By Christopher Bird

Some game system made by some game company named Sony launched today. And sold out in about five minutes. The jury is still out on whether this will be a bigger letdown than The Phantom Menace was.
Famous conservative economist Milton Friedman died yesterday at 94. Since John Kenneth Galbraith died six months ago and these things traditionally happen in threes, you’d better be careful if you’re a world-famous economist!
Re: Toronto traffic: we’re kind of screwed.
Howard Moscoe wants to replace all TTC drivers with computers. Insert Terminator joke here.
And finally, in sports: Pinball Clemons has agreed to coach again next season for the Argos and Frank Thomas has signed with the Jays for two years.