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I was a “maybe” on Facebook for our local occupation. The coverage in our city paper said that 73 people confirmed they would attend but only 30 made it. 43 said maybe. One of the maybes was me. Not to get too personal but this is the first weekend that I haven’t had some kind of family obligation or pressing project to work on before the snow hits. So I occupied the couch with a couple of cans and some back episodes of Time Team. Some of my more radical compadres might be surprised at this...

I had a job interview this past Tuesday for the first time in a lot of years. I didn’t think I was stressed, wasn’t feeling it at all, and yet somehow I managed to get a bit wound up and had a fitful sleep. I don’t often dream anymore because I’m usually too damned tired but I had a vivid technicolour blowout in which Toronto’s CN Tower collapsed like one of the Twin Towers but I felt totally safe because I had my workplace Personal Protective Clothing on. I didn’t think much of it until I got...

Now that the endangered birds are being moved out, the Family Thrift Store and Lee's Convenience in downtown Guelph will feel the wrecking ball in short order. I wrote this in 2009 shortly before Ray's eviction but it was never published. In memory of my favourite downtown shop and hub of the arts which we are not likely to see again anytime soon, here's a look back. Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style...