Author: Michael Murray
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Madonna and the Superbowl Halftime Show 2012
I thought Madonna did pretty well in her performance at the Super Bowl halftime show. Obviously, she was going to be subject to heavy criticism. She’s 53 now, the majority of the athletes on the field had no idea who she was and given the nature of how she’s framed her career, she was obliged…
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Driver’s Schools in Toronto
Yesterday I took my second driver’s lesson in the history of my life. It had probably been six weeks since my first session and I was happy to see my instructor, Alpas, again. As I’m still kind of nervous driving, I tend to talk quite a bit, or as our friend Jillian says, natter. In…
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Postcard from Toronto
I found this postcard at the Everest Restaurant on Bloor Street the other day:
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Internship at Vice Magazine
Earlier in the day a friend sent me this notification that Vice Magazine was looking for an intern: Do you live in Toronto? Are you not dumb? Can you write? If you can answer YES to all of these questions, you can be our intern. Send your resume to: internscanada@vice.com As I admire Vice Magazine…
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Women’s Hockey in Canada
January 26th, 2012 Women’s Hockey Skills Class at Downsview Arena in Toronto Perhaps 15 women have signed-up for this course that teaches basic hockey skills. Most of the women are in their 40s, the sort of people who grew up being taught figure skating, something feminine, while all the boys headed off to hockey, the…
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Google Job Interview Questions
Most of you probably don’t know this but I’ve been going through an intensive interview process for a job at Google. The company, known as one of the most desirable on planet to work for, gets over one million applicants a year. It has a five-interview hiring process and is famous for the surreal, unpredictable…
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A Catholic Funeral
The Altar boys, all up earlier than they wanted to be on a Saturday, almost looked like they had hangovers. They were getting close to that age, and they all stood lifeless and uncommitted to the solemnity that was trying to unfold around them. Beneath their surplices they wore mismatched jeans and sneakers, the accidental…
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Shit Yogis Say
One of the most prevalent Internet memes going is “The Shit People Say” ones. The first one I saw was Shit Girls Say, which simply exploded, and soon enough the floodgates were open and all manner of variants were making their rounds. There must be dozens out by now, including, Shit Black Girls Say,…
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The Toronto Dominion Bank
I kind of fell through the rabbit hole the other day. A variety of things that were having a direct impact on my life, all events that I had very little, if any ability to influence, were taking place. Primary amongst them was a landlord imposed home renovation that was very loudly not going well.…