I read a mystery novel because I seriously needed some brain candy. Specifically, I was reading one of Gail Bowen's Joanne Kilburn novels. It's one of the later ones, after Joanne marries a scuzzy defence lawyer who, in this book, is running for Mayor of Regina. Apparently, municipal politicians in Regina make Rob Ford (the crack-smoking former ( Read more... )

Ironically enough, I found about this article thanks to a tweet from Margaret Atwood. (I really should read some of Margaret's newer stuff, but I'm not sure how much I want to read about dystopias. Especially since The Handmaid's Tale is seeming more and more prescient.)

The digital world offers us many advantages, but if we yield to that world ( Read more... )