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  • Favourite Albums of 2024

    Libertines “All Quiet on the Esplanade” Charly Bliss “Forever” Maggie Rogers “Don’t forget me” The Dip “Love Direction” Little Quirks “Little Quirks” Los Campasinos “All Hell” and “More Hell” Charlie XCX “Brat” Johnny Blueskies (Sturgill Simpson) “Passage du Desir” Mdou Moctar “Illana” and “Funeral for Justice” Steph Strings “Cradle Mountain” Laughing “Because it’s true” Ezra…

  • Chris Goes to Culinary School

    Week 1 Sundays are tricky because the subway doesn’t start running until 8 and I need to be at St James Campus by 8:30. So I take the bus and manage to get my way to Sherbourne and Dundas for 8am and walk from there. It’s not a great walk. I haven’t been in that…

  • The Pony and the Porcupine

    Once upon a time there was a princess named Suzannah who more than anything in the world wanted a pony. Her Mom and Dad told her: “No! Ponies are messy. Ponies are noisy and PONIES ARE SMELLY!” So one day when her Mom and Dad were not paying attention she went to town and traded…

  • Wisdom from Flann O’Brien

    “What is wrong with Cryan and most people, said Byrne, is that they do not spend sufficient time in bed. When a man sleeps, he is steeped and lost in a limp toneless happiness: awake he is restless, tortured by his body and the illusion of existence. Why have men spent the centuries seeking to…

  • Rounding to the Weekend

    IT security person: So that’s what you need to do to get this working. Me: Okay if I get you the answer in the next hour how long until you can resolve the problem? ITSecPerson: Oooh, well I mean the week is just about over….So maybe next week? Me: It is TUESDAY AT 11:14AM…. ITSecPerson:…

  • Tom Dreams of Corgis

    Tom: When I’m a grownup I’m going to have 100 corgis Me: Oh yeah? Tom: But first I’ll get 1. Then 2. Then 3…then 5 Me: What about 4? Tom: I’ll get two at a time from then on….