Archive for July, 2010

Lessons from Jersey Shore

Wednesday, July 28th, 2010

I’ve endeavored, on my recent staycation, to be as unproductive as possible. To that end, I’ve decided to watch the entire first (and only) season of MTV’s Jersey Shore series. The show documents the daily lives of four self-proclaimed Guidos from the Northeastern US and four counter-balacing “Guidettes”. Set in Seaside Heights, NJ, and spanning […]

Brawn, by Stuart McRobert (book re-cap)

Saturday, July 17th, 2010

As part of my efforts to curtail spending, pay off some debts and living a cleaner, simpler, easier life, I’ve eschewed a lot of socialization in favor of spending some quiet evenings with books. It’s good, from time to time, to withdraw from a lot of society and spend time with oneself - I really […]

World Cup 2010 Thoughts

Sunday, July 11th, 2010

Now that it’s over, and Spain has emerged triumphantly, I have to say I’ve thoroughly enjoyed watching the 2010 World Cup. FIFA, despite its obvious luddite, technological shortcomings, have put on a great show. Of course being half-Italian, and with Italy being the team I cheer on, it was a disappointing tournament at the beginning, […]

Appreciating Canada for what it is

Thursday, July 1st, 2010

My last post outlined my view on nationalism, and how much I think it should be kept to a healthy level. Expanding on that, here’s how I celebrate being Canadian. I try to avoid being too extreme about it, but I feel very lucky to have been born in this country. My parents came here […]