Archive for September 2004

How I Came to Find Myself in MS4171 on a Beautiful September Night

THERE’S THE OLD JOKE THAT UNIVERSITY is where you go to get an education; college is where you go to get a job. I think I heard that one from a fellow civil servant that went to the former. I went straight into the workforce from high school with the intent of saving up some [...]

Elsewhere This Week

I’VE GOT A COUPLE OF REVIEWS happening this week of the somewhat recent release from the Two Lone Swordsmen and über-metal outfit The Fucking Am over at The Brain. Just so’s ya know. Sorry to those unable to access this site earlier today. We’re here now, baby. I’ve arrived late to the table on this [...]

The Clark

WHAT BETTER WAY TO CELEBRATE the release of your new CD than to throw a release party/gig and have your website re-launch. If you’re in the greater Toronto area on Thursday September 16 (tomorrow), c’mon down to Holy Joe’s at the corner of Queen and Bathurst to see the Clark Institute LIVE. I’ll be the [...]

Music and Movie Reviews

IN CASE YOU’RE LOOKING for something to spend your leftover back-to-school cash on in the way of CDs or DVDs (or both), why not check out this week’s edition of The Brain to give ya some ideas?

Way Post-Secondary Education

FIFTEEN YEARS AFTER GRADUATING from high school, I’ve been thinking about academics again. Not that I’d stopped thinking about it – just never seriously until recently. In the past year, I watched my wife add a certificate from Teacher’s College to her B.A. and go on to get hired with a school board. Another big [...]

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