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Today I have given the Blog over to Heidi, our Miniature Dachshund for the day ************************************* When Heidi pack went away they left her at camp where Heidi found Word of the Lord. Good Word. Heidi walk, run and dig with Jesus. But soon after, Heidi found out that God say animals have no soul…

The Thin Red Line is my favourite movie of all time and I have always thought of it’s director, Terrance Malick as a genius. As far as the art of cinema goes, as far as art goes in fact, I’ve never been much for narrative but have always preferred work that’s impressionistic and personal, mysteriously…

Near College and Yonge Street an old woman was sitting on a stoop. She appeared to be homeless and was wearing so many inappropriate layers of coarse wool as to give her the appearance of a character from a fairy tale. She had a hand cupped over one of her ears and was rocking back…

This morning I received this rather terse email: First name: Dinara. Surname: Smirnova. Country: Russian Federation. City: Dzerzhinsk. Age: 34. Height: 177 centimetres Weight: 55 kilograms. Eyes: green. Hair Color: It is brown. My Type of Man: I’m waiting for honest, open-minded and traditionally oriented man who must not fail in courage and performance. Character:…

I probably spent more time that I should have on Thursday debating the likelihood of whether this photograph was staged or genuine. It’s an arresting, sexy picture, as if an American Apparel ad had been airbrushed into a scene of civic unrest. The pair who are kissing look beautiful, like models called in to perform…

On Saturday, while Rachelle and I were waiting in the line-up to have brunch at Lady Marmalade, I was lucky enough to encounter a heretofore undiscovered prejudice of mine. It turns out that I’m completely bigoted against women who wear Stars and Stripes tights. This instinctive antipathy is horribly exacerbated if they’re wearing sunglasses, tossing…

On Sunday, after what had felt like a slow, largely wasted day, Rachelle and I watched a movie before going to bed. Ridley Scott, famous for directing Blade Runner, Alien and Gladiator amongst other things, produced this film in conjunction with YouTube. It was called Life in a Day and it was a pastiche of…

In spite of the fact that I live a very busy life of danger and responsibility, I found the time to take Vanity Fair’s Proust-questionnaire the other day. If you’re so inclined, you can do so at this location: http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/proust-questionnaire These are the questions and my responses, and the celebrities with whom I have the…

On the weekend, a young boy asked me this question, “ Michael, if you weren’t a person, what do you think you’d be?” For a long time that answer was pretty obviously a shark, but as I’ve matured and become a more complex individual, I think I’ve become more like a Dragonfly. I told the…