At around 1 p.m. yesterday, my attention was diverted to breaking news on TV. A gunman (initial reports stated there were four) had barged into Dawson College in downtown Montreal and began shooting people with a semi-automatic rifle. One person was shot dead; 19 more are in critical condition at the hospital. The gunman, 25-year-old Kimveer Gill ( ( Read more... )

We are living in the age of consumerism. And with our obsession as a society to have the newest/smallest/biggest/shiniest/blingest goods on the block comes S-N-O-B-B-E-R-Y. In my opinion, the only one who could pull it off was Veronica Lodge. Sadly, her wink of comic irony lacks in human form ( Read more... )

Most celebrity deaths don't affect me. Besides a passing "that's sad", I don't really emote because I don't really let these celluloid creations into my psyche other than for entertainment value. Aaron Spelling wasn't surprising and Kurt Cobain didn't really deserve my sympathy. But there have been others who's passing genuinely made me upset. And ( Read more... )

I need to vent because I'm tired of the apathetic society we now live in. I'm sure there are people out there who can leave the suburban bubble they live in for periods of time and get to know - and help - their neighbours, but I have not encountered this in years and fear these people are a dying breed. I can give you more than half a dozen ( Read more... )

’ve been in the creative industry for a relatively short period of time (6 years professionally) and hope to be in it for the long haul. I can’t really see myself doing anything else, to tell you the truth - I’m not so mathematically-inclined, which rules out some of the more respected professions (that is not a jab at what we do, I just don’t see ( Read more... )

I've found it. A place so beautiful, a place so calming that it has become my zen spot. And lo-and-behold it is a 10 minute drive from my house and not many people know about it. If only I had known about it years earlier...but I cannot divulge the location of this secret place, for that would ruin the magic and allure for those who know of its ( Read more... )