How to be a decent customer…
1) If the line is long and there is a menu board, look at it and decide what you want BEFORE you get to the front of the line, instead of holding up everyone behind you. 2) Do not talk on your cell phone while ordering, as the server will not think that you are…
Amelia Curran
Amelia CurranFriday, July 25, 7:30pm, Under the Big Topphoto Scott Blackburn
Mickey Mouse contraption at the new sewage treatment plant.
Remarks: This is what $330 million dumped into the Harbour Solutions project gets us: a pipe propped up with plywood and held together with baling wire and twine. Who knows where this rickety sewage pipe leads—through a parking garage? Past an allegedly swimmable beach? We certainly don’t know; a phone call to the water commission…
Tech not savvy
To the editor, Regarding Lezlie Lowe’s article, I confess I do use my phone a bit more than I admit to. But as time went by, I realized the only two things I actually used the damned thing for was to tell the time and call bus schedules—something I can easily look up in a…
Lowe rings true
Dear Lezlie Lowe, As always, you are the calm voice of reason and sensibility amid the thundering (ringing, buzzing, beeping, bleeping) herd in your article “Cell hell,” (Lowedown, July 24). I was one of the first kids on my block with a PC—an Amiga 2000!—but I still don’t own a cell phone. As for watches,…
Lowe rings true
Dear Lezlie Lowe, As always, you are the calm voice of reason and sensibility amid the thundering (ringing, buzzing, beeping, bleeping) herd in your article “Cell hell,” (Lowedown, July 24). I was one of the first kids on my block with a PC—an Amiga 2000!—but I still don’t own a cell phone. As for watches,…
Bousquet keeps it straight
Hi Tim Bousquet, Just wanted to say thanks for your response to Reg Rankin’s letter (“Tax attacks unfair,” Letterhead, July 10). It has frightened me that Haligonians have been so silent and apathetic on this issue. I couldn’t agree more that it will be the middle class who will foot the bill for this ridiculous…
Shaw’s gas plan futile
To the editor, How can you suggest higher gas prices are good (“The road to hell,” Upfront, June 26)? You’ve made global warming your theme lately, to the point where you’ve lost your objectivity. Not everyone who opposes carbon taxes is a global warming naysayer (I’m not), but this is just a PR scheme to…
Do Something People. Anything.
As I bike to work following the recycling truck, a street kid/homeless dude walks by and says “Pretty shitty job?” to the man throwing a bag in. He replies “It’s not a bad job at all”. Fuck Ya! Take that
Hold your bird.
What is it with the morons i work with, who are constantly interrupting my conversations? Oh, you have a question for me? Cool, how about waiting for 10 fucking seconds while i finish talking to this other person here, and then i can help you. I know you have no manners. The colassal belch you…
fireworks ban
yeah sure, in keeping with HRM’s propensity for asinine bylaws & bans… we should just impose bans on EVERYTHING… hell, let’s have a moratorium on fun in general! lord almighty this city’s got no soul, and its councillors are a bunch of incompetent nazi dinosaurs BAN! BAN! BAN!
YO! Crispin Glover fans–Park Lane tonight!
Yes, unfortunately last night’s event was cancelled. Tonight’s event is still on, but it’s been moved!! According to the Facebook gods:Just got an email from his official mailing list saying the venue is Park Lane Empire Theaters:Hello!We apologize for the the postponement of last night’s screening due to technicaldifficulties now we have a new venue!I…
Urban Music Fest 08
September is the best month to go swimming. And here’s another reason to love that wonderful month, Hits Unlimited is presenting the Urban Music Fest 08 and the Choose Love Tour (Sep 25 at Alderney Landing, $16.95, 7:30pm). Hosted by the Illville Sound Crew (Hussles and DJ Loonie Toonez), the night is packed, featuring performances…
This Halloween, “I’m Scared” that I won’t get a ticket to see Burton Cummings
I want to make a million jokes about Burton Cummings playing the Casino Nova Scotia Schooner Showroom on Oct 31 (and Nov 1, $77.50, 8pm). Ready? Let’s go: There is “No Time” for trick or treating, because Burton Cummings is playing on Halloween. Because we are going to a Burton Cummings concert, there will be…
Be excellent to each other
So long, knuckleheads! I am leaving The Coast (again) to go on tour (again) with my band The Stolen Minks. We’re going for three months, so I will be a changed person upon my return. Thanks to everyone and all the bands who sent me press releases and answered my silly questions. Thanks so much…
This is for Town Pride
I approve of your campaign, positive yet political. if you ever want to sell a teeshirt with one of those crows on it, I’d buy it. silence
Until nex time
This ends my coverage of Evolve 2008. Now it’s your turn to post pictures! There are a lot of things that I missed! The Palace Yurt! Your wild and crazy adventures! Et Cetera!
