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A cool, sunny day at the end of September. Through the University of Toronto Campus, the cab drives slowly up St. George. The driver is happy, his window open, he’s looking at all the pretty girls walking by. I Wanna Dance With Somebody, by Whitney Houston comes on the radio and he turns it up…

I recently bought something called a Neti Pot, which I was told would banish all sinus misery from my life. Essentially, it’s a little plastic teapot that looks like a child’s toy. You fill it with some warm water, salt and baking soda, and then tilt your head, stick the spout in your nostril, and…

As I was taking the dog for a walk earlier in the day, I came across a poster taped to a mailbox. A DIFFERENT KIND OF MISSING CAT POSTER Did you find a black male cat in this neighbourhood back in the fall of 2002?! Yes, I know this sounds weird, WHY am I looking…

On Saturday, the last day of the Film Festival, I was walking the dog past the Park Hyatt Hotel when I spotted two young girls standing outside of the place. They couldn’t have been more than ten years old, and each one had a big camera hanging around her neck and a pad of paper…

It happens at least a couple of times a month that I unwittingly stumble into some sort of demonstration or parade unfolding on Bloor Street. Suddenly, seemingly out of nowhere, an ocean of people—all passionately committed to something—will wash over me before turning the corner and being swallowed up by another portion of the city.…

Whenever I go to a press conference at the Toronto International Film Festival, I get excited. I’m going to see a star! I might ask one of them a question! There could be eye contact!!! However, I have to say that this point of view is pretty rare. Everybody else there looks like they’re killing…

Yesterday, I was all excited to go to a press conference for the film Love and Other Impossible Pursuits. This had nothing to do with the movie, which may or may not be a work of genius, and everything to do with the fact that Natalie Portman was to be present answering questions. I should…

On Wednesday afternoon I went down to the Sutton Place Hotel to pick up some passes for a press conference. Just as I was walking in the place, Verne Troyer—the actor who played Mini-Me—was leaving. His assistant held the door open for him, and Troyer, in an expensive looking black and gold mobility scooter, drove…

On the way down to the Sutton Place Hotel, the cab driver and I talked about the various stars he had driven around town. His English wasn’t very good and it was often very difficult to understand what he was saying, but I think that he said Anthony Quinn and some actress from Moulin Rouge–the…