by Sean Orr | Latest ‘liveable city’ index — sorry Vancouver, you’re gone. I want to gloat so badly but I won’t. As much as it was inexplicably lauded by the mainstream press, our new “standing” should be as easily dismissed as the old.

Why I didn’t celebrate Canada Day (no matter what my pants might have otherwise suggested)? Canada: Land of mines and banks. Better than tires and skunks, I suppose.

Leading to the tweet of the day c/o former Grizzly Bryant Reeves: How do you save a family of drowning Canadians? As a .jpeg.

DTES church calls for water, sunscreen donations. When I was at the Canada Jamboree I literally asked thousands of like-minded hipsters if they had any sunscreen and only one girl did. Of course, I was terribly intoxicated and it is quite possible that they were just scared of me.

Public-service workers not planning on long, hot summer of strikes. I don’t really think anyone wants to strike, ever. On the flip side, however, I can imagine a bitchin’ party over at the health workers’ picket line (nurses, scrips, and soft blue slippers, oh my).

Consider me self-diagnosed: Intermittent explosive disorder: an excuse or explanation?. Also known as Angry Kid Disease, but not to be confused with Sometimes Sad Syndrome and Occasionally Irritable-itis.

Fighting back against invasive species. It’s about time we stood up to these thugs. I say we get an angry mob together and march up Granville Street on Friday night.

I guess I shouldn’t submit my tape for them to review: No talent is required to perform electronic dance music. EVERYONE GET UPSET!

Bananas: Decentralized and dispersed…Tom & Gary hit English Bay. Hometown via Huntsville boys make good!

Craigslist: “You were holding coffee in a mason jar, and seem like someone I’d like to know”.