Constructing rage
why oh why must you make me wait so long? I see you with your little sign, you orange vested wannabe demigod, weilding your sign about. just turn the god damn thing over and let me go! There’s a line of cars behind me, and none coming the other way…why can’t I go? and why…
Tired of pride week.
So, when is the straight pride parade? When do I get to hold up traffic so that I can proclaim my sexuality to the masses? When do I get to walk down the street, hand in hand with a woman, like it’s a huge deal? Congrats – you’re gay.
why I love my coworkers
thanks, office mate. really. I needed this drippy nose and headache. and that pleghm? oh yeah that’s good stuff. You look disgusting. You feel disgusting. WHY do you come to work? What’s more, why do you come to work and infect others? Just wait. Next time I’m the first one with a cold, I’m licking…
Princess
To the “princess” who lives in my apartment building. I know who you are, your name, where you grew up, I know your dad and step mom, I know your step brother, and with your simple empty head you seem to not know who I am – we were formally introduced a few years ago…
fuck you natal day
closing the bridges for a whole long weekend? why must this exist! way to trap me on a peninsula
Kudzu get yer shit together?
Hey haligardeners, I know you love your plants and want to get the most out of yer crummy front growing spaces, but get those fuckers off the sidewalk. Its a sidewalk, not yer fuckin garden. Im stompin all plants that are in my way, but there actually some people out there who are big enough…
oh boy
So i keep tryin but I can’t help I hate this fucking city and everyone in it! You people keep saying your friendly maritimers but I find friendlier people in Toronto. Your all a bunch of ignorant cunts . P.S. you also have the worst transit system I’ve ever seen, as soon as my treatments…
Kind of not a bitch….
Well, this isn’t really a “bicth” per se, just a “life” is a bitch. My uncle found out last Wed. he has lung cancer that’s already spread to his liver and bones, and his doctor gave him one week to live. Think this doesn’t really happen?? I guess it does. He just celebrated his 30th…
from bad to worse
To the two guys that pulled a knife on me to steal my backpack and wallet on the corner of Summer st. and Sackville st. at 10pm Thursday evening, I hope you shit heads enjoy listening to Bowie while reading my book and wearing the cardigan you took from me….. and to the dick head…
Why can’t people read?
Response to “response to puppy blackmail” and kate “Hey idiot” right back at ya rpb. Can neither of you read nor calculate? A300 came into force in April 2008. If my puppy is 4 months old then chances are, unless I rescued my adorable puppy from his mothers teet right after he was born, then…
What’s Next?
Man living here has given me nothing but bad luck and headaches. You can’t even meet nice people. The more I go out, the more I realize how rude they are here. Not to mention no class what so ever. I can’t believe people associate Martini’s with status. Pathetic! Halifax isn’t “Sex and the City”…
Learn to accept a compliment
To the girl at Peddler’s on Saturday, when I said you were pretty, I meant it. Instead of saying thank you or even smiling, you tell me to fuck off. Fuck you, I take it back a nice guy
why all the fences?
why are there FENCES erected around all the water fountains? jesus h christ HRM, stop treating us like little children! hating halifax
Beach Balls Smart
Beach balls are too hard, and hurt when hit with them. I think they should be outlawed. If you attack me with a beach ball that is assault with a deadly weapon, and I reserve the right to shoot. …idiot AHHHHHHHHHHHH BEACHBALL!!!
minimum wage
being paid MINIMUM wage is an employer’s way of saying, “hey buddy, i’d pay you even LESS, but it’s against the law.’ itchy scrotum
I’m sad.
