The Mogo Blog

Recently, I was roped into babysitting a friend of a friend’s kids while they were in the hospital having another baby, and I found myself terrified. Not of the kids themselves—though they were certainly little handfuls—but of dead air. Now I understand how radio deejays must feel when trying to fill the time, because it seems like there’s never enough to do. Kids have crazy energy and short attention spans, which you can intellectually know, but until you really experience it first hand you don

Summer concert season is upon us—lasting roughly from spring to early fall in this country (a few crazy bands tour in the winter. To you I say BRR!!). Canada seems to have more touring acts than ever before, and there is great music to be had in the months ahead. Here are my top picks for the best (and cheapest) Canadian concert tours to look forward to: 1. Dan Mangan/Rural Alberta Advantage – Fall, Across Canada BC’s Mr. Nice Guy meets the alt-rock champs of the prairies on a cross-Canada jau

Road trips are one of the best things about the summertime, but for those of in the over-thirty category (ie: those of us who aren’t willing to just pull over and sleep in our cars if it gets too late), having somewhere awesome to lay your head at the end of the day is as important, if not more so, than planning the driving—or the snacks. In the last few years, my wife and I have taken a bunch of road trips around the country and south of the border. We also did a bit of road tripping in Europe

With Canada Day fast approaching, the Globe and Mail has put out a quiz to let you know what kind of Canadian you are. Click through here [http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/what-kind-of-canadian-are-you-take-our-unscientific-canada-day-quiz/article4367743/] to answer a few questions to see what geographic region of the country you most represent (and the answer could surprise you!). Be prepared to answer a few politically charged questions as the Globe’s staff tries to predict your

So, this is pretty awesome: Forbes recently did the math on which fictional characters are the richest, and then Buzzfeed [http://www.buzzfeed.com/keenan/forbes-15-richest-fictional-characters] made the list easier to read and prettier (for the record, I read about this on the awesome new money website, The Billfold [http://thebillfold.com/2012/04/rich-people-real-and-fake/]). The list is pretty entertaining, for obvious reasons (Forrest Gump’s shrimp made him very rich, you guys). What was fun