Apr 30 2002
Last week Maggie presented good evidence that the venerable Warshaw’s is on the verge of closing – evidence that was picked up by M-J Milloy and reported in last week’s Hour. Warshaw’s, for the uninitiated, is a large and long-standing neighbourhood grocery and housewares store on Boul. St. Laurent in Montreal. It’s been there since [...]
Apr 30 2002
I’m moving in two weeks, and between then and now I’ll compile a list of stuff for a vitual garage sale. The first item up for grabs is this lovely old wooden desk. It’s the kind of thing that Dagwood Bumstead would have used–very 1940s. I bought it two years ago for $225, but you [...]
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Apr 29 2002
I’m no fan of the fashion industry, primarily for social-political reasons, but I do enjoy the aesthetics of fashion. As a fundamentally creative species, it’s quite natural for humans to want to dress up and to find our own sense of style. Even when that style is a conscious “anti-style.” One of the things that [...]
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Apr 25 2002
Mountain Equipment Co-op has a similar ecological footprint test. A bit more detail to the questions, plus more background info. Same results. www.mec.ca/ecofootprint
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Apr 24 2002
Not just a another of those silly tests to see which character you’d be on “Leave It To Beaver” or whatever, this quick test helps you assess your impact on the environment. According to EarthDay.net (where the test is hosted), there exists 1.8 biologically productive global hectares per person on earth. Canadians, on average, use [...]
Apr 22 2002
Loyal readers know that I’m very big on small. I don’t like expansionism and empire-building, particularly when it comes to retail. Hence, my disdain for Starbuck’s Coffee. To be fair, I confess that I had a Starbuck’s latte last week, but only by accident–and when I ordered, I insisted on calling it small instead of [...]
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