There’s nothing to do. Nowhere to go. No money to spend. It looks as though it may rain but probably never actually will. No good TV to watch. No good books that I haven’t already read. No one to talk to about something interesting. I’ve run out of music that I haven’t heard a half…
Spare some change
It’s bad enough that there are homeless people EVERYWHERE in this city, but more than half of them don’t even bother asking for change. They just shake their cup at you as you go by. It’s bad enough they’re begging, but they can’t even bother to ask? And for some reason, I still feel compelled…
greedy landlords
and while i’m at it (bitching that is, oh the joy), what’s with all the GREEDY landlords and management companies gouging tenants in this city?? halifax isn’t even in the same league as world-class cities like toronto or vancouver, at least in terms of work, wages, public transit, amenities and so on… yet, the cost…
Homophobia…is still out there
I mentioned this about week before pride week. My girlfriend and I were walking down Barrington when someone yelled “LESBOS”. We were holding hands. I thought he must be one of the more intelligent redneck, inbred, homophobes out there for figuring that one out. So I supposed me saying that would earn me the title…
to slowly slipping downwards…
shut the fuck up you miserable loser what the hell is that about ? too much trouble to do something different ! your sick of homeless people i’m fuckin sick of you and people like you get off your ass and make something do something awww no good TV? you mindless fuckin drone turn it…
Tired of people bitching about culture
I am sick and tired of hearing people bitch about how there is no culture in Halifax. Honestly you look around and see people of all diffrent backrounds, shapes, sizes, colors etc. We are one of the proud provinces to celebrate “Pride week” and have numerous multicultural events! thus we have culture. culture shock
Get a haircut, real job
If you are a full-time musician, you already know that your mom would be happy to know that you are out in the world, getting paid, meeting people and not sitting around on your fanny playing MarioKart Wii, as is your usual custom. St John’s United Church has got Halifax’s eclectic choral music scene on…
Black Moor benefit!
A while back we mentioned that local metal overlords Black Moor got into a nasty car accident and some of the band members had a few (non-life threatening) injuries. A benefit show has been organized for the lads this Friday September 1, at the Marquee ($10) featuring generous and kindly bands like Hellacaust, Severed Reign,…
Homophobe Stories
Since I am in such a horrible monday morning mood, I am goign to take out some bitching frustration on my homophobic experiences in Halifax… being post-pride week and all. I seriously think the coast should look into doing an article on how there is still a completly unacceptable level of homophobia in this backwards…
Lost my faith in humanity~
This goes out to several people whom I’ve encountered the past week. First I would like to thank the man who refused to have me serve him a coffee at my place of work, Starbucks. Sorry I’m gay, you piece of shit. Second goes out to the driver of the 52. I arrived at the…
Lazy Journalism
To all the ‘journalists’ who are making it their personal agenda to slam the new local group ‘Citizens For Halifax’ : How about you get off your lazy ass and go to a couple of their meetings, or even call them to do some basic fact-checking? Reporting personal opinions and hearsay as facts is unethical…
The aftermath
Here is a picture of the shops/food court/bazzar late Sunday morning. A few hours earlier this place was packed with people buying things from the many vendors set up in this area.
Battles!
..And here is the aforementioned band doing the aforementioned throwing-down.
Bed Bugs
I just moved into ocean towers. I’m from Ontario and was totally oblivious to any bed bug problem. I have been here for a month now, I’ve had the apartment sprayed 3 times to try to solve the problem. And still my apartment is infested, I’m still finding live bugs. I’m COVERED in bites and…
Two more in the race
Press Release #1: Armdale resident Jim Connolly is running for Councillor of District 17, Purcell’s Cove Armdale, in the October municipla elections. That seat is currently held by Linda Mosher. Press Release #2: Katie Campbell announced today that she will be running to represent the people of Connaught-Quinpool (District 14) in the upcoming 2008 Halifax…
Traded in for a younger girl
Why did he have to leave me for a younger girl I miss him so much. I cry alot even tho a while since he left. I have tried dat9ing again. But I am so lonely n sad. I wish he still lovd me. I wish I could be young and pretty again. And our…
And the crowd goes wild!
Pictured here is the crowd going wild as Battles throw down.
Man Man
As the night set in Man Man took the stage. A very energetic band from the USA; their keyboard player could be seen later in their set climbing the scaffolding a la Eddie Vedder circa 1993. I feel like a betterman for catching this performance.
to Hedgyhog
There are tons of goths who are environmentally conscious and hip to social issues. What better to be depressed about than the state of the world? I think a goth and an emo would not provide you too much entertainment, after one swat they would sort of give up in despair. Give Lilac a break,…
Correction
Whoops- I got the previous post all wrong. It’s not the downtown development of Twisted Sisters, but rather an unrelated Bedford development. My apologies. That’s what I get with running with a story before getting confirmation. Still, had United Gulf returned my phone calls….
