Canada Growing fears about Chinese espionage force a Canadian citizen out of her public service job (Thanks, MN). 2008 is shaping up to be the first nation-wide white Christmas since 1971. Farewell, buck-a-bottle beer. World Attendance at Chruch of England services is expected to fall from 1 million to 88,000 by 2050. The shoe-throwing Iraqi [...]
My latest theatre review is now live at blogTO. It’s on Moliere, an excellent show on now at the Tarragon. Check it out! The review and the show, if you can.
One of the top entries on my long and ever-growing list of pet peeves is ordering food or some other service, and then being forced to repeat myself because the person taking my order couldn’t simultaneously hold three pieces of information in their brain. So, imagine my rage when I tried to order lunch today [...]
So, it’s snowing or something. Shockingly, things continue to happen around the world. Canada Whistler apparently received advanced warning of safety problems with its gondola system. Harper’s ‘fiscal conservatism’ apparently also includes a $30 billion deficit. Mats Sundin moves to Vancouver. Enjoy the rain, ye of perennial disappointment. World Mark Felt, aka Deep Throat, aaka [...]
There will be extended periods of light blogging on Nunc today, as I will be out doing my annual blitzkrieg holiday shopping. But before I get my Ho Ho Ho on, here are your daily links: Canada A BC man is now the governor of Kandahar. Win? World Barack Obama had a sweet hat in [...]
Do you carry your lunch around in an old plastic bag? Do you ever wonder if, somewhere, somehow, a better option is available? Dream no more, friend. Now you can own a one-of-a-kind designer lunchbox created by a genuine celebrity, thanks to the Lunchbox Auction. Presented by Gourmet Magazine, the event features some nifty looking lunch caddies by Mario [...]
In the face of a ginormous budget surplus ($15.4 billion!), Governor of New York David Paterson has levied a four per cent tax on downloads of music, movies and other “digitally delivered entertainment services”. So, a 99 cent Fall Out Boy single on iTunes will now cost $1.03. A small charge, to be sure. Still, given the huge [...]