Have You Guys Heard About That Thing Where You Hear About Something And Then Everybody Else Suddenly Hears About It?

You ever notice how sometimes you’ll come across a band or a TV show that nobody in the world seems to know about, but then once you know about it it’s suddenly everywhere? That happens to me all the time, and apparently it has a name and is based on a couple of psychological principles. …

Some Bad Losing Streaks And A Good Thing About The Blue Jays

Mercifully, we’re finally nearing the end of the festering shitheap that has been the 2013 Toronto Blue Jays season. It’s been awful, simple as that. It’ll be a miracle if they manage to break the .500 mark or even get close to it. But since I am, believe it or not, somewhat of an optimist, …

Nomorobo, A Spam Filter For Your Phone

Aaron Ross just won $50,000 from the FTC in a contest that asked people to invent something that would help put an end to those annoying telemarketing robocalls. His invention, called Nomorobo, sounds reasonably simple to set up and I’d really like to try it. Tell us how it works. If you have Simultaneous Ring …

Kids Are A Money Pit, Part 1182: Being The Tooth Fairy Ain’t Cheap Anymore

Pardon me while I have myself an old man moment. In my day, we were happy to get anything at all from the Tooth Fairy. I got everything from a few pennies to a loonie once or twice when they were just new to even totally forgotten one time when I used to stay through …

Sing This Instead Of Happy Birthday, Avoid Getting Sued

This may come as a shock, but pretty much all of us (myself included) are lawbreakers. Even worse, we’re serial lawbreakers. And unfortunately, this serial lawbreaking behaviour started at a very young age and was passed down to us and nurtured by our parents. If you think I’m crazy, ask yourself a question: Have I …

No Sam, That’s Not How Breakdancing Works

I’m not sure which hallucinogenic substance police suspect Sam Schauer of being under the influence of, but if it’s going to have me running in circles and dancing around naked in a busy street, giving a running, flying, windshield shattering ass to a complete stranger’s car and drinking out of road puddles, I think I’ll …

Just Admit You Did It, You Pussy

What are the chances that the same cat that’s telling James Anthony Shroyer to rob banks, steal cars and run down the cops is the same little 4-pawed criminal bastard who downloaded all that child pornography onto the computer of poor, unsuspecting Keith R. Griffin all those years ago? During an interview with troopers at …

The Final Round Of Doggie Updates…For Now!

I think, maybe, this will be my last completely dog-focused post for a while. *puffpuff*. That was a lot of notes. I learned a lot more about Tansy the plant when Steve and I went to Cambridge Centre one Sunday. We met a lady who dyes her own yarn, and she says she uses Tansy …

Tansy Updates, Great And Small, Part V

Is anybody bored yet? *hopes not* I’ve amassed an insane pile of observations, but maybe this stuff is only fun for me. About that, it seems with Tansy, I have this need to try and capture everything. I have tried to record her labby loops around the living room. I have tried to observe everything …