I’m writing this in Chicago, after a particularly successful Christmas morning. Santa, you rock. Anyways, I just wanted to wish everyone and anyone who reads this blog a very Merry Christmas…or the equivalent in your particular faith or creed. And if this time of year offers you nothing holiday-wise, then I hope you just have [...]
Entry the third: Christmas in Hollis As I write this, the third installment Nunc Scio’s exploration of weird holiday songs, I’m sitting in a hotel room in the fine city of Lansing. As well as being the state capital of Michigan and the home of the fantastic Lansing Lugnuts (most popular team in the minors, [...]
Through some strange machinations of fate and circumstance, I will be appearing on CBC TV’s Test The Nation as part of the Blogger team. Yes, that’s me on the right. I got to go in and do a proper photoshoot, which was pretty exciting. I was less excited when they told me I had to go [...]
Entry the second: A Spaceman Came Travelling Most Christmas tunes tend to fall into one of two categories: solemn religious music written by dour men 150 years ago designed to remind us of how very serious Christianity really is, or fun-loving romps about bioluminiscent reindeer or Christmas trees that, for one reason or another, deserve [...]
Japan’s Defence Minister, Shigeru Ishiba, is darn worried about UFO’s. Specifically, how his nation could mount an effective defence against alien invaders despite being prohibited from aggressive miliary action by its constitution. Said Ishiba: “There are no grounds for us to deny that there are unidentified flying objects (UFOs) and some life-form that controls them. [...]
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The webernet is all abuzz (relatively, of course) about the decision of Halton District Catholic School Board to permanently ban Philip Pullman’s The Golden Compass. The decision follows the Vatican’s official denunciation of the book yesterday. Brilliant. I’m so glad my tax dollars go to support these kinds of things (HDCSB only. So far as I know, [...]