Queer is Back
This is Pride Month. It’s going to be a history-making Pride parade in Toronto on Sunday when Kathleen Wynne becomes the first sitting Premier to march. …
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Dad Jeans
Much fun has been made of so-called Mom jeans. You know the type: they sit higher on the waist than is fashionable and offer a generous amount of room in the seat. They may or may not have an elastic waist. No one you or I know wears Mom jeans but they do exist on the bodies of some women.  They’re not cool. …
The Wedding of The Year!
The only daughter of our very dear friends got married on the weekend. This event has been long in the planning and heavy in anticipation. And it was a very special, wonderful day. Â Â …
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Toes for a Cause
I’ve never painted my nails blue before. I don’t tend to colour my fingernails so my toes will have to suffice. And this is no ordinary shade of blue. …
RIP Jason Leffler
You may not have any idea who Jason Leffler is. Â But when I found out yesterday morning that he was killed, albeit doing what he loved, my heart broke. Â …
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Brandt’s Randt – Michael Rafferty’s Continued Victimization
Sometimes my weekly Brandt’s Randt on 98.1 Free-FM is more tongue-in-cheek than serious. Â “Oh, someone touched me in line at the grocery store! WAH!” Â But today I’m deadly serious. We know as a society what’s right and what’s wrong and what’s going on with child-killer Michael Rafferty right now is just wrong. Â …
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Coffee – Now Good for Your Mental Health!
The American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and blah blah blah manual, the bible of mental health, now lists trying to quit coffee as a mental health issue. …
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Tommy at Stratford
It’s amusing to think that most of the performers in the Stratford Festival’s production of Tommy weren’t born when the double-album first came out in 1969.  But that has no bearing on the show. It’s stellar and it surpasses any attempt at staging Pete Townshend’s rock opera I’ve seen before – and there have been a few. …
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EBook Price Fixing
Please bear in mind that the allegations presented here have not yet been proven in a court of law. …
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Four Cups a Day
Previous research has shown health benefits from drinking coffee. But this time, the Western Australian Institute for Medical Research has identified just how much you should drink. …
Bully
My brother suggested I watch a documentary titled Bully. Â “You’ll blog about it”, he said. Â So here I am, proving my brother right. A few decades ago that would have been unthinkable! Â …
From Drab to Fab – My Second Favourite Sun Media Column
My own, House Proud, is my first, of course! Â But Marc Atiyolil’s weekly column, which often appears a page or two away from mine, routinely contains a project I’d like to try. Â …
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