Can you afford a butler?
CULTURE | Can you afford a butler? A version of this piece of utterly shameful diarrhea published in Dose on June 6, 2005, shown below. More stupid culture pieces are here. “Thank you Jeeves. ...
A world of blogs
BOOKS | A world of blogs. [2018: This just cracks me up. Some of my old content is just SO DATED. Not as dated as this piece, thankfully, but dated.] Not into blogs? You should be. Blogs are ...
Everything bad is good for you
REVIEW | Everything Bad is Good for You, 2005. This just in: TV makes you smart. At least, according to Steven Johnson’s new book, Everything Bad is Good For You, it does. Wait, it gets better. ...
Interview with psychic Dougall Fraser
INTERVIEW with psychic Dougall Fraser | Dougall Fraser is having a bad day. He’s been up since 5 a.m., he’s jet lagged, and there’s a problem with his hotel room. He’s ...
Narnia is all about Jesus
CULTURE | Narnia is all about Jesus! You know The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe? That C.S. Lewis book you loved so much as a kid? Well, I hate to break it to you, but as Homer Simpson might ...
Drinking games to try today
PLAY | Drinking games belong to the golden age of sport. They’re social, they require endurance, and best of all, they’re not about winning or losing, largely because everybody gets too ...
Canada’s poo problem
ENVIRONMENT | Is there more poo in Canada than anywhere else in the world? Possibly. Look, Canada is a pretty great place to live. It’s relatively affluent, statistically healthy, and ...
How to have the laziest weekend ever
HOW TO | Get your lazy on. It’s just not right. Instead of spending our weekends doing as the good lord intended (you know, watching TV, playing video games, eating vast amounts of cheese), these ...
Music consumerism and Starbucks
MUSIC TRENDS | Music consumerism and Starbucks. It’s a whole new world. All of a sudden Starbucks is to music like Oprah is to books. The coffee giant is brewing up more than Mocha Javas, ...
Green gift guide for good-hearted giving
CULTURE | Green gift guide. Our favourite things: Vancouver Sun holiday season green gift guide. ETHICAL GIFTS | Wondering how to reconcile the true meaning of the holidays with the urge for ...
Rock Paper Scissors world championships
CULTURE | Welcome to the Rock Paper Scissors world championships! Yes! This contest exists. See my previous piece on this “sporting event” here. GAMES | I let you down, Vancouver. ...