Image via WikipediaI’ve always enjoyed Steve Smith’s comedy. Even before he created the very cool, duct tape loving, character of Red Green. When I found out that he was doing a one man show called “Red Green’s Wit and Wisdom Tour,” I thought, “Man, I’d love to go see that.” Yesterday, as I was driving…

Friday night was hip-hop night at The CNE (Canadian National Exhibition) K-os was the headliner of the concert. He is an amazingly talented singer, songwriter, rapper, and musician. I was very excited to finally get a chance to see him in concert. The best hip-hop shows, in my humble opinion, include a DJ who can cut and…

Image via Wikipedia I’m lucky to have a girlfriend who is such a great cook. She can even work her magic on an open fire. I know if it were left up to me, we would have eaten hotdogs, sausages, and simple stuff like that during our camping trip. Dana cooked some amazing meals on…

I pull up to my girlfriend’s apartment and park right in front of the building. The area is marked as a “fire zone” but most people park there to unload or pack up their cars or moving trucks. I didn’t think anything of parking there as it would only take us about twenty minutes to…

I am an elementary school teacher. I teach in schools that range from Kindergarten to Grade 8. Every year around this time, I get outraged by all of the commercials, flyers, store displays, and advertisements suggesting that parents need to spend hundreds of dollars to prepare their children to go back to school. I think…

I love that visual pun. It’s brilliant. I also love the song that inspired it. Let’s listen to it and then look closely at that often misused and abused piece of punctuation that is the comma. The comma has a few basic functions and rolls to play in a sentence, but today I would like…

Happy Canada Day Everyone! To celebrate the birth of this fine nation, let’s watch some short one-minute films. These Heritage Minutes were created to help celebrate Canadian achievements and innovations. You may have seen these on television. If not, you might be interested to know that . . . Superman is Canadian. Basketball is Canadian. The First…

Chase: “Alright everybody, Chase March here with Alison Myrden at the Toronto Freedom Festival. You can you can stream this interview with the player below, or you can just continue reading. Chase: So, how’s it going Alison?” Alison: “Hey everybody, how’s it going? Hey Chase!” Chase: “It’s good to see you.” Alison: “It’s good to…

Chase: “All right. We are back with Witness. If you missed Part 1 of this interview, you can go back and read it now. You can stream the entire thing with the player below, download it for free, or continue reading. Thanks for tuning in. We are on the phone with Witness. A minute ago,…

This year, I attended my first Toronto Freedom Festival and Global Marijuana March at Queen’s Park in Toronto. The event boasts a peaceful history with no arrests and an estimated 3.5 million dollar impact on the city’s economy. The official festival website states: “In 2007, TFF was developed to offer the necessary infrastructure for the…