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Every Canadian knows of a wonderful, magical place that can cure all your ills, and fill you in a way no other fast food restaurant can or wants to. It is a place worthy of an epic journey, a la Harold & Kumar.

“It” is White Castle.

Last month, I had the good fortune of spending a few days in beautiful Northern Kentucky, famously (mis)marketed as the South Side of Cincinnati (The mis-marketing is a topic for another time and place. Let’s leave it at: I’d never be happy living someplace that built its identity in relation to a bigger, better place. I know, I know, Canada… but here we are). It is also home to a vast array of liquor and tobacco shops, a “main strasse” (I don’t know why they pulled out the German there) and a White Castle. Read more

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If there are two things in this world that I love, they are TED talks and John Hodgman (the order is unimportant). I haven’t yet gotten around to picking up his new book, More Information than You Require, though I fully intend to as soon as my reading list dwindles a bit. In the meantime, here is a bit of a diversion for you all: