Nearing the end of weekend trip to Montreal with some old friends, the three guys left were having a lazy Sunday at a pool (billiards)...

I walked into a Best Buy store in Toronto a few weeks ago, and asked a sales assistant: “How do I get all of the main US stations (ABC,...

Welcome to 2011. The question some Highway 401 drivers ask when they see this sign: “Why does the Ontario government, given its strict...

Lost in grass-is-greener thought, a month before moving back to Canada, I salivated reminiscing about burgers in Canada. In particular, I...

I like Weetabix. It was introduced to me in my youth, when my British-raised Cypriot-Dutch cousins would have it on the breakfast table...

Things I am relearning about Canada #57: people love pumpkins. How do I know? Fruit stands around Toronto have been chock-full of small,...

Commissioning my own font for my logo was too expensive. So here’s what I did. Do you like it? It’s a good thing established brands don’t...

People ask me “What’s it like being back in Canada after 14 years away?”. I have a few observations: Suburbs have been commercialized,...

From the Guardian : “The trust concludes that, as things stand, the case has not been made for the closure of 6 Music,” the trust ruled....

I don’t know if it’s because I’m 40 now, but I suddenly like Old Spice deodorant. In Costa Rica I don’t need deodorant, because I’m...

Car Dealer : This brand new Audi A3 is only $35,000 it has all the bells and whistles. Don’t bother going anywhere else. I guarantee you...

I know I shouldn’t be making fun of other people’s website design, but there is something particularly jarring about this. Angostura...

The more things stay the same, the more my perception changes. When I was a kid, the Pop Shoppe was this weird place in town where they...

Until last year, I didn’t know about High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS). Like anything in life, you only notice some things when you try...

As a big fan of the Montreal Canadiens in the 1970’s and 1980’s, I used to collect hockey cards. The company that manufactured them was...

The stodgy Daily Telegraph says its journalist was moved to tears . The Guardian says “This has to be the most believable example in ...

After a few weeks of our 19 month old child attending Costa Rican nursery, my wife and I started noticing him smelling rather fresh (good...

Trying too hard to hit the number Molson Canadian is a popular beer in Canada. Canada became a country in 1867. Michelob is making lots...

This is the rumoured 2010 Arsenal shirt according to Arseblog . If this actually comes together, my despair with the emptiness of sports...

Radio 6 Music is probably the best station in the world for educating people about, and entertaining people with, interesting music....