When Santa Claus drives by your house with the Toronto Police, the army, the Navy Cadets, some upside-down-walking ducks, a giant truck of talking fruits and vegetables and, like, 16 marching bands, you know he means business this year ( Read more... )

I'm back in Ottawa for the weekend, wherein I'm aiming to achieve a Carleton trifecta:

1) the 10th anniversary of the College of Humanities;
2) an engagement party for two old Charla-friends;
3) the annual Charlatan staff v. alumni softball classic.

Onward! Wine, cheese and sweet victory await!

P.S. clockworkboho and orangeblosxom, I've brought back the items you left ( Read more... )

From: Evan
To: The Entire Editorial Staff of The Globe and Mail
1:08:01 a.m.
Somewhere between the news desk and ROB, I've misplaced my only means of communication with the outside world. If you find a cellphone that answers to the number below, please e-mail me so I can come get it.

[Evan finds the cellphone on a desk, against which he promptly ( Read more... )

Wherein our hero posts a gallery of photos from his adventures with clockworkboho, orangeblosxom and rowen_berry this weekend.

My floor is littered with the bodies of my friends this morning. clockworkboho, orangeblosxom and rowen_berry are rousing from their peaceful sleep around me after a full day at Fan Expo 2006.

* Huge lineup for me, the silly one who didn't buy advance tickets? Check.
* Sharing said lineup with a pre-teen chubby kid dressed as Pikachu? Check.
* Q&A with Hellboy creator Mike Mignola? ( Read more... )

Operation Go West was a success, and now I've returned to base. A few other highlights from the mission ( Read more... )

I'm hoping this is an unlucky coincidence, but a lot of Edmontonian men seem to have issues with my hair.

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My first full day in Edmonton began with a good omen. Within half an hour of leaving my uncle's condo, not only did I find a new pair of the kind of fitover shades I like, but they are twice as good as the old ones and less than half as expensive. And yet I still almost left them on top of a bank machine in the Edmonton City Centre. Way to go, ( Read more... )

Vacation time is upon me! I'm in Edmonton right now, staying with my uncle, about to go in search of bus tickets so I can swing down to the U of A for a daring raid on their library ( Read more... )

Of all the weeks to pick for a vacation trip to Edmonton, I had to pick Aug. 16 to 20 -- the week after this shit happened, and the week of the release of Snakes on a Plane. Now I'm imagining what Samuel L. Jackson would say about this:

I want these motherf***in' snakes terrorists off this motherf***in' plane!At least the Canadian airports aren't ( Read more... )