Commercial Break. (An SoA Guest Post)

My dear readers, you may have noticed a trend here at State of Affairs lately: namely, guest blogs.  The fact is I’ve had less and less time to devote to the blog over the last few months for a variety of reasons (only a few of which I’m able to talk about), but despite my inability to update, we have come too far together for me to abandon you and my precious webspace to internet anonymity.  So I pick the best and the brightest of my Correspondents to fill in for me during this tumultuous time.  Among my favourite bloggers on the interwebs is my good friend Lu Galasso from Inching Towards Mediocrity who has been featured here at SoA in the past, and he’s kindly agreed to fill in another of his famous Best Of Lists for today’s installment.  Take it away Lu!

(Not Lu Galasso).

Fahrenheit 416: Toronto School Board Advocates Banning Harper Lee?

*ALEX JAMES UPDATE: See additional comments at the end of this article addressing new developments*

Crisp autumn weather? Check. Tasty Irish Cream coffee? Check. Impending head cold due to barometric pressure change? Check. Healthy dose of righteous indignation courtesy of reading ten seconds of news? Double-fucking-check.

Advertising and You: Big Brother is Watching

Ever get the feeling you’re being watched? And I don’t mean being spied upon by that creepy stalker girl you dated for a week and then dumped, who six months later still hangs around outside your house wearing nothing but a trench coat, trying to tempt you with her less-than-stellar attributes into taking her back.