Joyce Hatto or “Joyce Hatto”?

Back when I used to follow classical music boards on the Net with more frequency I used to fairly frequently run into references to a reclusive though very prolific recording pianist by the name of Joyce Hatto. She was a real pianist who died late 2006. It’s just come out though that at least fourcontinue reading

At least they think the Earth is round

These guys are relatively obscure State legislators, so don’t take it too seriously, but this is pretty funny: Meet our new friend, Georgia State House Rep. Ben Bridges (R), chairman of the retirement committee in the state house. Bridges is now in a bit of trouble for the beans about evolution being the product ofcontinue reading

Introducing the CrustaStun (it’s humane)

http://www.crustastun.com/continuous.html and then it is shucked by pressure: http://www.secretlifeoflobsters.com/blog/2006/06/how-to-kill-lobster-redux.asp http://www.shucksmaine.com/ And there’s none of the waste, shrinkage, and mortality loss (you meaning killing?) that come with using live lobsters.

A Renaissance Romance

This Valentine’s Day story will be of particularly interest to a couple of Mock Turtlers: I didn’t have to look too far, though, and what I found was a story that spanned generations and included an unlikely saviour, an opposites-attract symbiosis, and an embrace that dominates one of the city’s most prominent intersections.

High Dials

Definitely my favorite music discovery for 2006 (though the album came out in 2005) was “War of the Wakening Phantoms” by Montreal indie group the High Dials.  I often listen to new finds somewhat obsessively for a while and then burn out on their sound and can’t enjoy them as much any more.  This album’scontinue reading

Spacing Magazine

Possibly old news to some of the better informed members of the blog, but I only heard about Spacing yesterday.  Who knew that Toronto was big enough to support a magazine just about the use of public space in the city?  I will have to search out a copy.

Sometimes, -15 is just -15

I’ve always hated the “wind chill” temperatures that are tossed around, almost as much as their humidex counterparts. They render meaningless actual temperature readings: sure, it feels different to be in a humid client vs. a dry climate, and yes, wind make a difference to how you experience any given temperature. But so do thecontinue reading