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FEBRUARY 1, 2012
Jan 23/12
Jan 15/12
Jan 7/12
Dec 20/11
Dec 12/11
Nov 27/11
Nov 18/11
Nov 7/11
Art Toronto 2011
Oct 22/11
Oct 17/11
Sept 30, 2011
Summer Reading 2011
Aug 11/11
July 28, 2011
July 19/11
TOAE 2011
June 25/11
June 20/11
June 2/11
May 14/11
Apr 29/11
Toronto Art Expo 2011
Apr 11/11
March 24/11
The Artist Project 2011
March 11/11
Feb 23/11
Feb 7/11
Jan 21/11
HIGHS 'N LOWS OF 2010
Jan 17/11
Dec 21/10
Dec 6/10
Nov 11/10
Fall Reading 2010
Oct 22/10
Summer Reading 2010
Aug 9/10
Aug 2/10
TOAE 2010
July 16/10
The Shack
June 27/10
June 3/10
May 5/10
April 17/10
Mar 28/10
Mar 17/10
The Artist Project 2010
Toronto Art Expo 2010
Feb 22/10
Feb 3/10
Notables of '09
Jan 11/10
Dec 31/09
Dec 17/09
How Fiction Works
Nov 24/09
Sex for Saints
Nov 11/09
Housekeeping
Oct 22/09
Oct 6/09
Sept 18/09
Aug 23/09
July 31/09
July 17/09
Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition 2009
Toronto Fringe 2009
Zen Wrapped In Karma Dipped In Chocolate
June 28/09
June 6/09
Myriad Mysteries 2009
May 10/09
CBC Radio -- "The New Two"
April 14/09
March 24/09
Toronto Art Expo '09
March 1/09
The Jesus Sayings
Feb 8/09
Jan 26/09
Jan 10/09
Stand-outs of 2008
Dec 24/08
Dec 4/08
Nov 16/08
Oct 27/08
Oct 16/08
Sept 26/08
Sept 5/08
July 21/08
Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition 08
July 5/08
June 23/08
June 4/08
May 18/08
May 4/08
April 16/08
March 26/08
Head to Head
Feb 26/08
Feb 13/08
Jan 30/08
Jan 17/08
Notables of 2007
Dec 30/07
Dec 8/07
Nov 22/07
Oct 25/07
Oct 4/07
Sept 18/07
Aug 29/07
Aug 8/07
Summer Mysteries '07
July 20/07
June 28/07
June 8/07
May 21/07
May 2/07
April 14/07
March 23/07
Toronto Art Expo 2007
March 8/07
Feb 16/07
Feb 2/07
Jan 24/07
Notables of 2006
Dec 27/06
December 11/06
November 28/06
Nov 8/06
October 14/06
Sept 22/06
Ring Psycho (Wagner on CBC Radio)
Sept 6/06
August 12/06
July 18/06
June 27/06
June 9/06
May 23/06
Me In Manhattan
May 2/06
April 12/06
March 17/06
March 9/06
Feb 16/06
Feb 1/06
Jan 11/06
Dec 31/05
Dec 12/05
Nov 25/05
Nov 4/05
Oct 24/05
Sept 7/05
Sept 16/05
Sept 1/05
Aug 10/05
July 21/05
Me and the Jays
July 10/05
June 15/05
May 18/05
April 27/05
April 18/05
April 8/05
March 21/05
Feb 28/05
Feb 21/05
Feb 4/05
Jan 28/05
Jan 19/05
Jan 5/05
About Me
Dec 20/04
Dec 5/04
MOVIES
BOOKS
RE-READINGS
MYSTERIES/CRIME books
VIDEOS and DVDs
PLAYS
OTHER STUFF: Art Exhibitions, Concerts, etc.

The listings here come under the headings: TV, Radio, City Life. Sports, YouTube and Magazine Articles. (The tv and radio items don't include the musical ones, which are listed in the Music Index)

Originally, items were posted according to genre and then archived accordingly.  That's why the older items are indexed by genre and the rest by date.

To find an item, scroll down to see what page it's on, then click on the appropriate page in the navigation bar to the left of the screen.

TV:

Academy Awards Ceremony 2011

Battle Royal: Britain vs Hollywood (Feb 26/08)

Beethoven's Hair (Feb 28/05)

Belonging: Movie on TVO (June 23/08)

Ben's Big Balcony Scene (April 27/05)

(The) Big Show: Royal Wedding (May 14/11)

CBC TV's Election Coverage (May 14/11)

"Dad" BBC Drama (Feb 26/08)

Election Night in Canada (Feb 1/06)

Leaders' Debate, the (Jan 11/06)

Mercer-Black Collaboration, CBC TV (Oct 4/07)

Monarchy: The Royals at Work CBC TV (Jan 30/8)

Monarchy: The Royals at Work, Part Two, CBC TV (Feb 13/08)

Pope's Funeral, The (April 8/05)

What Shall We Do With CBC TV? (Essay)  (June 27/06)

 

Radio:

Adieu, Notre Petite Programme (The Singer and the Song) (Oct 4/07)

(The) 1950s on CBC Radio (Sept 6/06)

CBC Radio Two: Weather Reports (May 2/07)

CBC Radio Two's New Schedule (Other Stuff page)

CBC Radio -- "The New Two" (Essay) on a page of its own, just above the page titled "April 14/09"

Changes at CBC Radio Two (March 23/07)

Coleman Barks and Andrew Harvey: Rumi, CBC Radio One, "Tapestry", (June 4/08)

Flora MacDonald at Eighty (May 23/06)

In Tune, CBC Radio Two (June 4/08)

James Loney on "The Current" (June 9/06)

"Knitting A Prayer" -- Documentary, Tapestry, CBC Radio (Oct 25/05)

Learning to Listen to Brahms -- Response to CBC's Studio Sparks (August 12/06)

(The) Nelligan Variations (CBC Radio Play) (Feb 21/05; follow-up Aug 2/10)

Ominous Noises at CBC Radio Two (March 8/07)

Shift with Tom Allen on CBC's Radio Two (Dec 17/09)

Wretched Repeats: CBC Radio Two (Aug 8/07)

 

City Life (My experiences)

Go Train (Dec 12/05)

Montreal (May 18/05)

New York (Me In Manhattan)

 

Sports

Toronto Blue Jays Game (Me and the Jays)

World Cup Soccer Final (June 27/06)

 

YouTube and Video

A Talk of the Town Story Meeting (Aug 11/11)

Kitty Slam (June 8/07)

Magazine Articles

God's Blog (Sims) (Aug 11/11)

I Was Gandhi's Boyfriend (Rudnick) (July 19/11)

"Robinson Crusoe" and the Art of Solitude (Franzen) (July 19/11)

Three Trials for Murder (Schmidle) (Nov 18/11)

Vengeance Is Ours (Jared Diamond) (May 4/08)