Wow. Another parent of the year. I don’t have a lot to say, because there isn’t anything I could add, except, oh yeah, this one’s in Florida, too. This one, Kayla R. Oxenham, decided she had to brand her kids to mark them as her own. Yup, that’s what they say she said. She heated …
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The Trooper, Bluegrass Style
Had I not been told that these guys were kinda silly lookin’, I’d have just thought of them as the Finnish dudes with the funny band name who did a pretty sweet Iron Maiden cover. Steve ‘n’ Seagulls – The Trooper Here’s a sense of what they look like, in case you’re one of my …
A Non-Inspirational Inspirational TED Talk
I saw this tweeted as I was coming home on the bus the other day…who knows why I was looking at Twitter while riding the bus, but there I was. I watched it, and thought “hey, this is totally what we’ve been saying in different forms in the blind guy user’s manual over the years.” …
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The Sound Of Floppies
And now, The Sound of Silence as performed by a bunch of disk drives. Music to the ears, isn’t it?
Ford More Years
Dave Bidini, who you might remember as that guy from Rheostatics among other places, has decided to take a crack at a Rob Ford campaign song. The result is Ford More Years, and I think I like it. The song doesn’t really rhyme or anything, but since it’s made up pretty much entirely of things …
Another Little Kid Takes On YYZ And Crushes It
And now, here’s Rush’s YYZ, but with a twist. That twist? The drummer is 7 years old. Yes, the 6-year-old from a couple years ago has some competition. Yup, you might as well go have a beer now. You’re not doing anything better than this today. And if you happen to get the urge to …
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Voting, Accessible Voting And A Voting Song Of Questionable Enjoyability
We spent a decent little chunk of time a few weeks back on different versions of Jolene. It was fun, so let’s revisit it, shall we? Only this time we’ll do so in topical parody form, because of course there would be a version made for the upcoming Ontario election. I wonder who this guy’s …
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Bottle Jean
This is just cool. Here’s Michael Jackson’s ‘Billie Jean’ Performed Entirely On Beer Bottles
A Bad Song About How Good The Blue Jays Were In The 80’s
I saw this over on Toronto Mike and wondered why I didn’t remember it. But as I listened, it didn’t take long to figure out why. If I’d even heard it before today, wouldn’t I want to forget it? It’s pretty terrible. The Ballad of Jesse and George The description on this wonders whether the …
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A Quick Thinking Test
This is kind of fun. Are You Smart Enough To Get These Brain Teasers? I only missed two, one of which I totally should’ve had.