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OK, right of the bat, I want to say that white males have done many horrible things over the millennia. I understand the whole privilege thing. Yes, we have been privileged. What I don’t get is the shaming of those of us that care to identify as cisgender males. It is happening. It is wrong.…
Why I Hate Living in Halifax: this city is dirty; cigarette butts by the thousands outside of businesses and at bus stops. I hate the motorists who speed, go through red lights, fail to yield and tailgate. Morons all of them. No wonder CFA’s refer to this place as Stupidville —Monty
[Image-1] I want to say sorry to a man in hes car…at the exit for the Royal Bank on Herringcove rd. I went to turn in the entrance, my brakes failed. The petal was stiff…but moved a bite so I drove into the exit. Scared, had to get off the street. Im sorry Sir. Found…
[Image-1] We met years ago and became friends. I always hoped something more would happen, and I know that you did too. And then it did. And then I screwed it up by not recognizing what I had. I wanted to wake up beside you, but instead I walked the other way. I regret that,…
Fuck, I hate Christmas. And not in a bah humbug scrooge asshole kind of way. I mean, dark cloud of doom. Like counting the days for January 3rd so it can all go the fuck away. My smile is fake. —Cranky
[Image-1] All the lights and colour make the shadows even darker. The songs just echo in the emptiness. Even if you have somewhere to be, it feels like there’s nowhere you can go. If you’re reading this, know that I love you. We’ll make it through this together, even if we’ve never met. Merry Christmas.…
[Image-1] I have several crushes on several schoolmates/maybe just ONE prof, too…but with a track record of ONLY ever being rejected when initiating romantic matters, I am struggling at playing it cool but still expressing interest. Oh, well. Since there are so many of you attractive humans (of all genders) in this town, I am…
[Image-1] I hate that I can’t make or sustain any real friendships. That I am afraid of people, in general. That therapy, medication and even hospitalization haven’t been able to make me into someone able to connect with others in a friendly, mutually-enjoyable way. That the advice to “love yourself” is unfathomable in the complete…
[Image-1] I want to give a shout out to the folks at a very Noble store on Oxford street. I recently used services at your sister location and had a really bad experience. When I popped into your Oxford location to fix the situation and explained what had happened (not looking to gain anything, rather,…
To those companies that rely on “just in time employees,” well there is shock coming your way since you refuse to give full time positions or reasonable hours to those who work or try to work for you. These people, the ones that work for you, cannot afford to buy your products so they take…
A lot can change in eight months. It was only that long ago that Dave Woodley and John House— chefs who were co-workers at the Prince George Hotel’s Gio—cooked up the idea of going into business and opening a place of their own. Two months later, they’d jumped at the chance to sign a lease…
[Image-1] HEY YOU. You hit my friend’s car last night at around 3:00 or 4:00am on Willow St, and left a massive dent in the front of it with no note or anything. I’ve been taking care of her car as she is out of the country, and you have 1. ruined her vacation 2.…
I think I may have accidentally scraped someone’s car in the Dartmouth crossing parking lot, but I didn’t notice any damage to my own until I got home. I am reaching out in case it did happen to you. Just reply to this and let me know the make, colour, and location, and we’ll find…
Mr. “Hello Time Bomb” Matthew Good played The Marquee on his Chaotic Neutral tour this past December 9th. According to Coast photographer Andrew Donovan, the venue was jam-packed and “loaded up” like an “avalanche.” Great show with all the hits, we’re told. Nice. Related Stories
[Image-1] Your mom keeps telling me how great of a guy you are and that we would be perfect together. She is sweet and I’m sure you wouldn’t want to get involved with a girl that your mom picked out for you. I’ll wait for you to make a move! —That guy
[Image-1] I believe its within each of us to snap out of this weird neurosis that’s gripped society, the invisible-wall between us, the devil in our ear whispering that we’re ‘not good enough’ or ‘can’t do it’ and all that nonsense… Media-culture’s a big Electric Dictator that constantly tries to intimidate the masses with sex,…
