Lake Catchacoma
By the end of the summer in southern Ontario, there's enough daytime temperature variation that you'll get a misty condensation above the water in the
Author Archive
Bob Lake
Who is Bob? Remember the crazy killer named Bob on Twin Peaks? Maybe the lake was named after him. Or maybe it was named for someone even more i
Ghostbusters – a privatization propaganda film?
On planet Dave, there is a special governmental agency called the Department of Epidemiology and Immigration. I've come to regard these two discipli
If Reading is Consumption, then Writing is Excretion
E-ink is a lie. It tries to persuade us that writing is black. While I don't doubt that some of it is black, the very best writing appears in brow
Ireland Park & Toronto Railway Lands
Opened on June 21, 2007, Ireland Park is a small memorial to the 38,000 Irish refugees who fled the potato famine of 1847 and were received in Toronto
The Cloud Economy: Computing as a Social Justice Issue
"a writer who doesn't want her work to be read by everyone doesn't deserve to be read by anyone" While the question of cloud computing – is it a
Canadiana Vinyl Asbestos Planks
While searching through memorabilia, I found a magazine the hospital staff gave my mother when I was born (© 1959 by J.S. Hunt Publications Limited).
Bookselling in 1925
My grandfather did his undergraduate degree at Mt. Allison University in Sackville N.B. After his first year, he was seriously short of cash and tho
A Book-Publishing Venture from Dostoevsky
I must be an unwitting member of the slow reading movement -- or at least of the long reading movement. As part of my summer reading list, I've been
Kirk Newman’s Community and the Importance of Context
On Bloor St. E. in Toronto, you'll find a large bronze sculpture of 21 life size figures titled "Community" by Kirk Newman and commissioned by Manulif
Photos from Day of Action for Civil Liberties
Saturday July 10, 2010 - Day of Action for Civil Liberties. People in cities across Canada gathered to show concern for conduct of politicians and t
Poem: Watermelon
This is a poem about copyright law and my fear (the chilling effect) of quoting other authors (eg. Pigeon & Page). There is something perverse a
