Update: I posted this as a comment, but I want to slap it here as well, just in case. Email I just received: “Just a note. Rob Ford’s response of “probably” was to the police’s comment saying he needed a driver. Diminishes the validity of your article. Darren” As I told him when I wrote …
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Sir, If We Let You Sit Here We Won’t Be Able To Call Ourselves Virgin Australia Anymore
I thought this quote from United in a story totally unrelated to the minor misadventure we covered yesterday was pretty hilarious, all things considered. On United Airlines “there is no specific seating policy,” airline spokesman Joe Micucci told CNN. “That said, United has an overlapping security approach designed to ensure the safety and security of …
United Breaks Families
Whenever a bad airline experience ends up posted here, it seems to often have something to do with United. Sure as shit they’re at it again, and this one will be hard if not impossible to top…at least I hope. They didn’t just lose luggage or treat people very poorly this time (although both of …
Lay Me Down
I’ve thrown a plug this guy’s way before, so why not do it again? Jesse Perriam just put out another YouTube video. this time he’s covering Lay Me Down by the Dirty Heads and doing a pretty good job, I must say. He even left the…what was it…electronic voice butcherer at home for this one, …
God Hates Needless Protests
Here’s another one of those good thing bad thing situations. Whenever a government restricts the right of its people to assemble and express themselves I worry, but on the other hand, this should only have an impact on those Westboro Baptist loons, who really have no sensible or constructive message and are just out to …
Via Rail Unmanned Stations: Guess Who Made A Decision Without Having A Plan
I mentioned this last week and then Carin followed up, and now there’s a news article about it. And as I feared, nobody over at Via or the government bothered thinking the unmanned train station plus person requiring help thing all the way through. The government, however, is quick to point out that none of …
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I’ve Seen It All, Now
While I was off having not the greatest of holiday Monday’s for reasons Carin has already mentioned, this was busy landing in my inbox. Thanks, Brother Brad! The other day I was watching the Hamilton news, and they, for some reason, did a story on a woman from Arkensaw who started a very unusual business. …
Three Blind Mice, One Angry Umpire
I’d love to see what happened right before the video started so I knew why the best music guy ever played what he played, but even without that context this is still at once fantastic and pathetic. Umpire Ejects Daytona Cubs Music Man Derek Dye In Daytona’s 2-1 win over Fort Myers on August 1st, …
100 Riffs In 1 Take
I have only one question about this video. How in god’s name do you do something like this without messing up? 100 Riffs (A Brief History of Rock N’ Roll) Hit the direct link for more details, including a complete list of the songs.
Are My Days Of Being Able To Take The Train Numbered?
Everyone’s favourite federal government strikes again? Since the new federal budget made it through the various levels of government and can now set about laying waste to everything in its path, word has come down that Guelph’s VIA Rail station will have no people working in it come October. This news is about as fantastic …
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