Life

Headline of the Day: “Blockbuster Worker Stabbed Himself in the Leg in a Ploy to Miss Work”

The amount of work people do in order to avoid work never ceases to amaze me. If there’s a prize…

16 years ago

I Do Not Think That Word Means What Fox News Thinks It Means

Two out of three races is pretty good, but it’s not a sweep.

16 years ago

Algoma University’s Unusual Ads

I saw these posters for Algoma University yesterday: There’s always been an implicit promise of freedom in going away to…

16 years ago

Spider-Man on Chat Rooms

This article also appears in Global Nerdy.

16 years ago

R.I.P. Hank Young, the “Gladstone Cowboy”

Hank Young, country-and-western musician from Halifax turned Gladstone Hotel character-at-large, died of a stroke this past weekend at the age…

16 years ago

The “High-Brow/Low-Brow” Chart

I don't know when this chart classifying the spectrum of tastes from high-brow to low-brow was created, but the graphic…

16 years ago

Burger King’s Windows 7 Whopper

To celebrate the release of Windows 7, Japanese Burger King franchises are offering a Windows 7 Whopper with 7 patties,…

16 years ago

WIND Mobile’s Videos: Funny. Canadian Mobile Phone Situation: Not So Funny.

I have no idea if WIND Mobile is going to be able to deliver what they promise – a mobile…

16 years ago

Bright Lights, Big Macs

The map below shows AggData’s map of the continental United States visualizing distances to the nearest McDonald’s. The closer a…

16 years ago

Highly Unrecommended: Bacon and Cheese Stuffed Pizza Burger

This recipe is worth it for the combination of the words “bacon” and “dreamcatcher”. I don’t recommend actually making this…

16 years ago