Putting The Ass In Gold Class

We established long ago thatmovies and the theatre experience are for shit,but that’s not stopping a group of investors from pouring $200 million into something calledVillage Roadshow Gold Class Cinemas. What exactly is a Village Roadshow Gold Class Cinema, you ask. Well for starters, it’s a place where a movie ticket will cost you $35. …

You Do, I Do, Everyone Everywhere Loves, The Spring

Did anyone else have to sing that little ditty for the music festival? Did anyone else wonder what a hey ding-a-ding was? Apologies for butchering the spelling, I can’t find the lyrics anywhere! I can’t remember if it had some kind of weird title, but typing in the few bits I remember from when I …

Maybe You Don’t Need A Hard Hat Because You’re Hard-Headed

Grrr. This shit is what turns the public off of human rights lawsuits. Mander Singh Sohal and Kalwant Singh Sahota are two Sikh men working in a sawmill in B.C. Now that the boss brought in an obligatory hard hat policy to lower injury risk, they’re suing, even though they’ve been offered a job for …

The Babs Journal: Day 19 (May 27, 2005) and Beyond!

Wow! I awaken for the last time in the training centre. I get up, and I get ready. Everything but the bare necessities are packed. I’m attempting to squeeze the last of it into the suitcase. It all goes in and wow, not even a really split zipper. But it was close for sure. A …

A Penny Saved Is A Nickel Down The Drain

There’s a chance, albeit a slim one, that theditch the pennycrusademight be getting somewhere. The NDP’s Pat Martin introduced a private member’s bill yesterday calling foran end to the pennyin Canada for all the reasons I’ve been harping on, mainly that the things cost more to make than they’re actually worth and that people don’t …

All Things Bizarre And Blind-Related

Jill asked for examples of some stupid things people have said/done because of the blink factor. Oh boy you have come to the right place! Because we have some fun posts to do with this, I just decided to try and compile them into a cacophony of holy shit that’s dumb! Hmmm where do we …

He’s Madder Than Hell, But Him I Can’t Blame, If Treated As Poorly, I’d Feel The Same

Here’s reason 38 gazillion 547 why The Onion is the best site on the internet…other than this one of course. Stop Making Movies About My Books By Dr. Seuss Did you learn all but squat from The Cat In The Hat? Please tell me you fired the prick who made that. I would have stopped …

Dude, Where’s Our Building?

This story sounds like it was written just for us. Not only is it heavy on irony, but the ridiculous theft element is also in full effect. The Austrian village of Traismauer has a crime problem. Solution? Build a new youth centre and use it to get local youngsters involved in productive and positive activities. …

The Babs Journal: Day 18 (May 26, 2005)

Well it’s over. It’s all over. And I leave tomorrow. Scary eh? Ready or not, here I come. Looks like we were heavy on the not ready side. Today was fun. In the morning we were real weasels. We managed to take a walk near where we got our photos done. The reason? There was …