Friend and 2003-04 UMSU VP candidate Dana Gregoire is guest blogging for The Manitoban during the UMSU Election. I’m so excited — I love witty analysis of sketch-tacular student politics.

MIT Admissions Letter (by sτενεωooδroω) When I first received this, I wasn’t going to mention anything online as I thought it might seem pretentious. Perhaps it still does seem pretentious, but: 1) This is too exciting not to mention, and 2) This is probably the easiest way to let everyone who is interested know. So [...]

Too funny: Source: churchsigngenerator.com; copied from this URL (I could not link to it directly, but believe this constitutes fair dealing). I especially like the “scar-shaped” crack in the jug…

From our adventure to La Barriere park in the beautiful Saturday weather:

Just saw this article pop up on the BBC World news: Bands set for longer music rights. A little bit more research turns up this from the Times (London) and this from the Intl. Herald Tribune. It looks as though the EU, ten years later, may be headed towards legislation similar to the United States’ [...]

The International Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA) released a report yesterday that placed Canada on the same “Priority Watch List” as China and Russia for “…the serious piracy problem [Canada] has allowed to develop just across our border….” It was big enough news to make it on CBC News. At issue is the lack of implementation [...]

One Less Starbucks (by JakeInVan) An excellent photo by a Vancouverite of an explosion that ripped through a Starbucks early this morning in the 600 block of West Broadway. It’s pretty incredible — look at the Starbucks furniture, etc. littering the sidewalk.