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Brain matters
15 May 2012It might seem like a no-brainer, but there are still folks out there who need to be convinced that stale head jelly can turn a person bigot.
There's a map of North Carolina on the Membebase site Graph Jam titled "Education: The Greatest Weapon Against Ignorance." It shows that the state precincts with colleges all voted against Amendment 1, the ballot initiative to ban same-sex marriage that passed on May 8.
Stumbling into noir
13 May 2012Today we made a spontaneous decision to turn a necessary trip downtown into lunch and a movie. We're still relatively fresh to Toronto, so a subway ride into the city core still feels like a mini-vacation.
The film was a few blocks away at Carlton Cinema, one of the Canada-wide chain of Magic Lantern Cinemas. The online movie guide had one show time listed for Dark Passage, a 1947 film noir starring husband-and-wife Hollywood legends Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. Rotten Tomatoes has it rated at 91%. An opportunity to watch a classic film on the big screen is always a treat, so the decision was a snap.
Read Melvin's take on Dark Passage and the usual blathering …
Send in the clownservatives
11 MAY 2012Canada's wackiest near-twin sibling public servants, Mayor Rob Ford and Etobicoke city councillor Doug Ford, host a Newstalk 1010 radio program called The City, a weekly serving of half-baked partisan served with a complimentary side of nuts.
A guest on their 6 Sunday 2012 show was David Menzies, a free-range pundit who has written for the populist conservative tabloid Toronto Sun. A cursory Google search reveals that he likes big boy things like cars, wine and sports. You can almost smell the bronzer.
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