This sounds like all kinds of fun and I want to play it. The London, Ont., teenagers behind “American Dictator,” a board game inspired by Donald Trump’s second term as U.S. president, are celebrating a major milestone. The team of 19 neighbourhood kids has sold more than 20,000 copies of their game to buyers in …
Author Archives: Steve Wettlaufer
I’m On Bees
For all I know, bee bed therapy could be the greatest thing ever. Maybe it really does do wonders for the body and mind. But personally, I’m skeptical. I can’t recall a single time when the sound of a swarm of insects has calmed me down and bees generally scare the crap out of me …
Putting Some Local Back Into The Local Mall
Clearly I need to spend more time over at the mall. A new, rather fun sounding store opened there over the summer and this is the first I’m hearing of it. The Local opened on Saturday in Fairview Park Mall, bringing together about 80 Canadian vendors in one space. Co-owners Lorenz and Rizzy Manaig started …
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Seems Like A Worthy Cause
My sleep is kinda jacked up thanks to Carin’s travel schedule, so I’m pretty sure that’s why this is as funny as it is. Habitat For Insanity Invests 35 Million Seashells Into Building Affordable Teeth LOONSVILLE, MI—Calling the initiative an urgently needed infusion of resources into the organization’s core mission, the nonprofit Habitat for Insanity …
Happy Birthday To Me. Yup, That’s Definitely Me
The thing I’m most curious about here probably isn’t what most of you would consider the obvious one. We’ll get to that. But what I really want to know is why buddy here needed three birthday cakes. Were they all for him? How big was that party? Or does he just happen to have a …
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It Was Perhaps My Destiny To Be In Bees
This poor woman didn’t wind up getting stung nearly as many times as most of the folks who find themselves in this section, but when you get stung by a bunch of bees and your name is Honeycombe, things like quantity and severity matter a lot less than they normally would. Caroline Honeycombe, her sister …
Ended By The Brute Of Another
When the time comes for me to leave this world, I would like for my exit to be a largely painless, peaceful affair. I have no interest in a demise such as being crushed beneath a tour bus, for instance. But if by some cruel twist of fate I should one day come to find …
The Dumbest Answer Is Often The Right One, The Hot Dog Edition
All of us, at least once in our lives, has asked ourselves one question. Why in the name of god do hot dogs come in packs of 10 but the damn buns come in packs of eight? Turns out that the answer is as predictably annoying and stupid as you thought it was. The two …
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The Following Section Should Probably Be Removed Before You Begin Reading Aloud
A New Brunswick politician has chalked up a dubious world’s first for Canada by reading out AI prompts in an official speech. In a June 9 speech to the legislative assembly, Progressive Conservative Bill Oliver read out the following line from a prepared text: “Here’s a more natural flowing version of that section that reads …
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I’m Back, Like A Yak!
The folks who brought you Red Hot Chili Peppers for people who don’t like Red Hot Chili Peppers proudly present, “What AC/DC sounds like to people who don’t like AC/DC”. I quite enjoy AC/DC as do many of you I’m sure, but this is pretty accurate if we’re all being honest with ourselves.