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Friday, February 26, 2010, 11:12 am
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Remember when the Kids in the Hall were edgy and surreal and relevant (and funny)? Ah, those were the days…Take it away François:

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Friday, February 12, 2010, 11:39 am
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Another day in the New Brunswick provincial legislature:

Post from Giancarlo La Giorgia
Friday, February 12, 2010, 11:22 am
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Interesting commentary on why the US is not number one. And neither is China.Although all the attention now is how Europe’s over-indebted, socialist PIIGS (Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece and Spain) need to go on a diet, and how the US is supposedly c…

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Wednesday, February 10, 2010, 6:50 pm
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I would comment on the quality these book titles, but I’m at a loss for words. What can I say that hasn’t already been said by the author (a supposed Dr. Brown, first name Mark) of The Origin of Faeces?Hat tip to Flavorwire

Post from Giancarlo La Giorgia
Thursday, January 28, 2010, 4:33 pm
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I’m as plugged into digital media as the next internet-addicted automaton, but most of my writing work is still for newspapers and magazines — though, they almost all have online versions. I also still enjoy reading magazines and the occasional n…

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Thursday, January 28, 2010, 4:33 pm
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I’m as plugged into digital media as the next internet-addicted automaton, but most of my writing work is still for newspapers and magazines — though, they almost all have online versions. I also still enjoy reading magazines and the occasional n…

Post from Giancarlo La Giorgia
Thursday, January 28, 2010, 4:33 pm
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I’m as plugged into digital media as the next internet-addicted automaton, but most of my writing work is still for newspapers and magazines — though, they almost all have online versions. I also still enjoy reading magazines and the occasional n…

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Thursday, January 14, 2010, 2:15 am
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Before you wish upon a shooting star, watch this video, which explains what happens to human waste in space.

Post from Giancarlo La Giorgia
Wednesday, January 13, 2010, 5:24 pm
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Nothing really new here, but the LA Times recently ran an article on the crappy business prospects facing freelance writers. Worth reading, if only for the bitchy comments.In related news, the New Scientist has an article entitled Adapt or Die. I choos…

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Wednesday, January 13, 2010, 3:39 pm
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It’s a sad day when Canadian school children are deprived of the opportunity to search the internet to learn about on our country’s national symbol! Alas, in this rotten age, the humble beaver has become a casualty of search and spam filters, which con…

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Thursday, December 3, 2009, 7:58 pm
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Just read through a long and seriously out-of-character Gawker story of an Iraqi attorney and former pro-American collaborator now living in the US, where he has launched a (futile) lawsuit against the US military for its alleged attempt to murder him …

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Tuesday, December 1, 2009, 8:20 pm
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Giant magazine shrinks to online-only editions, Heeb is (possibly) on its death bed, and National Geographic Adventure is up for sale (without the “National Geographic” part attached to its title).I hope my Walrus subscription has a refund clause if th…

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Wednesday, November 11, 2009, 6:54 pm
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Today stirs up all sorts of emotions in me. Mainly, I feel rather unworthy — like most Canadians, I expend precious time and energy whining about some petty grievance or other, and totally ignore the sacrifices of the many men and women who have …

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Monday, November 9, 2009, 5:10 pm
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Hat tip to JJOld news (and the writer’s photo looks right out of an 80’s shampoo ad), but still good to know how and where writers can self-publish books.

Post from Giancarlo La Giorgia
Monday, November 9, 2009, 4:13 pm
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The Toronto Star is outsourcing about 100 in-house, union editing jobs, to save money and prevent (or at least, slow) its demise. This isn’t really news anymore, because print media everywhere is coming to grips (about a decade too late) with a paperle…

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Wednesday, October 28, 2009, 4:55 pm
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Hat tip to Amber JohnsonGetting writer’s block can be incredibly frustrating, whether you write as a professional, need to create a great paper for your classes, or just want to write something for a personal project. It doesn’t have to be a comple…

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Tuesday, October 27, 2009, 9:36 pm
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Could it be that the Big Three — Rogers, Bell and Telus — are taking heed of all those new wireless phone companies that are slated to open shop in the next year or so? Why else would Telus cut its rate plans to something approaching fair a…

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Wednesday, October 21, 2009, 6:35 pm
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*According the the New Scientist, which, to no one’s surprise, concludes that getting vaccinated is safer than not getting vaccinated.Not that it will convince the conspiracy theorists who think it’s all just a big plot to control the world’s populatio…

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Wednesday, October 21, 2009, 2:58 am
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I’ve been quite the absentee landlord with this here blog. For a million different reasons. Busy, busy little bee, I be.Mainly though, I’ve been engrossed (apt word, that) with the one-day freelance media extravaganza that is Mediaville Montreal. A pet…

Post from Giancarlo La Giorgia
Thursday, October 15, 2009, 11:48 pm
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No, this isn’t from a Monty Python sketch. Apparently, coconut shells are the secret ingredient to some fancy fusion reactor being built in Europe.Personally, I would have used coco-de-mer shells, but I’m freaky like that.