Because I have less than stellar time management skills, I occasionally find myself running late for work.

One (expensive) remedy is taking a cab from Kennedy subway station to CTV.

And one risk of that approach is getting a ride with Pete.

Through an ancient process known as "quadruple distilling," a distillery on the west island of Islay in Scotland hopes to make a scotch that will be 92 per cent alcohol.

The formerly secular government of Syria is trying to catch some of that Wahhabist wave sweeping through the Arab Islamic world to maintain its cred.

This NYT piece looks at the surprising popularity of a book about a misbehaving yellow Labrador retriever -- and talks about how the real problem might be with the excessively high expectations of today's dog owners.

More and more Western media outlets are concluding the protests over the cartoons about the Prophet Muhammad were more about power plays by radical Islamists. The latest is the NYT editorial board.

Overheard on Bloor St. West in the Annex:

Whoa: Cheer up there, emo boy!

When I went looking around for the video of the ragin' Cajun trying to liven up the goth band, I didn't find it (I really hope I got the right product name, but if I didn't, it's the ad's fault).

But I found something much, much more amusing: The Emo Song!

Actually BSS hasn't broken up; they've just been feted in the NYT magazine.

However, my theory is that when a band/scene gets significant mainstream attention, it's on the downside of its best-before date. :)