Sleepless Nights
Saturday night was my first time watching Sleepless Nights perform(I recently left the band after playing guitar/keys for 3 years). They were loud, fun and danceable. Lookin’ good, boys. Lookin’ good. This picture shows the crowd yelling for more as the band tunes-up between songs(Except for the guy with the headphones on – but he…
The mayor of tent-city
Groovin’ hard or hardly groovin’ ?
Fenwick’s friendship bracelets
The man who can make you weep with a single flourish of his pen, Ray Fenwick, has turned his attention to an unlikely and overlooked artistic subject: friendship bracelets. Usually the domain of preteen girls looking for a pretty way to brand their pals, Fenwick has painted over 40 of these designs on old book…
Life=fiction
Trailer for the new Oliver Stone movie W, on the life of George W. I thought this was way too soon (and quite frankly I’m not a fan of Stone’s machismo), until I watched that dust-up between George and Bush Daddy, and now I think this is going to be entertaining.
Lick Me Raise
Wooooo I should be sooooooooooooo happy… I should be forever in debt to my employer. In fact, I am not worthy of being in their presence. They so gratiously and generously offered me a 2500 dollar a year raise. Wow… I am speachless. After taxes thats a whole 67 dollars a pay…. and after the…
You Piss Me Off!
To drivers on Inglis st: How fucking hard is it to stop at the crosswalk between Bland and South Bland streets? Whenever I’m about to cross on that crosswalk, I frequently have to wait for a break in traffic because 95% of you won’t STOP for me! Okay, there are a few of you who…
Intensity in Tent City
I took a walk through tent city and tried not to get lost. There are about one thousand tents in a field and this picture only captures a small number of them. Unfortunately (or fortunately?) there are no roads in tent city so navigation can become quite challenging and you may find yourself tripping over…
Evolving the argument
To the editor, As an educator, I feel it is important to address some of the questions David Rimmington poses at the end of his letter in last week’s issue, responding to Tim Bousquet’s movie review of Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed, June 26. Rimmington asks how did a single-celled organism ever know it wanted to…
Newspaper Voyuers.
To all the people who sit in public places and loudly and openly discuss and make comments about people they read about in the paper. Next time you decide to speak aloud and rudely about the people who’s actions make the news, remind yourself that those people have relatives. And those relatives, dont deserve to…
Pink Flamingo on a stick is the new ‘devil horns’
Pictured here is the crowd enjoying a peppy number by Two Hours Traffic.
Rubber Bootstraps
Charlottetown’s Two Hours Traffic take the stage and the crowd starts to fill in and move and shake to some peppy Summer rock anthems. They sounded fabulous. Just ask the guy with the flamingo on a stick.
stankin’ and rankin’
OK….to all you fuckers who literally BATHE in cologne, perfume and “axe body spray”….please, fuck off. there are certain people who seem to follow this smelly faux shower trend, though i wont specify who those certain people are, but 9/10 times its one of you guys/girls that fucking stink. all types of people OD on…
Let’s Get Baked
Here we have Mat Dunlap and Dave Ewenson hanging out on the grass. The pair appeared at the festival to record an on-site episode of their radio show ‘Let’s Get Baked’.
Do or Do not
Following my set, I was greeted by a woman who introduced herself simply as ‘Yoda’. She explained that her name was short for ‘Yodamama’ due to her mothering nature and that she is not in fact a Jedi master. Either way, I’m calling her the next time my X-wing gets stuck in a swamp on…
ugh yuck!
wtf is that horrific stench in the air?! halifax smells like a goddamn shithole! septic stench
Share
The first act I caught Saturday was Share, in full 5-piece band form, performing a set comprised almost entirely of new material. I was completely floored. Having only ever heard Share as a quiet trio, it was an unexpected surprise to see frontman Andrew Sisk throw his guitar to the ground and break into a…
Muddy Waters
The whole drive up Steph and I were wondering if it would pour rain or not, hoping for the latter but preparing for the worst (Well, Steph prepared for the worst and actually brought rubber boots. My preparations for the worst included doing absolutely nothing different than if it were 25 degrees and sunny.) We…
This is not Compton!
