Archive for October 22nd, 2007
It’s beginning to look a lot like ….
culture| 13 Comments »You know that TV commercial that shows the people screaming in horror as they spot the first fallen leaf at the end of summer. This happened to me this week, only it was much worse than a fallen leaf. It was ….. oh dear God no, not…. CHRISTMAS! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! I’m afraid it’s true. The flickering [...]
Don’t be a patsy: boycott rip-off books, publishers
Canada, culture| 9 Comments »This typist is calling for a boycott of bookstores and publishers that are ripping off the Canadian book-buying public by failing to adjust prices to reflect current exchange rates. On the weekend, I slammed down a computer book and walked out of a Chapters bookstore to protest the differential. With the Canadian dollar worth $1.02 [...]