Category: movies / music / tv
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Earth Day and Plastic Bags
Today is Earth day, and it was announced that Loblaws will start charging for plastic bags. It’s in a partnership with the World Wildlife Fund, and framed as an environment-enhancing way of keeping bags out of landfills and from “blowing around the neighbourhood.” The most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen. Listen, I do everything I…
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Underheard
I am sad to announce that I lost a dear friend today. My iPod, who I affectionately named PseudoPod because he was like an extension of myself, died this morning at approximately 9:30 a.m. I don’t know what happened; he was fine one minute, then just suddenly stopped working after I dropped him on the…
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Book Review: The Road, by Cormac McCarthy
The Road is an extremely bleak tale about a father and son’s struggle to survive in a post-apocalyptic world. That’s about all there is to it. But between the lines of the glaringly minimalistic prose are themes of love, hope, morality, and even a bit of faith. This is not an uplifting book; it’s clear…
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