James Bow

A short post, I’m afraid, as I’m about to be wired up for my second sleep lab test. This one will test the effectiveness of the sleep apnea machine in stopping my storing. Th...

A few announcements and updates about what we’ve been doing this week. First of all, I’ve just heard that the next Doctor Who special, the last David Tennant episode before the two-part finale over Christmas, is due in two weeks. Th...

A couple of weeks ago, I started hooking myself into a machine at night. This machine isn’t loud. It’s about as quiet as a fishtank pump. Through a mask fitted over my nose, the machine pumps filtered air into me, literally down my throat, in order to keep the passageway open. It...

On Wednesday, I went into Toronto for a writing day. My first stop was at the Chapters at Bloor and Runnymede where the Canadian Children’s Book Centre and Harper Collins had set up a special presentation for local schools. ...

It’s hard not to feel sorry for the average workers at CanWest, who now face an uncertain future during economically troubled times thanks to the decision by the company to put the National Post and Global Television into receivership, but I have to square that with the fact that, since it was f...

Consider, for a moment, this quote: ...

And, as an antidote to my previous post about someone looking so completely backwards, I give you: a mash-up of Carl Sagan, singing. ...

There are places in the American south that haven’t realized that we’ve move beyond the 1950s. A Louisiana justice of the peace said he refused to issue a marriage license to an interracial couple out of concern for any children the couple might have. Ke...

Early in the days of his prime ministership, Stephen Harper showed some of his partisan nature when initially dealing with the elected government of the province of Ontario...

Or, as Lindsay Stewart entitled it: If Your World Renown Rock Legend Could Only Afford One Guitar

Back in June, the Region of Waterloo voted in favour of an ambitious proposal to establish an LRT line running up the centre of Kitchener-Waterloo between Fairview Mall and Conestoga Mall. The line would be augmented by express buses running south from Fairview Mall into Cambridge...

How ironic is it that, just as the American Library Association’s Banned Books Week comes to a close, news should surface that Canada’s largest schoolboard is considering removing a classic piece of literature from its schools. Th...

As many of you know, not only has Vivian started going to junior kindergarten, but Nora, now approaching 18 months, has started going to the Early Years’ School Readiness Program — what used to be called their Preschool. V...

I followed this controversy surrounding the awarding of the Atheist Alliance International’s Richard Dawkins Award to pundit Bill Maher with interest. ...