Some unexpected violence and conflict broke out at the Toronto D20 Conference between stalwart adventurers and a dungeon master (DM) whose actions have been described by attendees as “power-mad” and “utterly unrealistic”.
The D20 Conference is an annual event held between the world’s highest-leveled Dungeons & Dragons characters, and a magnet of media interest in the [...]
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(Ottawa, ON) In a meeting with Quebec Premier Jean Charest earlier today, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper gradually came to realize that the hundreds-year history of Quebecois nationalism was part of a meticulously-orchestrated hoax. The practical joke, which included conspirators dating as far back as New France founder Samuel de Champlaign, constitutes one of the [...]
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a) Let them eat cake (from our vernissage/zine launch).
b) Cocaine is okay now because Hugo Chavez.
c) Xx_Walter Benjamin_xX
d) A facebook picture of you and Jack Layton drinking workingman-sized pints in the campus bar.
e) The word “now” coupled with an exclamation mark.
f) Taking the manager of Franx Supreme to task for having the tenacity to run [...]
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by Bilyana Ilievska
So just now I accidentally hit refresh on my “Whisper of the Heart” divx download, and found myself with about an hour to kill. Anyways, heres what happens when you put all our faces together. I wont show you the parent images because I’m too lazy:
This is Deanna and Lee: Deanna, as a [...]
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by BILYANA ILIEVSKA In the cold blustery winter of 2003 I was a student and a waitress in Montreal. I lived in a mid-sized studio apartment in the Shaughnessy Village, a neighborhood so devoid of local flavor that few of its inhabitants know its official zoning name. At that time I was spending night and [...]
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By LEE TIPTON
…and this is my “office”, so to speak. Why yes, Mike, that is a mini-fridge. I’m pretty sure I could paint in here if I wanted to. Just don’t feel like it. It’d involve unplugging and moving the old M-fridge, which has beers in it. Usually. And the beers that are usually [...]
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Why stay at home and watch Freaks (1932), when you can go outside and watch Freaks (now)?
Montreal is awesome because everyone is on welfare and down on their luck. Because of this, they’re really angry, and will do crazy shit that doesn’t fly anywhere else. Often, because I’m a glutton for punishment I will go [...]
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