The Irresistible Force Meets The Immovable Object

I grew up watching wrestling, often hearing Gorilla Monsoon describe confrontations as “the irresistible force meets the immovable object.” Sometimes I would hear this and wonder to myself, what would it be like if that were actually true? And now, after all these years, I think I have my answer. Thank you, science. Spoiler: It …

Interesting Premise: The User Is Drunk

A colleague found this at work and sent it to a bunch of us. After laughing, I thought it was great. Not all of it applies to accessibility, i.e. Facebook chat is awesome? I don’t know, but I don’t think it’s that rockin’ for people who don’t use the computer in the conventional way. But …

Deer Crossing Doesn’t Mean What You Think It Means

My sister sent me this Please Move The Deer Crossing video a while ago, but I kept forgetting about it and losing it among the far too many messages in my completely ridiculous inbox. Part of the reason is that I was sure it had to be a fake. Her description made it sound like …

Some Words For Jays Fans And Happy 30th Birthday, Lee Elia Flipping His Lid

So yeah. That stuff I said yesterday about heading outside to watch the Jays not get swept? It didn’t happen. The outside part happened and it was nice, but the fuckin’ Jays lost again. Worse yet, they lost a game they had won. That’s baseball though, I suppose. I guess it’s all sports really. the …

Stop Eatin’ And Abusin’ Those Energy Drinks, You Fat Bastard

If you listen to most of your Blue Jays games on the Fan like I do, you’ve probably heard those Harvey Brooker Weight Loss For Men commercials. We (especially Carin) have more to say about him whenever we actually do audio again, but right now I’d just like to point out that even after however …

Well Done, America. Who Needs Sensible Gun Laws Anyway?

Update two: This is even more right than the satirical stuff. A Senate in the Gun Lobby’s Grip By GABRIELLE GIFFORDS Update: This also sounds about right. COURAGEOUS SENATORS STAND UP TO AMERICAN PEOPLE This sounds about right. Next Week’s School Shooting Victims Thank Senate For Failing To Pass Gun Bill I’m not what you’d …

Yes Telus, Being Robbed Blind Is Awesome

Nearly without fail, anybody who hears about or has any experience with Canada’s Cellular phone industry comes away with the same impression. Good lord is it ever massively overpriced. It’s gotten so bad in comparison to pretty much anyplace else that the CRTC has finally started paying attention, holding hearings on the state of things. …