FTRW 2009 – A Collection of Truly Offensive Jokes (Not For the Faint-Hearted) (Feb 27, 2009)

Reddit recently had a question posted asking their community to submit the most offensive joke(s) they knew.  There's some pretty disturbing material here and if you doubt the

FTRW 2009 – Burn Before Reading: A Hot List of Banned Books

Here's an article about FTRW that appeared in Xtra.ca (“Where Queers Conspire”).  They asked various Canadian literary types and free speech proponents to give their thoughts on some

FTRW 2009 – Margaret Atwood Debates Ducking Dubai While Being Challenged in Canada

What's FTRW without a couple stories about Peggy Atwood…  Her books are currently being challenged in a Toronto school by a parent who says: “…if students repeated some

FTRW 2009 – Music Monday – "You May Take Offense/To A Word Like Fuck or Shit (DICK!)" (Feb 23, 2009)

This was a popular song when I was in undergrad around the time that Nobel Peace Prize winner, Al Gore's wife, Tipper was contributing to greenhouse gases by

FTRW 2009 – Happy Freedom to Read Week (Feb 22-28)

Canada’s Freedom to Read Week begins today and continues until February 28. As I did last year and the year before, I’m planning to do a week long

Friday Fun Link – 25 Things I Hate About Facebook (Feb 20, 2009)

I did a “Seven Things You Don't Know About Me” mini-meme but I haven't succumbed to the pressure to do the full “25 Things” meme that's going around. 

Obama Comes To…Saskatchewan?

I was happy to see that after a long absence, the Sask Blogs aggregator is back up and running, better than ever. I was perusing it last night

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