Yesterday, I got an email that made me shake my head and question reality. Had I fallen into a parallel universe? Was I still sleeping? If I was awake, had the world changed as I slept? I got an email that told me I should read it immediately and let everyone know of its contents. …
Monthly Archives: February 2007
Oh…My…Lord!
this story sounded so stupid when I first read it that I thought it couldn’t possibly be true. So certain was I that Ananova had been taken for a ride that I went and did some looking around. In doing so I learned 2 things. Yes, these people really did change the name of the …
Peter Peter Courgette Eater
Russian man divorces wife over pumpkin pie I have nothing to say other than that the quote at the end of this story nearly made me spit water all over myself.
They’ll Get a Brain Freeze before a Tuition Freeze
Ug protesters. That’s all I can say when I read this story. When will students realize that yelling protest slogans, tacking signs on awnings and handing MPP’s report cards with F’s for accessibility and A’s for student debt doesn’t do anything in the long term? It gets momentary attention, but nothing happens. I may have …
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What A Bunch Of Boobs
This is just ridiculous. The Breast Cancer Society of Canada has rejected a large donation from a group called Exotic Dancers for Cancer because some of their other donors don’t support the charity having a connection to such a group. I can’t put into words how sad and pathetic it is that anyone would have …
A B C D PHD
Well, here comes some more juice on our ten-year-old university students. It looks like their mom is at least behind the human rights complaint. After reading this one, I think I can hit everybody in this thing with the wierd stick. Here I go. First let’s hit the mother with the weird stick. She said …
Slippery Slope or Safe Path?
Have you ever read a story that makes sense and doesn’t make sense all at the same time? I just read one. Brain injury experts are trying to say that people who go tobogganing should wear helmets! What? Yep, they say that they should wear helmets. My first response was, jesus lord this is another …
Child Prodigies?
Wow. While I was reading the paper, I came across this story. Twins, 10, fight expulsion from University of Ottawa OTTAWA (Jan 30, 2007) Accusations of age discrimination are being lobbed at the University of Ottawa by 10-year-old twins who were registered in a course before being expelled in the fall. Sebastien and Douglas Foster …
I Did What?
For the benefit of those of you using screen readers, here’s a small tip about new blogger. When you visit a blog that’s using the new version, you might see something in the top frame that leads you to believe that you have somehow reported the site to Blogger’s administrators for deletion. You haven’t. Even …
Yeah baby we…um, er, got it?
I think, er, we, er, switched! After a bit of nashing of teeth, I think we came out unscathed. Hope and pray. I guess this will tell me.