Toronto restaurant and bar Sassafraz burned down today, victim to a fast-moving kitchen fire (and kitchen fires are always fast, really).
I’ve never been there because…well, because I just know I’d hate it. But here’s the backstory:

The Sassafraz is one of the places to go stargazing, particularly during the Toronto International Film Festival but year-round [...]

So a few days ago I posted on Swivel, a data mash site where “curious people explore all kinds of data”. It’s a great concept, and I’m hoping it has some legs.
But open-source democracy is a funny thing. I went to the site today and this was the lead story:

I love it. I absolutely [...]

Via Dlisted, I just found out that the drunken frat boys who were attempting to sue the producers of Borat for depicting them as…well, as themselves.
Two college, frat boys have lost at an attempt to get their scene removed from the film “Borat.” In the movie the boys are depicted as booze guzzling idiots [...]