On a not-so-hot midsummer night (last night, to be precise), I had the pleasure of taking the field with the False Consciousness for their second softball game of the season. It was by some measures a success. I set a personal goal that we lose by less than 10 runs. We lost 24-15. We were …
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It’s been a long month (more like 5 weeks) and I have much to report on. But since my return on Sunday, my writing efforts have turned to the book and a Bad Subjects oped linked below. The blog shall not suffer for long, though, as it is really summer now. Which means, among other …
1. A Bad Subjects op-ed on Christy Blatchford’s racist column from Monday’s Globe and Mail 2. “Lost recordings / Les enregistrements perdus” in Traces, ed. Nicole Gringas, 73-92. Montreal: Galerie Leonard and Bina Ellen, 2006.
Last night we watched the last two episodes of the season, and I can now report that Carrie has beaten us handily. Final score: Carrie “We don’t have time”: 34 Mystery Guest “We don’t have a choice” and “Oh my God, Jack”*: 19 Me “You’re going to have to trust me” and “I have a …
Remember in the late 80s and early 90s when everyone was making a big deal about the flaneur? Article after artice that looked for similarities between the shopping mall and Benjamin’s (even then) nostalgic vision of the Paris arcades? I saw this sign today in the underground city, which is a giant, interconnected web of …
I don’t know how I missed this on my last trip here in 2004 (oh yeah, it was December) but Minneapolis is actually SOUTH of Montreal. Somehow that upsets my worldview.
Carrie: 29 Mystery Guest:17 Me: 13 (shut out two weeks in a row!) Off to Minneapolis.
