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10 Strategies & Arguments for Rob Ford’s Appeal

Tuesday, November 27th, 2012

Here are some strategies and arguments Toronto Mayor Rob Ford could submit to the judge for his appeal of his dismissal from office over a conflict of interest conviction: Submit your argument on city letterhead, that always looks impressive. Argue that you can’t be convicted of violating a law you never read.  Your testimony was… Continue Reading 10 Strategies & Arguments for Rob Ford’s Appeal

Lunch Blog

Wednesday, May 30th, 2012

I’ve started a new lunch blog! I encourage you to check it out at mattclare.ca/lunch-blog/ The site is obviously more of a joke at the expense of my daily lunch at Brock University of two penut butter and jam sandwiches that I slather in double fruit jam and chunky penut butter before I leave for… Continue Reading Lunch Blog

My collection of RIMZingers

Monday, September 19th, 2011

My top-five Research In Motion jokes about their streak of poor products and refusal to attribute their current situation to their unconventional Co-CEO model: Research In Motion is said to be losing so much money now that Gary Bettman and the city of Glendale are interested in investing. At RIM our motto is “The buck… Continue Reading My collection of RIMZingers

On Vancouver Riots and Mob Justice 2.0

Monday, June 20th, 2011

I’ve been listening to and reading about the aftermath of the Vancouver riots and I still can’t muster up any sympathy for those outed as suspects in the rampage “by the internet”. The specific example of Nathan Kotylak is the most interesting at the moment. He appears to have paid the highest cost for his… Continue Reading On Vancouver Riots and Mob Justice 2.0

Results Canadians Have Been Waiting For

Monday, May 2nd, 2011

Here are the results you’ve been waiting for: the results of RimCount.com tracking of the Roll Up The Win Campaign from a large Canadian Coffee and Donut chain. RimCount.com collected tweets with the hastag #rolluptherim and extracted ratios and recorded them. The site really took off when it started tweeting back with the Twitter account… Continue Reading Results Canadians Have Been Waiting For