The Rebel Sellout
After reading a catchy essay last fall excerpted from the book The Rebel Sell, my curiosity was piqued and I placed a hold on my local library’s copy. I fin...
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In a jam
Yesterday, Sh. and I were inspired while at the market to make strawberry jam. (Well, she’s had this inspiration for a while, but when we saw seconds on sal...
Too many books!
Thomas Frank’s latest screed, a book I had reserved months ago from the library in the well-to-do Anglo canton of Westmount, became available this week. I’m...
Wedding plans (not mine)
My friend & co-worker Eric has just invited me to his wedding, to be held at an as yet to be determined date in Lower East Side Manhattan. All I know so...
La fête national du déménagement
This is one crazy city I live in — the streets are full of moving vans and people carrying chesterfields, because most renters here sign leases that expire o...