Welcome to Nova Scotia- please leave your baggage at the door. If you are not already aware Nova Scotia and Halifax are filled with VERY friendly, courteous and well mannered people. You will not find the same anywhere else. This is small town country. The water is cold here but the people are warm. Don’t…
squeegie kids….
ok so this is to the squeegie kids that loitter (sp) in that lil nook at the QE highschool. you guys beg for respect from the community for your lifestyle choices. how bout giving your community some respect yourself and CLEAN THE FUCK UP AFTER YOURSELF!??? your sleeping quarters at the highschool are disgusting!! my…
noise pollution
ugh, you pathetic attention-seeking assholes who cruise up/down my street, in your pimped-out shitbox cars, blasting insolent NOISE (cuz it’s definitely not fucking music!) over a trunk full of subwoofers that are loud enough to wake the dead. you know what… i’m gonna take a baseball bat to your brain-dead skulls you fucking pieces of…
Thread hi-jackers!!!
I’m tired of the assholes on here that hi-jack the various threads and can’t stay on topic. Fuck you Miles, Qwerty, et al….stay on topic and don’t take this thread off topic!!! you have been warned (not really)
get a personality!!!!
To the idiot at work that has NO personality. You run around the store saying hi everytime you walk by us. You sit in the staff room and stare at us while we eat and chat. Why don’t you get some sort of a personality crack a smile or say something useful you stupid loser.…
Access guaranteed
To the editor, Regarding the “Best of Accessibility award” letter in last week’s edition of The Coast, where a reader states there are many restaurants on the “Best of Food ” list this year that are not wheelchair accessible: I simply wish to clarify that Chives Canadian Bistro has wheelchair access through our Granville Street…
How’s it feel?
To the former panner skrag who used to work the Willow-tree intersection, who’s now camped on the grand parade steps: Feeling the pay cut now, sweetness? Tough titty. I know it was you I saw stealing sick people’s shit at the hospital, so my only regret is that they couldn’t run your scumbag ass just…
It’s In the Cosmos
Carrie Bradshaw and her cosmopolitan-sipping sisters would love Fairview’s new Cosmo Nail Bar and Salon (19 Alma Crest). Instead of sucking back cocktails, owner Chirine Issa offers healthy smoothies to her clients in the lounge/loft style salon. “I entered the industry with goals to open a salon of my own and watch it grow, and…
Long Live the Queen!
All good things come to an end; this saying rang true earlier this month when Dartmouth’s beloved Queen of Cups Restaurant (44 Ochterloney) closed its doors. After 9 years of serving delectable dishes and desserts owner Shelley Goodson made the painful decision to shut down. The good news is the Queen of Cups Too Café…
H&M
Rumours circulated about retail haven H&M opening up in Mic Mall Mall, though nothing can be officially confirmed at this time. Let’s keep our fashion fingers and toes crossed that the 15,000 square feet on the third floor will soon be home to European fashion giant H&M (last time I was in Toronto I spent…
Enough!
Nova Scotia is truly a beautiful province. There are wonderful vistas and picture postcard towns around every turn. We truly are blessed that our government proudly promotes our natural resources worldwide as a tourist destination. If those tourists knew the reality…it’s a false paradise. On a day when an African American speaks to 200,000 Berliners…
irony
one definition of IRONY from merriam websters online: the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning from the princess bride: “you keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.” now you know what it means – don’t use words…
Who’s holding the red pen?
To whom to may concern at the Coast: Who, exactly is editing the Bitches for “grammar and spelling”? Because they need to be disciplined for not doing their job. Proofreader
concert on the hell
I couldn’t afford to go to last weeks’ concert on the hill and was sad to be missing the Black Keys, a band I love. So I went down to the event on my bike in the rain on sunday afternoon, hoping to at least hear them from the edge of the event. I thought…
Breaking news: Twisted Sisters development
Today the court of appeals ruled against United Gulf Development in a case that centers around the proposed Twisted Sisters development in downtown Halifax. In order to move forward with construction of the buildings, United Gulf needed to acquire four lots owned by Pinnacle Developments. The two firms had reached “an agreement to agree” on…
I’ll smoke til I die
Why dont we have a little more respect for you? Smokers are a minority that is most discrimiated against in some places, and w take your shit sitting down. We aren’t even allowed to smoke indoors anymore. Geezus fuck, why dont places put in rooms like Tim Hortons used to have for smokers? Why dont…
Shopping cart bylaw
Chamber of Commerce: “waaaah!” For Immediate Release July 25, 2008, Halifax, NS – The Halifax Chamber of Commerce is frustrated to hear that the Halifax Regional Municipality will enforce a shopping cart bylaw that will penalize the victims of such offenses, businesses. The Nuisance Bylaw covers all “nuisances” from cats to graffiti to shopping carts…
