Two families move from Afghanistan to America. When they arrive, the fathers make each other a bet: In a year’s time, whichever family has become more American wins. Time passes, and soon it’s time for them to meet again and compare notes. “Today I had a McDonald’s breakfast, bought a case of Budweiser, and I’m …
Monthly Archives: October 2015
Mike McCormick Is Not Impressed With You, Renfrew
This one probably isn’t going to stick in everyone’s head the way that last one did, but you let the man down. You don’t deserve an earworm.
Mild Temper, Medium Temper, Hot Temper
I don’t have anything witty to add to the case of the salsa slasher, so let’s just get right to the details, shall we? The Northeast Ohio Media Group reports that, Sunday evening, Phyllis Jefferson, 50, let her boyfriend know that he was eating too much of their salsa. He apparently continued to eat the …
Train In Vain, The Dwight Yoakam Edition
So our friend Barb just laid Dwight Yoakam’s cover of Train in Vain on me. Boy is it great. So great that I’m not allowed to embed it, apparently. Why are people still allowed to do that, anyway? When I’m in charge that sort of thing will get you thrown off the internet, let me …
Sure Was
Posting alleged threat against Wilfrid Laurier was ‘dumb decision,’ accused says I’m not sure how big a story this was anywhere else, but locally it was pretty huge news for obvious reasons. To catch you up on what happened, last week, the Waterloo campus of Wilfrid Laurier University was put on lockdown after a threat …
The Kitchener Public Library Is Lending Out WiFi Hotspots Now
This is kind of neat. If you live in Kitchener and need one, you can now borrow a WiFi hotspot from the public library. Anyone age 18 or older with a library card can borrow one of the devices for up to three weeks, just like borrowing a book or a DVD. The devices, which …
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Congratulations On The New Government, Canada!
Soundtrack? Yes. Soundtrack. This’ll do nicely, I think. I have to start out by admitting that I was wrong. Not just because I voted NDP and the Liberals basically laid waste to everyone, but because in an older post I assumed that holding the advance polls over the Thanksgiving weekend would be a disaster. Around …
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It’s Already A Better Tuesday Morning
I saw this on Facebook, and couldn’t stop laughing. Thankfully it isn’t anything we have to worry about…but maybe we might have to later if we end up with a conservative government again, who knows. Someone wrote up what we should do if we woke up this morning and Stephen Harper was still in power. …
Trevor Strong Would Really Like You To Vote, But Not For Stephen Harper
Vote, Vote, Vote https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KUipRmq_zg Captain Stephen Harper and the Good Ship Hypocrite Heave Steve https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0jSzKhPCbk I don’t think he likes him, you guys.
Mike McCormick Would Really Like You To Vote, But Not For Cheryl Gallant
And by extension, not for Stephen Harper. I can’t figure out how to embed this, so head on over here and listen to a little ditty that Mike McCormick of the Arrogant Worms knocked together for his current member of parliament, Cheryl Gallant.
