Of all the sites on the internet, this is one.
The main point of this is that these assholes got a permit to build one thing and built something completely different, which is garbage. The second big thing here is that the damn city could have fined them even more heavily and didn’t, which could potentially wind up being garbage. But my mind keeps getting …
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When I was a kid, we generally lived either out in the country or close enough to it that it was a decent bet that we would find somebody selling corn on the cob and all kinds of other fresh fruit and vegetables while we were out driving around. And years later while Carin and …
We all know at least one person who loses his damn mind over things like the sound of chewing, slurping or silverware hitting someone’s teeth. And guess what. All those times you’ve wondered either to yourself or out loud about whether there’s something wrong with him, you were right. There is in fact a name …
I just learned something. Canada used to have a $25 bill. It was a limited-edition commemorative banknote, issued only for a short period in 1935 to in honour of the silver jubilee of King George V, Canada’s reigning monarch at the time. The note features a portrait of the King alongside his wife, Queen Mary. …
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Why in the world would you use a song called A Little Less Conversation as bumper music when the entire reason you’re on the radio requires there to be as much conversation as possible? I’ve heard several of you do this and it’s never made sense. Please don’t tell me you’ve never thought about it. …
After decades of wasted effort and billions in wasted money, it’s good to see that somebody is finally starting to figure this out. There will always be online piracy. That’s just a fact. No amount of enforcement or revenue choking or anything else you can think of will ever stamp it out completely. At best …
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I’ve said before that I don’t understand the home DNA testing craze. Why would I, a sane person, voluntarily hork the very thing that makes me me (or to put it another way, the most personal piece of personal data I have) into a tube and mail it off to a corporation that’s going to …
Sending best regards to @stormradioguy as he begins his final broadcast at @1460CJOY 30 mins from now before retiring from full time duty. ⚡⚡#PlatersPlayback 1988-09-21: Larry Mellott calling the Guelph Platers final season opener at Guelph Memorial Gardens vs Toronto Marlies. pic.twitter.com/Cm7Z75kRS9 — Platers Hockey History (@PlatersHockey) June 28, 2019 That’s some old audio of …
Alan Cross spent a couple of years working with the Toronto Maple Leafs, helping to redesign the musical experience that anybody who has ever watched or been to a sporting event is likely familiar with. He recently wrote an article about what exactly that involves, and surprisingly it’s a hell of a lot more than …
We have an entire section here devoted largely to people being unhappy about food. This story is one of those, but it’s different. For instead of ending as so many do in assault, property damage or both, this one serves as a reminder that, like your dad and granddad always told you, if you want …
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