Campbell and Miura on the move
Speaking of busy ladies, singer-songwriters Amy Campbell and Ana Miura are playing this Friday in Hell’s Kitchen (doors 9pm, tickets $8, advance tickets available at Venus Envy). Amy Campbell is a Newfoundland native, and sometime Halifax resident, before she re-located to Ontario. She played with folk rock outfit Stumble, and later co-founded the artist collective…
people
Fucking people. pizza the hut
awful establishment
dear ‘best’ new restaurant, you fucking suck. everyone that works at this place doesn’t know what the hell they are doing. also, where do you guys get off saying that you support local and organic food and use them in your restaurant, when you order your meat from costco??? that’s pretty lame. the service i…
stunned?? the people from this town aren’t
The Brogan’s are arrogant scum with power and influence. You don’t f$#@ with the Brogan’s and get away with it. You see Paddy’s bother Nash is a criminal lawyer too ….sorta the Joel Pink of Cape Breton. They have a rep for being violent, hard partying, organized crime types. This family gets away with murder…
response to puppy blackmail
hey idiot, they also sent out reports saying that people had a certain time to get any unnuetered dogs licensed for 10$. and you cannot get a dog neutered before 6 months so puppies still go for the same price. and if you cant put out a measly 50 $ for your dogs security than…
road rage
what is wrong with halifax drivers now a days, you people dont know or just dont respect what a cross walk is, im sick of everyday i try to take my puppy for a walk i get drivers speeding up to beat me to crosswalks, cars reving thier engines when im passing or like today…
Testing 1..2..3….?
Hello world. I will be heading over to Antigonish early tomorrow (Saturday) morning to begin my weekend coverage of the Evolve festival. For those of you unaware, the festival looks something like this:
Tabloid Journalism
What the hell has happened to the only remaining Halifax daily??? Ever since the Daily News died, the other daily has printed an endless series of ill-informed tabloid articles that were clearly intended only to stir up shit among readers. They’ve gone way past reporting into having many of their articles present editorial opinions as…
A peaceful walk
I recently went for a Sunday stroll in our lovely downtown/waterfront area. I had planned for myself and my companion to enjoy a nice walk and a good conversation. DIDNT HAPPEN. I understand panhandling is a way of life for some people and I gladly help you out when I can but FUCK when you…
Kentucky Fried Chicken Balls?
I noticed recently in my local ‘Dirty Bird’ a sign advertising their new “Taste of Asia” meal. Mystified, I asked myself: Could they be turning over a new leaf? Are they now serving bok choy, sushi, and nice curry perhaps? I admit, I’m a little naive about such matters. So I googled it. Apparently, it’s…
Just trying to See, and you knew it!
So “AL” When we first spoke about the .25ct Diamond and 18kt gold ring I was selling , you first grilled me about Authenticity because I was only asking $150, I told you I broke my glasses and I would even throw in a .33ct Diamond and white gold Necklace for another $50, becasue I…
Worst of Food
I have to say that I was disgusted by the pile of crap that was printed in the most recent Best of Food. What a complete load of shit. There were multiple awards printed in this supposed “voted best” issue that left me thinking I must be going to a different restaurant or cafe under…
more than company
I can’t stand it when waiters/cashiers/taxi drivers eavesdrop on my conversations and try to join in. I know you’re just trying to be friendly, but it really creeps me out. I don’t know you. You’re not my friend. introverted customer
to my ex drunk bastered boyfriend
hey you think you can come to my house last night, say shut up to me. Go ahead YOUR FUCKING CRAZY . you never get any my pussy ever again , i found Someone Else, YOU want to use my as your drunk fist punching bag. even through I screamed for you to stop. YOUR…
Fuck you Paddy Brogan
I just got finished reading the Chronicle Herald’s story on Paddy Brogan in Sydney. This fucking monster was just set free from any responsibility for the death of a little boy when he was admittedly impaired while driving. How the fuck is this possible? Judge Anne Derrick came to the conclusion that no person, sober…
eff you wallet-hoarding whore
to the asshole that stole my wallet from the women’s locker room at dalplex on monday night (between 7-9pm) and then spent $800+ on my mastercard- eff you. i hope you bought something REEEAALLY eff-ing important with that $800 dollars, soooo important that you NEEDED to go into someone else’s backpack and steal a drivers’…
I HATE GREED
While I would LOVE to mention the name of the bank I’m bitching about, I’ll play nice. But you know who you are. You just lost my business, you fucking idiots. I make enough money for you to call me 50 times a day and for you to throw high-interest credit cards at me, but…
Get abreast of the times bub!
