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I'm minding my own business, strolling home after doing some afternoon life-maintenance errands. Two young, presumably Orthodox Jewish men (based on dress and hair), stop me on Markham St., just south of Bloor. “Excuse me: Are you Jewish?” one of them asked. “No, not me,” I replied, probably looking somewhat befuddled, as the question has [...]
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Overheard on Queen St. W: “I never fart in public,” one street-hardened young man said emphatically to his buds. “Around other people? NEVER. No fuckin' way.”
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If you read my earlier post, you'll know my imagination was piqued by Frank Miller's Sin City, which goes into wide release today. All I can say is, believe the hype; it's a visually dazzling film that will shift how movies are made and look. But it isn't without some flaws in the storytelling department. [...]
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The terribly tragic life of Terri Schiavo ended this morning, 13 days after her feeding tube was removed on March 18. Here's a collection of stuff I found on the Net and in the blogosphere about the case. Abstractappeal.com – A blog about the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals by a Florida lawyer. It has looked [...]
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