Here is a noval way for the province to make some money, start re testing drivers every two years.. My god how people do not know know how to drive, to fast to slow left when going right, cell phones etc I need my lic for my work but if i did not i think…
[Image-1] All you liars are going to hell. —Will never vote again
[Image-1] They say timing is everything—well now is the time for the urban aboriginal community to begin to develop a new relationship with Halifax Regional Council and the citizens of HRM. With a new year on the way, the possibilities are endless. On December 8, 2015 the mayor presented a Statement of Reconciliation to council…
That you’ve been named one of Canada’s top employers several years running now is nothing short of hilarious. I’ve never felt so unappreciated, demeaned and demoralized in my working life. I guess it’s no mistake blue is your company colour because that’s how everyone feels these days. —Little Boy Blue
[Image-1] I just have to say how cute you are & that seeing you brightened my day =) my friend & I came into your store. You were almost blending in with the clothes rack where you were standing but I noticed you just before you greeted us! I instantly smiled.. I was having a…
[Image-1] To the nice guy who introduced himself to me in the food court – very brave! I got flustered and didn’t ask anything about you. I’ll try the Indian food some time. Hopefully I’ll see ya around. —Blushing smoothie girl
[Image-1] You totally abandoned me when trying to get to the Halifax Forum from the airport on a Sunday night. 22h30 should not be too late an arrival time to make it home, safe and sound. I don’t know where to begin. Everything about this fucking process was fucking fucked up. Let me try and…
[Image-1] It really sucks being a journalist these days. That’s more true than ever at the Chronicle Herald. Beleaguered newsroom staff at the daily paper are facing another blow as management walked away from the conciliation table late last week after asking unionized employees for aggressive cuts. The paper’s latest offer to newsroom staff will…
Hard times in wrestling this year — we lost some of the best there ever was and the best there ever will be. I remember the moment I heard about Rowdy Roddy Piper’s death, and I knew we’d never see the likes of Roderick Toombs again. Also, remember this Simpsons clip? Oh man, and this one? Haha,…
The uproar over Nova Scotia’s new $697.50 jaywalking fine is sure to follow the law into 2016, when it will be officially proclaimed. But with any luck, the discussion will evolve. If we really want safer roads, it will have to. Currently the arguments are in two camps. The main one is pedestrians vs cars,…
[Image-1] Many of us have never been the victims of intolerance or persecution—or worse. But other Nova Scotians have unfortunately been subject to civil rights abuses. The history of this province also includes decisive human rights triumphs, and late-hour victories that came decades after the wrongs had taken place. In honour of Human Rights Day…
[Image-1] Nova Scotia’s investigative-oversight agency probing major police incidents has been managing more cases than expected, its annual report says. The report for 2014-15 from the Serious Incident Response Team says 34 new investigations were opened during the year. “SIRT is now handling a workload almost 75 percent greater than originally anticipated,” lawyer Ron MacDonald,…
Adria Young’s Top 10 Babysitter, Babysitter (Psychic Handshake) Drake, If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late (OVO/YMCMB) Freak Heat Waves, Bonnie’s State of Mind (Hockey Dad) Future, Dirty Sprite 2 (Epic) Hag Face, R.I.P. (Psychic Handshake) Justin Bieber, Purpose (Def Jam) Nap Eyes, Whine of the Mystic (You’ve Changed) New Fries/Old & Weird, Juice (Pleasance…
Amy If you had any wistful feelings about Amy Winehouse’s talent falling from the earth, they likely turned to white-hot rage after viewing Asif Kapadia’s exploration of the life leading up to her overdose. A puppet of her father and her husband, Winehouse’s onscreen personality turns from healthy spitfire to skeletal mess in a slow…
A Good Death (DaPoPo Theatre) The fact that I’m still thinking about this play, the first of over 100 I saw in the past year, is a testament to its power and beauty. Kim Parkhill’s finely crafted script explores the emotionally fraught topic of assisted suicide. An impressive all-female cast and gorgeous production design. —KW…
