Of all the sites on the internet, this is one.
Why is it that when I actually know somebody who’s making the news, the story is rarely under headlines like “Area Man Named Citizen Of The Year”, “Local Family Wins Lottery” or “Hometown Woman’s Medical Breakthrough Could Save Thousands”? My people tend to accompany things like Mother And Daughter Seriously Injured By Distracted Driver, School …
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Update 2: Your phone should be working now, says Rogers. Update: Rogers is confirming that the outage is a national thing and that text messages are a part of it. A little while ago, Carin was trying and failing to make cell phone calls. She asked me to call her to make sure there was …
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I like you. Well, sort of. I’ve voted NDP provincially since I’ve been old enough to vote because I liked Howard Hampton and because locally they’ve tended to field the candidates that impressed me the most, but you guys winning was always fine with me. If I’m not getting what I voted for, the next …
The story is a few months old and the issue has supposedly been fixed, but it’s worth a mention anyway just because it’s one of those things that happened. Plus the UK tag needs some love, and what says UK tag more than holding disability claim hearings on the 4th floor of a building, then …
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This is why your mom always told you to flush the toilet when you were done. Well ok, maybe not this specifically because I doubt your mom anticipated she’d be raising a criminal fool, but it would be pretty embarrassing to have your dumb ass hauled in for first-degree burglary because you didn’t listen to …
Brazilian MMA Fighter Dies Minutes Before Weigh-In I’ve been waiting for this to happen, and I’m surprised it’s taken this long. If a couple of these don’t prove to everyone in MMA/boxing/amateur wrestling/any other stupid ass weight cutting sport you can think of that weight cutting is ridiculous and dumb, I don’t know what will. …
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Everybody has the right to make a dollar. I respect that. But these ads on YouTube videos are getting way the hell out of hand. I just watched a 47 second video preceded by, no joke, a 2 minute advertisement. And this isn’t the first time this has happened. Not by a long shot. I …
Two people have just learned something. Me, and Vinnie Catricala of the Midland RockHounds baseball team. That thing? It is possible to strike out on just 1 pitch. Turns out there’s a rule covering this, but it’s so rarely enforced that almost no one who doesn’t study these things day in and day out knows …
Yesterday I reminded everyone that we’re happy to take guest posts, and this morning I got another one. It’s from Gill, and it’s a wee little reminder to sighted people that blind folks do, in fact, have lives, and a bit of encouragement to the blind folks who haven’t quite figured that out yet. Remember, …
After I posted the what it’s like when a hockey player is traded article last week, I got a tweet telling me that I should read this Brett Popplewell profile piece on Ryan Freel. If you don’t remember who Ryan Freel is, don’t feel bad. You’re not alone. His name hadn’t crossed my mind since …
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