More The evil that are taxes… Or are they?
Things didn’t seem to go as well as they did for me last week-end, certainly not in Toronto, where a “Violent Thanksgiving weekend in Toronto area claims eight lives“. THE CANADIAN PRESS – TORONTO – A violent and bloody holiday weekend across the Toronto area claimed at least eight lives. On Thanksgiving Monday, police were… Read More So much for giving thanks…