After the recent meltdown in the US economy, Barack Obama has opened a wider lead over John McCain than at any point in the campaign and looks all but sure to win on November 4. Still, you can't count out the Republicans and who knows what may happen over the final few weeks of the […]
Guest editors Shea and Pace have submitted this link for your consideration: 101 Reasons To Breastfeed Your Baby
I'm getting so many tabs open in Firefox that it's time for a patented Jason Hammond Link Dump. (That sounds awful. I should come up with a better name for it!)Er, here's the accumulated shit…“The Road” tops EW's list of 25 New Book ClassicsSkip the MBA program and get your personal MBA by reading these […]
Here's a list of the songs Pace is most likely to hear when fighting against going to sleep (which is pretty much every night these days). I know it's not a very diverse list but hey, why fight the classics?In order:1. “Beautiful Boy” – John Lennon2. “Golden Slumbers” – The Beatles3. “Tell Me Your Dream” […]
My job hunt has begun again in earnest – I've applied for a couple positions and heard of a couple more that I intend to apply for soon and/or that may becoming up this fall.I've had a few resources bookmarked for reference awaiting this moment so I thought I'd share them:How To Answer 23 of […]
A pretty revealing list comparing word counts for various topics on Wikipedia:Call of Duty WWII Video Game (13 069 words) vs. World War II (11 884 words) Pokemon (5 721) vs. Poker (1 857 words) Superman (10 641) vs. Human (10 385)…and wait until you see the final result – God vs. Knuckles (of Sonic […]
A few years back, Canada ranked #1 in a UN survey of the best countries in the world to live in. That same year, a similar study ranked Saskatchewan as the best province in Canada to live in. So in honour of Canada Day (and with that sentiment in mind), I present the following list.Of […]
I'm not sure if I put Pace to sleep tonight or he put me to sleep but at 8pm, we were both in bed, crashed out. So that means I wake up now and am going to be completely messed up tomorrow. Oh well – the same thing we always say when he naps at […]
Entertainment Weekly magazine is one of my guilty pleasures. In fact, I had a subscription to it in the early 1990's right after it began publication. And I was surprised to see that last week's issue marked its 1000th issue! I still read EW on a fairly regular basis but now it's visits to the […]
“What is a cult book? We tried and failed to arrive at a definition: books often found in the pockets of murderers; books that you take very seriously when you are 17; books whose readers can be identified to all with the formula “<Author Name> whacko”; books our children just won’t get…”50 best cult books […]
