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Category Archives: Humour

Saturday Snap – Religious Indoctrination of Children Happens Early These Days

For instance, Pace is already a believer in the Flying Spaghetti Monster at the tender age of two and a half.  Oh, the horror! 

Posted 31 January 2010 § Main Page § Pace § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) °

The Invention of Lying – Mini-Review

We watched Ricky Gervais' “The Invention of Lying” tonight and it's a fairly subversive comedy in a thematic area that doesn't get a lot of attention from Hollywood.  The film's trailer made it look like a typical Hollywood gimmicky slug line = green light production.  You can imagine the pitch:  “It's like Jim Carrey's “Liar […]

Posted 27 January 2010 § Main Page § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) °

Saturday Snap – The Future of Nascar?

Logos on the drivers as well as the cars?

Posted 24 January 2010 § Main Page § Pace § Photo § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) °

Friday Fun Link – What's the Dumbest Thing You've Ever Heard Somebody Say? (January 22, 2010)

Another very entertaining Ask.Reddit thread.  I heard a good one myself recently – one woman was talking to another woman and said “We're not Catholic, we're Christians.”  

Posted 23 January 2010 § FridayFunLink § List § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) °

Ten Years of Tech Trends

 A funny article from the G&M looking at ten tech trends that you didn't even know existed in 2000.

Posted 30 December 2009 § Internet § List § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

The Perfect Present for Everyone This Christmas

The person who designed this display obviously has a good sense of humour!

Posted 25 December 2009 § Main Page § Photo § PopCulture § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Student Brings Typewriter to Class

We went to Indian Head to have an early Christmas with my folks this weekend and at one point my mom suggested renting a movie to keep Pace entertained.  It did not even cross my mind that she meant VHS movie instead of DVD (let alone streaming video or BitTorrent or some of the other […]

Posted 21 December 2009 § Main Page § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Last Minute Christmas Gift Idea #598 – Jones' Xmas Theme Soda

You might want to skip Tofurkey and Gravy Soda this year but previous years' holiday offerings sounded pretty good!

Posted 18 December 2009 § Main Page § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) °

Castaway

Got the cast off today so I typed a big, long entry with various thoughts on the experience.  But Firefox crashed just as I was about to post it so this is what you get instead…

Posted 11 December 2009 § List § Main Page § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

My iTunes Library Is My "Pending" List – I'll Pay Everybody Eventually…

…when I win the lottery or become a multi-billion dollar corporation, whichever comes first.  (And why is the Alanis song, “Ironic” an ear worm that just burrowed into my brain?)(via MetaFilter)

Posted 08 December 2009 § Canada § Main Page § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,