To the asshole driving up chebucto rd on saturday who yelled to me to put a bra on, My tits were covered asshole! Who the hell are you to say I or any woman should wear a bra? As long as my tits are covered, what is to you? you don’t like it, don’t look!…
Biggotty bigots
I need a shower. seriously. 20 minute conversation with someone who firmly believed that Pride Events are evil and shouldn’t be allowed to happen because they influence children to experiement and get involved in a dangerous subversive lifestyle they otherwise would have no part of. that parents were the only ones who should be ‘teaching’…
Pretty Fly (For A White Guy)
Dear “guy in the building next to me.” Please, oh dear god please stop playing your bad music ridiculously loud at 5 & 6pm. It’s not the ridiculously loud part that sucks balls. It’s your music. I just don’t know how much more I can take. Seriously, I will come over to your apartment; we…
WTF with Gas Prices?????
Why is it that when world gas prices go up by a dollar or two it affects us at the pump by almost 5 or six cents per litre but when it goes down almost $16.00 in the last two weeks it only moves down by a cent or two???????? Just asking! Got Gas???
Evolving the argument
To the editor, As an educator, I feel it is important to address some of the questions David Rimmington poses at the end of his letter in last week’s issue, responding to Tim Bousquet’s movie review of Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed, June 26. Rimmington asks how did a single-celled organism ever know it wanted to…
Not very smarty ants?
To the editor, Further to Lezlie Lowe’s “Myrmecophobia” column, June 26: One thing that worked for me, years ago, was to first observe how the ants were getting in. They are very methodical creatures. And once they lay down a scent trail, they follow it again and again. After I saw where they were going,…
Not very smarty ants?
To the editor, Further to Lezlie Lowe’s “Myrmecophobia” column, June 26: One thing that worked for me, years ago, was to first observe how the ants were getting in. They are very methodical creatures. And once they lay down a scent trail, they follow it again and again. After I saw where they were going,…
Trimming the Treevenge
Remember two weeks ago, when we told you about Treevenge, Hobo with a Shotgun director Jason Eisener’s new short horror film about angry, revenge-seeking Christmas trees? (Of course you do. No one forgets about revenge-seeking Christmas trees. Unless they want a pine needle in the eye.) In any event: Treevenge, which stars Jonathan Torrens and…
NSDCC has a market, you see
If y’all are looking for a way to spend your time and money this weekend (and you’re finally all Batmanned out), the Nova Scotia Designer Crafts Council’s 32nd annual Summer Craft Market is definitely worth a looksee. Pop on by the parking lot at the corner of Spring Garden and Queen this July 25-27 (10am-8pm…
Bus Stop Vandals
I wish to God I knew who all you little fuckers were that keep defacing and damaging the bus shelters in this city. We fight constantly to have better bus service but Metro transit and the city have to continually spend to clean up and repair these busted shelters. If I EVER catch one of…
Eff U eHarmony
I’m tired of being reminded of how miserable my life is because I have no one to share it with….thanks to eHarmony with your suppertime ads that remind me even moreso….guess I can’t find happiness without love….guess my life is worthless….or so your ads. tell me…..pricks flippin’ the channel
Savage Love
Q I’m a 22-year-old female and the older I get, the more often I am ridiculed by straight men for being ugly. Just last night, a man asked me if I was jealous of my pretty friends and if I wished I could look like them. I know I’m unattractive, but I’ve met wonderful girls,…
Canada opens doors for queer immigrants
Whether you’re a queer refugee seeking a safe place to be who you are, or a same-sex couple that’s happy to finally find a country where you and your partner have some basic civil rights, one thing’s for sure: You’re going to have to get personal. For queer refugees, the high level of personal disclosure…
Evolve Music Festival
Despite 2008 Halifax appearances by C+C Music Factory, The Weakerthans, Holly Cole and David Cassidy, it might just end up being Antigonish that plays host to the best musical talent to come to this province during the International Year of Planet Earth. Now in its ninth year, Antigonish’s eco-friendly Evolve Music Festival has moved beyond…
Crispin Glover’s big talking vaudeville
