Archive for September, 2008
The Ad Wars
I love a good ad. Making ads are part of my income stream. A smaller part than they used to be, but part nonetheless. Finally, after years of enduring the buzz about the “I’m a Mac, I’m a PC” spots by Mac, Microsoft is finally striking back with something clever and, I think, effective.
Read More..>>Salma and Me
On Jimmy Kimmel’s Emmy special last night – sometimes very funny, sometimes incredibly lame – he interviewed the gorgeous and brilliant Salma Hayek.
Read More..>>Not Yet Ready
Last night my colleagues threw a wonderful – really wonderful – party to say goodbye to me at the home of our Editor. Everyone brought terrific food, the atmosphere was chatty and full of laughter and the people I care about most in the Rogers building were there.
Read More..>>Metrosexuality
So baseball stickman Alex Rodriguez got his quick divorce from his wife of five years. Why a man like that would ever bother getting married is a mystery. He had more extra-marital affairs than Amy Winehouse has had hangovers.
Read More..>>Monitoring Medical Morality
A few doctors in this province have been trying to impose their own religious beliefs on their patients, and approve or deny them treatment or medication based on those differences.
Read More..>>Gas Pains
Gas prices have taken a three-time dive this week. This morning, I needed to fill up, not because a litre of regular is finally below $1.20 but because I was running on a quarter tank. So I pulled into a busy gas station (they are all busy today!) and lined up behind two cars, each [...]
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