November was a big month for music in Halifax! Matt Mays, The Sheepdogs, The Stanfields, The Trews and Theory of a Deadman all put on sold out shows. There were also numerous big announcements for Halifax’s music scene looking ahead for 2012. I got the chance to see many of the concerts in the month of November and excited for …
Huskies suffer close-call loss on home turfBy: Mark Moffatt On Saturday, September 15, 2012 the Saint Mary’s Huskies’ had their first home football game of the season against the Sherbrooke Vert et Or in a non-conference game. The Huskies fans created a raucous atmosphere at the Stadium by showing up dressed and painted in their school colours; cheering their home …
Honesty for the sake of living well Mark Mercer Alasdair MacIntyre, a philosophy professor at the University of Notre Dame, in Indiana, has formulated what I believe is a deep and compelling argument in favour of honesty. The discussion below draws on MacIntryre’s thought, especially as expressed in his book After Virtue. Our initial question was this: Is it wise …
A local woman says she was inspired to help men make he-friends, via man-dates, after watching the new comedy “I Love You, Man”. In the film, friendless Peter Klaven goes on a series of man-dates to find a Best Man for his wedding, and Halifax’s Lydia Newcombe had an epiphany. She realized that she could set up a business to …
From high atop my building’s roof on Saturday night, Halifax was not all that dark. From 8:30pm to 9:30pm there should have been drastically less lights on. I expected to go up there and see the city dim all at once, but I was wrong. So I came back inside, turned on some lights and watched TV. It was there …
The Saint Mary’s Journal refuses to take part in such a deceptive practice, though.
At What Point is it Creepy? So it’s pretty obvious that Facebook has infiltrated our lives and that some people (most?) have searched for someone that they didn’t really know, in hopes of learning more about them (read: seeing more pictures). Part of me thinks that it’s pretty creepy to do so, but are there some situations under which it’s …
Oh, how I love words. I love playing with them. Apparently not all words are created equal, however. If you’re near a computer, try this for yourself (see if it still applies): 1. Go to www.google.com (is there a way to NOT get to .ca?)2. Click on Preferences to the right of the search box.3. Scroll down to Safe Search …
If not, you better ask somebody! I checked out a great forum that I frequent from time to time (http;//www.howardforums.com), in search of an answer to a Blackberry problem. I did solve the problem, but of course I wound up getting sucked into different topics altogether. One of the people who posted a comment had an interesting link in his …