Jan 12 2006
There are many reasons why I am a bad person. One of them is that my secret guilty pleasure is flipping through trashy celebrity-bashing web sites like idontlikeyouinthatway.com, Egotastic, CityRag, Popsugar, and the reigning champion, Perez Hilton. One of Perez Hilton’s current targets is Fergie, the hump-thumping chick from the Black Eyed Peas. Terrible people [...]
Jan 10 2006
According to this article in Der Spiegel, some IKEA stores in Europe are helping retired people stretch their budgets. IKEA’s restaurant offers very low priced meals — lower than any regular restaurant — so they are very popular places for old folks as well as other people on low incomes. The pensioner and his wife [...]
Jan 09 2006
Despite a few perfectly reasonable fears, Martine and I went to see Brokeback Mountain on Saturday night. OK, forget the Larry David reference; my only real fear was that the movie would be one of those earnest "topical" films that are all booming music and Spielbergesque ham-fisted poignancy. I’m happy to report that it was [...]
Jan 03 2006
In keeping with tradition, the cost of taking public transportation has gone up as of the new year. A monthly bus pass for Montreal now costs $63, and $70.50 and $71 for Laval and Longueuil respectively. In my case, I live in Longueuil and work in Montreal, so — like many commuters — I have [...]
Jan 02 2006
It’s a bit of a tradition for me to start a year by listing the books I read during the previous one. I’m generally not big on lists for their own sake, but I find this one is a handy way for me to take a few minutes to think about what I’ve been reading, [...]
