Monthly Archives: November 2003

My birthday is coming up next week.

My birthday is coming up next week. Now, aside from begging for/asking for/politely pointing out neat gift ideas, I try to keep things low-key. I don’t really need a party or boozefest; I’ve got better things to worry about, like whether or not I’ll get everything I want.
The way I see it, if [...]

Maher Arar’s statement

Sometimes I think my life is the shits. Then I read stuff like this and realize how good things really are. From the November 5 edition of the Globe and Mail, I present the statement of Maher Ahar, the Syrian-born Canadian citizen deported from the United States back to the Middle East, rather than Ottawa. [...]