Those of you outside Canada may not know two important things about the Canadian economy: the Canadian dollar is at an all-time high, and Canada is in the middle of an economic boom. When the dollar hit its peak earlier this week, there was a rash of articles on the subject. My favorite, though, was …
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I know I’m not supposed to say this right now and that it singles me out as a terrible human being, but I hate the Harry Potter series. I don’t generally read fiction to begin with and never found the books captivating enough to change my custom. As a non-reader of the books, I found …
6629 St. Andre was smack in the middle of a neighborhood called le Petit Patrie. Rumor has it that the name was coined mainly as a branding exercise to distinguish it from neighboring Rosemount (and with which it shares a parliamentary riding). My first foray into the the Petit Patrie was a children’s book launch …
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In late June of 2006, we met our first love in the Montreal real estate market — after Luc, our realtor, that is — 6629 St. Andre, Apartment 3, listing for a mere $370,000. It was the 3rd floor of a 3-story (+basement) industrial building that had been converted to 3 condos. The 3rd floor …
Every year, the last two week of July are a “construction holiday” in Quebec, and lots of businesses close down. It’s a great idea once you get used to it, and it’s a good time to vacate yourself, that is, if you’re not trying to write a book, complete a real estate transaction, and are …
Some time ago, I mentioned the release of Charles Acland’s edited collection Residual Media on University of Minnesota Press. Well, it’s getting some attention. Will Straw’s piece figures prominently in a recent Henry Jenkins blog post, and Google Alerts (is it vanity or simply keeping track of one’s own online presence? you be the judge) …
In today’s New York Times, an article on obscene recordings from the 19th century (login may be required). In researching The Audible Past, I knew these existed, but they were not easy to come by, at least in the hallowed archives of the Library of Congress and the Smithsonian. But now, you can own them …
