G8 to share Deerhurst with Mosquitoes
With the G8 leaders summit fast approaching (June 25th & 26th), security seems to be on everybody's mind, but the biggest threat to the safety
Archive for the From the Drainpipe Category
Margaret Atwood Acknowledges Mistake
One of the most difficult things for a person to do is to admit when he's wrong. Last month I posted a piece about Margaret Atwood and the Dan Davi
Writer’s Digest posts advice from Jerry Jenkins
There's a post on Writer's Digest titled "8 Basic Writing Blunders" directed at writers of fiction. Pretty standard stuff: avoid clichés of one s
Quit Facebook Day May 31st
Facebook has taken some hits for repeated changes to its privacy policy that seem to compromise user privacy to the benefit of advertisers. Well-kn
Mt. Allison to confer honourary doctorate on Heather Reisman
Mt. Allison University, one of Canada's premiere undergraduate universities, has found itself at the centre of a controversy for its decision to con
Dead Baby Birds
I shot this photo beside the entrance to the George Ignatieff Theatre on the U. of T. campus. Mounted on the wall is a sculpture made of iron rods,
Public Domain epub eBook Collections
After I picked up my Kobo eReader, the first thing I did was go to the Gutenberg Library and download some novels in the epub format. The problem is
Critics call on Atwood to boycott Dan David Prize
Margaret Atwood and Amitav Ghosh were joint recipients of the 2010 Dan David Prize which includes a cash purse of $1,000,000. Groups supporting the
Harper says DMCA-style copyright bill in six weeks
Michael Geist reports that PM Stephen Harper has resolved a dispute between Industry Minister, Tony Clement, and Heritage Minister, James Moore, by si
Poem-a-Month Newsletter – Inaugural Issue
View the inaugural issue of my Poem-a-Month e-newsletter. Okay, it's not exactly my inaugural issue (seeing as I've been doing this for a couple yea
I’m Ditching the Huffington Post
I have now officially removed The Huffington Post from my news feed and have stopped following it on Twitter. Not because it's too left or too right
Why Commas Matter
Although I wouldn't describe myself as a grammar Nazi, there are times when I think it's important to observe certain fundamental rules. As for punc
