How Was Everyone’s Summer?

Serious question. How in the hell is it Seppa-tebby-tebby already? No, scratch that. How are we already half way through it? I’ve learned especially in the last few years that what older people have always said to me about each year going faster than the last is true. 2019 is absolutely the fastest one yet. …

Queen Elizabeth Way Too Much Stuff In Your Car

I can think of more than one person in my family who has either definitely or quite probably done either this or something similar, but never somewhere as busy as the QEW. https://www.facebook.com/david.fafinski/videos/2404349856296476/ A baffling display of driving was caught on video late last week, with a driver carting a load of wood on the QEW with …

News Flash Morons: I’m In Jail

It’s been a while since I’ve seen one of these. And news flash morons: it’s still just as bad an idea as it was the last time I did. Also, the saying long arm of the law exists for a reason. Jessie Dean Kowalchuk has been transported back to Kamloops from Edmonton  to face a judge …

Are You Showering? ‘Cause We Are!

Holiday Inn owner ditching mini shampoos to cut plastic pollution Chain uses an average of 200 million bathroom miniatures every year I’m cool with helping the environment, but this story is failing to answer a very important question. What are we doing about contamination? Switching to bulk-size toiletries only works if it means that multiple …

A Horrible Choice With A Song To Match

Behold the federal Conservative party’s official campaign song. Awful, isn’t it? And I’m not just saying that because it’s a Conservative song and I’m not a Conservative voter. It really is bad. You hire Jim Vallance, who helped Bryan Adams write some of his most famous and well loved works, and this is what you …

If AT First You Don’t Succeed, Try Again And Again And Again And Again And Again And Again And Again…

It looks like we’re about to enter official election season in Canada, which raises a very important question. What is John Turmel doing? He’s running, of course. This will be attempt number 99. It, as with most of his campaigns the last few years, will be for a seat in Brantford. If you’d like to …

You Just Can’t Trust Anybody Nowadays

William Kelley left the keys to his truck on the seat of that very same truck. Naturally, somebody came along and took it. Also naturally, Kelley called the local police to report the theft. But of course, since you’re here, it turns out that Kelley forgot to consider one little thing before he did so. …

Scary Father And The Disappearing Literature

It’s sad that a lover of one series of fictional storybooks containing all sorts of weird magic would be so hard on another series of fictional storybooks containing all sorts of weird magic, but here we are. A Catholic school in Tennessee has removed the Harry Potter books from its library after the school’s priest …

Where Are They Now: Igor Kenk, the Guy Who Pilfered All Those Bikes

I remember being fascinated by the story of Igor Kenk as it was unfolding. First because I thought it was funny that a guy who owned a bike shop would have to send somebody out to steal a bike for him, and then just by how big the story ended up being (around 3000 bikes …

A History Of The Birth Of MuchMusic

Before Bell converted it into a dumping ground for stuff moved off of the Comedy Network in order to make room for even more Big Bang Theory reruns, MuchMusic was a very important, you might even say revolutionary TV channel. It was, as its name suggests, a music station. 24 hours a day, 7 days …