As I mentioned the other day, Shea, Pace and I are on holidays for the next little bit. And even though I have such a serious Internet addiction that I bought a wireless router on my way into Kelowna so I could have WiFi at my aunt's place (I wish I were kidding about that! […]
You probably shouldn’t base your motel selections on twenty year old Tragically Hip songs but when they end up having views like this… …you should just send Gord Downie a thank-you note and be done with it! Might be time to update the lyrics though – “Outdoor patio and (now) free WiFi/(Still) can’t afford the […]
As someone who tends to use pretty much all of these interchangeably, I still think this page is great!
We're off for a few weeks' holidays, planning to hit Calgary, Kelowna and Vancouver as our main ports of call. Here's a shot from somewhere near Brooks, Alberta. “When you gotta go” and all that – glad we decided to throw the potty in the van with us! The funniest/scariest part of this was the […]
Geist did the closing keynote at the recent CLA (I taped it with my iPhone but haven't decided whether to post it or not – copyright and all that, you know! ) and he's always got interesting things to say. So having him come to Reddit for one of of their patented “Ask Me Anything” […]
The best part is that the Toronto Maple Laffs now have the longest Stanley Cup drought in the NHL. And the way that team's going, the Kitchener-Waterloo Blackberries have a better chance of winning a cup before the Laffs do!
Would you believe four turns? (And if you don't, make sure you read the comments for even more inspired ideas!)We started to wonder about what the shortest THEORETICALLY POSSIBLE game of Monopoly would be. That is, if everything went just the right way, with just the right sequence of rolls, Chance and Community Chest cards, […]
[Edit: Seeing some reports that the taping is on June 14 and the show will be broadcast on June 18. I always thought Letterman taped around suppertime for broadcast the same day so jokes, etc. were timely but just to be safe, you may watch to watch both nights.] Fred Eaglesmith is about to be […]
This is pretty amazing and heart-melting.(via MetaFilter which has a good discussion of the implications for the deaf community, many of whom are opposed to this type of operation. Man, I never would've thought there was any question about doing something like this!)
