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Pictured below is a device branded as “Cure Sleepiness Right Away”, which fits over your ear and lets out a piercing beep when your head tilts forward. Near the bottom of the package, it says:

Especially suitable for long-distance driving, drunk driving and night driving

Photo courtesy of Miss Fipi Lele.

You can see the device in action in the episode of Kenny vs. Spenny shown below, in which Kenny and Spenny’s contest is to see who can stay awake the longest. The device appears at the 2 minute, 44 second mark:

Here’s another “generator” along the lines of the Self-Cutting Generator I wrote about yesterday: The Punk Rock Jacket Generator. An example of its output is shown below:

Adam Riff checks in on the television show Degrassi: The Next Generation and stumbles into this scene:

Emma: My home life sucks!

Damian: Check this out. A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers. He’s my favourite author.

Emma: Wow! You’re the first guy I’ve met who even has a favourite author.

Damian: His life goes haywire and he just…deals.

Emma: I could learn a thing or two from that!

Damian: Call me later. I’d love to hear what you think of the book.

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Damian: Still working on the book?

Emma: I’m STAGGERED by its genius!

Damian: Clever…

Emma: Eggers! Eggers! Come!

A dog approaches.

Damian: You got a dog?

Emma: Yeah. I found him on Craigslist. I named him “Eggers.” Maybe we can walk him together!

Two thoughts:

• Someone should notify Dave Eggers. I think he’d get a kick out of this.
• The character of Emma perfectly illustrates the depth to which most people engage literature.

Photo courtesy of Miss Fipi Lele.

[This was also posted on Global Nerdy.]

Here are two more “Damn Right Your Dad Drank It” Canadian Club ads in the same spirit as the ones I covered earlier (here and here). Both these posters were on the boarded-up windows of the as-yet-unpurchased former location of “The 360” on Queen Street West:

“Crotch rocket” may be a slang term for “motorcycle”, but someone’s decided to make it a little more literal:

Photo courtesy of Miss Fipi Lele.

At last, an explanation for that disturbance in the Force that I’ve been sensing all day: Emma Watson, “Hermione” from the Harry Potter films, turns 18 today.

My advice for today: if you’re about to enter a room with a computer and the door is closed, knock first. You will thank me.

I think I’m going to stay the hell away from online chats and discussion boards tonight, as it’s gonna get icky.