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Sending typed letters, postcards, or small packages of treats via snail mail is sadly going the way of the dinosaur. It’s a rare surprise to find a handwritten letter in the mailbox among the pizza menus and flyers for the local gym. When it comes to mail art, the extra time and effort in composing the work is far more rewarding than attaching a .jpg and pressing send. For the receiver, opening a mailed masterpiece is extra special and a cause for celebration.

Tony Blair resigns as British Prime Minister, and Gordon Brown takes over. For those not familiar with British politics, an analogy: remember when Jean Chretien stepped down and Paul Martin took over as Prime Minister, and everybody agreed that although it was clearly time to go, wow, was Paul Martin boring or what? It's like that, except pretend that Paul Martin was even more boring.

Remember Jean Chrétien? We haven't heard much about the former prime minister in some time (dude's been off the map ever since Paul Martin forced him off it). Well, Mizalaina of the Toronto LiveJournal community spotted Chrétien earlier today in downtown Toronto, and has one hell of a story to go along with it:

The always sharp-eyed J. Kelly Nestruck found out that Paul Martin has been moonlighting as a Caltech physicist. Well, according to the Onion anyway.

The last time the Toronto Blue Jays touched post-season turf Jean Chretien was two days away from his first Majority Government, Aerosmith's Get a Grip was Billboard's #1 album and the Adorable Sports Writer was likely sporting an undershave. Sadly it's been one partially locked-out and ten full seasons since Joe Carter hit one of baseball's most memorable home runs. However during that span, some pretty decent teams have filled the Skydome/Rogers Centre's home dugout. Four Cy-Young's have been awarded to Jays pitching and Carlos Delgado was robbed of an MVP trophy in 2003. Unfortunately that's life in the American League East, where competition has consisted of All-World New York Yankee lineups and extremely strong Boston Red Sox teams.

First of all, Torontoist would like to aplogize to those of a more sensitive temperament for this unpleasant mental image.

A former editor at the National Post once made the argument that society should stop funding public libraries because it impedes the retail sale of books. Some years later, that right-of-right attitude has trickled down to the Post's impressionable little sister, Dose. For their recent publicity event, Dose sponsored promoters to spray-paint the word "TABLOID" all over the city, including on the side of public libraries! Small business owners were also vandalized, as well as private residences and at least one navy blue wall (pictured).

will make no mention of the Chretien government, and will most likely lay off Canada altogether. The Drake Hotel (1150 Queen W) houses the film in its basement (pronounced 'the Drake Underground') tonight at 9:30pm, with the doors at 8:00pm. After-party includes the Alchemy Trio (featuring Richard Underhill), Great Bob Scott, Lee Hutchinson, and a "rare" set from DJ Gringo Star (formally known as Sir Spinner Fine Vinyl).

All these Mixtapes and you barely even know me! So here I've cut-and-paste my Blogger Profile for you.

Well, Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin delivered the political equivalent of a tough spanking to the Sudanese government yesterday, and rightfully so. Khartoum has repeatedly denied assisting or having the capability to stop the janjaweed, the loosely woven group of bandits, looters and rapists that have been terrorizing the western Sudanese province of Darfur for the past year. The clock is ticking now though, as the peace agreement negotiated last week has a shelf life of a little over a month. For an excellent, in-depth profile of the conflict and its sources, check out Samantha Power’s article from an August New Yorker. Bruno Stevens’ stunning accompanying photographs will provide you with a visceral charge, if necessary. An update on the conflict and the proposed peace-agreement brokered by the United Nations can be found here.