Yes, Your Phone Isn’t Working. No, It’s Not Just You

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 …

AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH! You Got Disabled People In My Disability Court!

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 …

Before You Leave, Make Sure You Flush, I Know You Shouldn’t Be Here, But Don’t Be In A Rush

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 …

An MMA Fighter Died Of Weight Cutting? Shocking!

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. …

I Just Learned A New Baseball Rule

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 …

Blind Out Of The Box

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, …

The Best Profile Of Ryan Freel You Will Probably Ever Read

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 …

No! No! Not Again!

Brother Brad unexpectedly dropped this into my inbox this afternoon. Guest posts like these are always welcomed, especially on days like today where I spend a bunch of the afternoon getting the newly cracked pipe under our kitchen sink fixed and then cleaning up after it. If ever you get the urge to send us …