If Norma Desmond was a city street, dreaming of a return to star billing—a return to the halcyon days when CDs and books would bring people to stores and the windows of pool halls and artsy bars glowed with life—she wouldn’t have been Sunset Boulevard, she woulda been Barrington Street. Barrington has creaked along over…
On any other week of the year, a new Tina Fey-Amy Poehler pairing would be all anyone was talking about. While Sisters exists as smart counter-programming, most critics saved their careful consideration and overwrought sentences for a certain space opera reboot, dismissing this comedy outright. A mistake. The Poehler-Fey duo is a glorious thing, a perfect platonic coupling that never…
Last April’s budget announcement kicked off a tumultuous time for Nova Scotia’s film industry. The Liberal government slashed the film tax credit, the foundation of the film industry in many other provinces. After much backlash and a very successful PR campaign headed by Screen Nova Scotia, the previous uncapped tax credit, estimated to be worth…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Sagittarius (Nov 22-Dec 21) The coming year will be a favourable time for you to nourish a deeper devotion to truth, beauty and goodness. Anything you do to make your morality more rigourous will generate benefits that ripple through your life for years to come. Curiously, you can add to the propitious effect…
Q After spending some years in the doldrums after having kids, my husband and I are now enjoying hot kinky sex and the occasional free pass to fuck other people. We couldn’t be happier. I have a friend who was extremely keen for me to cage his cock with the same kind of locking male…
Lisa Lipton, Hoop Dreams For some, the highlight of Nocturne was sitting on Citadel High’s bleachers buzzed out of our minds watching basketball. But not just any basketball game—Lipton staged a championship series between three fictional teams, bringing together many talented locals to create a multi-disciplinary performance piece, lulling viewers into a trance-like state with…
The rumour is true Dear Melissa Buote, Thank you for spreading the rumour of a Spryfield farmers’ market in your food Year in Review piece (“A taste of 2015,” Food + Drink, December 17). We just want to confirm that yes, plans are underway to launch the Spryfield and District Community Market, April 17, 2016…
No matter the stage, the place or song, folk powerhouse Ben Caplan seeks to thoroughly entertain. “It’s important to treat every show like an island,” he says. “Every gig has to be its own unique moment and I strive to reinvent the show every night, even if it’s the same set list, musicians and songs.”…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Sagittarius (Nov 22-Dec 21) Garnets are considered less valuable than diamonds. But out in the wild, there’s an intimate connection between these two gemstones. Wherever you find garnets near the surface of the earth, you can be reasonably sure that diamonds are buried deeper down in the same location. Let’s use this relationship…
Walkers vs drivers I am a pedestrian and raising my son to be a pedestrian. I disagree with your Voice of the City writer Amy McLay Paterson, who says Nova Scotia’s new transportation bill—with its infamous $697.50 fine for jaywalking—is chasing people off the streets and discouraging walking (“I am a pedestrian, and I am…
Q I’m a straight 26-year-old man who wants advice on helping my fiancee realize a particular fantasy. We have been dating for three years and are in a happy monogamous relationship. I was always vanilla, but she enjoys rougher sex and light bondage. We’ve incorporated some of this into our sex lives, and we are…
Elizabeth Hay, His Whole Life (McLelland & Stewart) It’s the mid-1990s and Quebec is poised for its second referendum when Jim travels with his parents to his mother’s childhood home on a lake in Ontario. What follows next is the everyday meat of any family saga as Jim comes of age and finds out more…
Astro City (Vertigo) Writer/creator Kurt Busiek has been scripting his masterpiece anthology series for two decades, and if you’ve never read it then you’ve been missing out on one of the best comic books of all time. I’ll say that again: of all time. Astro City explores every corner of its titular city and the…
