The Blork Blog

No, not that one, the other Michael Jackson; the internationally renowned critic, scholar, historian, and writer on beer and whiskey. He died last night at his home in London, age 65.
Jackson’s first publication was The World Guide to Beer in 1977. He went on to become the world’s leading authority on beer and its natural [...]

I rode on the de Maisonneuve bike lane today, twice. The lane is still under construction (when completed it will run from Berri to Green Ave. in Westmount), but parts of it are now usable. So on my way to work today I hopped on at Bleury and rode the bike lane all the way [...]

Today is Stanton Friedman Day in Fredericton, New Brunswick!
(Friedman on Wikipedia, and at home.)

Today is the 30th anniversary of the day when Bill 101, the foundation of Quebec’s language legislations, passed into law. Much has been said and written about the Bill 101 so I’ll spare you another dreary essay. On this anniversary, however it is interesting to observe that most Quebeckers seem to feel that on the [...]

Traffic is blocked on de Maisonneuve boulevard because of a crack in the basement of the downtown department store “The Bay.” The crack runs all the way to the McGill Metro station. As a precaution, the green line of the Metro is closed between Berri and Lionel Groulx. Also, The Bay has been evacuated, as [...]

It looks like the long awaited cross-town bicycle path along de Maisonneuve Boulevard in Montreal is coming along nicely. I was worried they would simply paint some stripes on the road or something lame like that, but in fact they’re tearing up the street and laying a new median to separate the bicycles from the [...]

I saw this Patrick Bateman (American Psycho) action figure in the clearance bin at a Videotron video rental store. Accessories included an axe, a couple of knives, a nail gun, a Walkman, and a few other things.

Toys like this are obscene and repulsive. The manufacturers should be ashamed of themselves.
The only reason I didn’t [...]