There’s a line in Wayne’s World 2: Kim Basinger’s character says to Dana Carvey’s Garth Algar, “I just want to climb into that big ol’ brain of yours and walk around.” A number of people probably feel the same way about Crispin Glover. The oddball actor/artist/author/director/musician/producer is one of Hollywood’s kookiest outsiders. (Remember the lawsuit…
Farmers’ market awaits its rainmakers
Citizens have plopped down almost three-quarters of a million dollars of their retirement money to invest in a new harbour-side home for the Halifax Farmers’ Market, bringing the structure one step closer to realization. But while organizers are optimistic, some of the government funds needed to move forward with the project remain unsecured and each…
Fredie’s fantastic fishes
From roadside trailer in Tantallon to the big time at Bayers Lake, Fredie’s Fantastic Fishouse has consistently offered quality
Cell phone hell
I have this cell phone plan—free evenings and weekends and 300 daytime minutes a month. But I’ve recently come across a better offer. So I’ll ditch the cellphone—Motorola 120c, circa 2002—and buy, as a replacement, not the newest and holiest of holies, the iPhone G3, but, instead, a watch. You know? Tick-tock? Instead of the…
The Hold Steady
Published July 31, 2008. The Hold Steady Stay Positive (VAGRANT) Dropping a Hold Steady record in the middle of summer is like releasing a foreign documentary against a superhero movie—why bother with a quality attempt when The Ting Tings and Lil’ Wayne will dominate the season? Because sometimes the movie is Onceand it turns out…
True love makes the rules
First thing’s first: “I’ve got no plans to leave the Emergency,” says drummer Dave Marsh (longtime rhythmic backbone of Halifax rockers The Joel Plaskett Emergency, and of The Super Friendz). “I’m not leaving that paycheque and my fondness for ‘Joely’ and the tunes…It stems from being a drummer. I love collaboration and playing in a…
War on the poor
It’s been almost 19 years since the House of Commons voted unanimously to seek the elimination of child poverty by the year 2000. Yet nothing has changed. In 1989, 11.7 percent of Canadians under 18 lived below the poverty line. Today it’s still 11.7 percent. Meantime, the so-called war on child poverty has morphed into…
Guerilla GayFare takes over
“Excuse me,” says Joe Stewart to the man in the black shirt. For the past 20 minutes Stewart had watched the man hit on a group of frustrated women. “See all of us in the red t-shirts? We’re gay.” Thirty queers gathered at the Split Crow last month to take part in the fifth monthly…
Halifax Pride Week 2008: Pride moves forward
Bob Fougere spent the better part of a decade working with the Nova Scotia Rainbow Action Project, and was instrumental in bringing same-sex legislation to Nova Scotia. Benjie Nycum was a co-founder of Young Gay America and the associated YGA Magazine, promoting community among gay youth. He is currently working as an architect. Daniel MacKay…
WetSpot promises to be a corker
If Pride is considered gay New Year then WetSpot is the cuvee de prestige of champagnes. Created and hosted by Girl-ish Productions, co-founded by Maggie Haywood and Leigh James Brown, WetSpot intends to metaphorically and figuratively flood the three floors of the Argyle Bar & Grill with bubbles, balloons and super-soaker water guns July 26.…
The Dark Knight
It’s taken almost 20 years for Hollywood to envision the kind of Batman that has appeared in the comics since the 1970s. First and foremost, The Dark Knight is an intense crime drama, with the broader superhero tropes underplayed. This is always how Batman has worked best on the page: more noirish grit, less fetishizing…
Just Buried treasure
Originally, Just Buried, Halifax filmmaker Chaz Thorne’s directorial debut, was “about this herbal supplement company—and the reason nobody was dying was because everyone was under 45 and insanely healthy,” Thorne said last August, before the film’s premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. “It was much broader and satirical. Where it ended up was a…
Mamma Mia!
This is exactly the kind of movie that drives audiences to label critics as whiny, stuffy and out-of-touch, because you can bet many will deride this adaptation of the massively popular ABBA stage musical. We’ll probably write that the story of a girl (Amanda Seyfried, the murdered teen from the first season of Veronica Mars)…
Fan fiction: Truth be told
Date: Wed, 11 Dec 1996 12:38:47 -0400From: Tara Leigh Thorne To: x-files-fanfic@chaos.taylored.comSubject: Serious (1/?) Okay, so this is my first attempt at fanfic. Be kind. A lot of ‘Shippers won’t like it, but OH WELL. Feedback appreciated at as346@chebucto.ns.ca. Flames used to heat my home, situated smack dab in a Canadian winter. “Serious” By Tara…
