I’ve never been a huge MCR fan, and neither is my Bad Religion-adoring daughter, but we like this. The NME raved about it being a “pretty thrilling blast of gonzo pop-punk.”  True enough.

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This sentence in a number of stories caught my eye:

“During the attack, [the victim] pleaded with him not to post the photos on the Internet.”

So what do pretty much all of the media do?  They do what she begged the killer not to do: they post photographs that have the effect of further victimizing the victims.

Some days, I just don’t get it.

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I don’t think I have ever met the man.  But I so wish my Dad, who lived in – and loved – Calgary for thirty years, had lived to see this day. It is wonderful.

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…and he uses his own name, too.

I can’t believe I just wrote that.  Anyway, here’s what he wrote.

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Monte reacts as I remind him that Liberals are going to kick his party’s ass.

Linkage here, at about 1:43 mark or so.

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Quebec doesn’t like him. It matters.

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Best video I’ve seen in 2010, hands down.  Best sample lyric of the Century, too: “Oh, and my parents love me.  And my girlfriend loves me.  They keep photos of me.  Na na na na.”

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After word got out, yesterday, that I had become a freelance Sun columnist and prospective Sun TV pundit, there was much gnashing of garments and rending of teeth on both sides of the spectrum.  The right-wingers, committed free-speechers all, were enraged that a dissenting voice was being permitted a platform in a conservative paper.  And the lefties were apoplectic that I (or anyone) would pay the Sun chain any heed.

Sigh.

I thought this editorial, in the Calgary Sun, should therefore be read by both sides. In it, my hometown Sun heartily endorses the lefty mayoralty candidate over the two right-wing ones.  Perhaps it’s time to re-examine your biases, Righties and Lefties.

To wit: when media gets predictable, and represents only one side of the argument (cf. National Post), they don’t grow.  And then they start to lose their audience.

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Me, irritated: Why did they have to eliminate a lane on Dundas for a bike lane that no ever one uses???!!

Ten-year-old son: Oh, look, Dad’s turning into Rob Ford.

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Everyone here looks like they write code for a hobby.

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