The Anthology

that when my friends and I get together we’d play the tambourine, discuss philosophy and be all artsy.

Instead we drink cheap beer and watch reruns of 30 Rock.
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Eva Markvoort, whose heartbreaking battle with cystic fibrosis was chronicled in the documentary 65_RedRoses, would have been 26 today.

She lost her battle with the disease on Saturday. The legacy she leaves is one of hope. How many more people are organ donors because of the awareness she raised? How many more funds were raised? It would be impossible to measure because her [...]

cooler than Clint Eastwood. I dare you.

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But seems rather fitting for Oscar season, doesn’t it? The red lips, red nails, oversized pearls, sparkly diamonds and whatever those gigantic blue stones are — such outrageous glamour.

Image from Art Info. Jessica Craig-Martin, Real Beauty (Amfar Benefit, Cannes), 2008. C-print, 24.8 x 35.43 in, 63 x 90 cm. Edition of 5. Available at the Greenberg Van Doren [...]

So here’s mine: I want to amass a huge art collection. I want a collection so massive I have to keep half of it in storage. I want paintings and photographs and sculptures. Tons of them. Everywhere.
And I’m on my way (just look at my living room wall). But there’s always room for more.

So if [...]

After five events (six if you count the Opening Ceremony dress rehearsal), two gold medal winnings, and far too many veggie dogs, my Olympic adventure is over.

My favourite experience of the entire 17 days? It wasn’t watching the torch relay, or playing tourist in the city I grew up in, or admiring the Norwegian curling team’s pants. [...]

Curling!

How can you not love it? I’ve been to two Olympic hockey games so far and I think the curling fans might just be more fanatical.

Heck, they were cheering and stomping so hard in the stands, I could barely take an in-focus photo.

Plus, you’ve got to respect a sport where the athletes wear duds like these [...]

And pretty poppies.

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Words to live by, Canada?

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A day like today calls for a little Baz Lurhmann’s (well, Shakespeare’s) Romeo + Juliet.

Don’tcha think?

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