Phoque la culture

I’m breaking my long silence with a video – a protest against the cuts to cultural funding as well as the new ‘standards’ the Conservatives are imposing on artists through such regulations as the ridiculous Bill C-10. Starring Michel Rivard, Benoit Brière et Stéphane Rousseau. Michel Rivard visits a panel overseeing government cultural funding, and [...]

boxing for dummies

I attended my first boxing class today. I’ve been curious about boxing for a while and I’ve walked past this little gym at Yonge and Bloor many times. When I mentioned to my friends and family I was thinking of trying boxing, every one of them expressed concern over the inevitable damage to my face. [...]

life in cowtown

Calgary is a bit like a doberman puppy who’s almost full grown: parts of it look impressive, but others kind of stick out in funny ways that make you want to laugh a bit. I took the C-train the other night and was privy to a conversation between several inebriated young Calgarians. One of them [...]

dance, Teddy, dance

Apparently, this little clip’s become very popular among professional animators and students of animation: It’s the final project of a third year ‘gaming arts’ student, the culmination of a full term of work, using all the tools he learned in class. It’s also a flip of the finger to his school, I guess, but ironically [...]

autobalm

Just when you thought the fundamentalists couldn’t get any stupider: “God has an awesome plan that starts along I-35. A reformation that will literally sweep the face of the earth.” Really lady, literally? Is there another prophesy in your bible that speaks of the appearance of God’s gi-normous Broom of Purity in a Texas Costco? [...]

sacré cordon bleu

My French from France friend L. runs a website that’s destined to become the who’s who of the pastry and chocolaterie world. In lieu of stars, he rates establishments using little erect baguettes. The way L. talks about French baking, it’s at least as important to him as sex. L. recently returned from a trip [...]