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Lindsay Lohan is beautiful. I don’t mean that she’s exceptional within the hierarchies of Hollywood, or that she has some sort of idiosyncratic quirk that renders her astonishingly unique– it’s just obvious that through any sort of rational analysis, she’s a beauty. I mean, if she existed in the circle of our friends, she’d be…

Today, I have given the Blog over to Heidi, our three year-old Miniature Dachshund. ******************************************** Heidi very, very hot. Not good hot like King-the-Doberman-killing-a-squirrel-hot, but Bad hot, very Bad hot!! Heidi covered in fur, you know. My fur black, too. It concentrate sunlight so it hit Heidi like laser beam. Make me feel all puky.…

“Everybody’s children are so special. It makes you wonder where all the ordinary grown-ups come from.” –Maria, from the movie Code 46 I recently heard a story about an acquaintance that tried to make dinner reservations for some adults and a baby at a restaurant in Toronto. She was told that they didn’t allow babies…

Back in 2001, seeking a new slogan with which to attract business and tourists, the city of Ottawa came up with Ottawa: Technically Beautiful. I think that as the new century dawned, the Ottawa brain trust hoped to sell itself as a global High Tech capital, and that from far and wide, the young, beautiful…

On Tuesday night Rachelle and I went to The Beach Cinemas to see Toy Story 3*. It was here, while waiting in line to buy some popcorn, where I saw two preteen girls playing checkers on a table at the food court. As I like sports of all kind and have a kindly and helpful…

It’s my impression that many Torontonians looked at the G20 Summit the same way that they do the Film Festival. Assuming a jaded, big-city posture, they grumble and complain about the inconvenience and influx of tourists, but the truth is that they’re really quite happy and excited to live in a city that hosts such…

The city had a strange, apocalyptic feel to it on Thursday. I took the dog out for a walk early in the afternoon and the humidity was punishing. As we moved slowly down Queen Street, normally so vivid with life, everything seemed unnaturally still and quiet. Above us, two military helicopters sliced through the heavy…

As most people know, security for the G20 Summit here in Toronto has really been ramping up. The Police are everywhere, most often traveling around in packs of 12 on their bicycles. This gives them the look of some sort of pre-teen gang, but it turns out that this is something they have absolutely NO…

On Saturday I went to Trinity Bellwoods Park to watch Rachelle and some friends play tennis. It was a lovely day and it seemed as if half of the city was scattered about there, all engaged in some form of languor. Stoned girls in sunglasses sat on benches, sucking lemonade through straws. A hobo with…