Went to Chicago, had a GREAT time. Best trip I’ve ever taken. Just me and my wife getting a chance to reconnect on our own. No schedules, no pressures. Amazing. Chicago remains my favourite American city. So much to do, awesome food. Second City mainstage was unbelievable. Saw the Tedeschi Trucks band at the Chicago Theater, really cool. It’s basically a cooler Toronto. More importantly…relaxed for a minute. Haven’t done that in a long time....
‘An overwhelming acquittal’ That’s how a colleague described the following excerpt from a recently released Quebec criminal case. Pretty funny stuff. Check it out: CONCLUSION [173] Having considered the evidence as a whole, it is common ground that the Crown has failed to prove the accused’s guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. [174] In the modern-day vernacular, people often refer to a criminal case “being thrown out”. Obviously, this is little more than a figurative expression....
Ultron. In all his glory. Everybody is FREAKING OUT about AI For the past few years, but particularly since the release of ChatGPT late last year, there’s been a growing panic about AI taking over the world. Now artificially intelligent robots taking over the world isn’t any sort of new idea. It’s been depicted in science fiction pretty much forever. I could’ve picked any number of examples from popular media....