Category Archives: Randomness

On Being Sick

It sucks.

Friday Fun Link – Mlkshk

If you don’t yet have enough social network news feeds in your life and/or if you think a picture’s worth a thousand words, you might be interested in MlkShk, a site that is like many other social networks except that it focuses on the sharing of pictures and graphics instead of words and links.

Horror in Norway

We were camping all weekend so didn’t really have a lot of access to the news (I did of course have my iPhone but Rogers service sucks once you get outside major centres).  So it wasn’t until we got home tonight that I realised the full extent of the horror that had happened in Norway […]

What Really Makes A Vacation Seem Real…

…is when you can look up the long-range forecast for your destination and get a sense of what the weather might be like for your trip.  One week until we’re in St. John’s – hope the sunny weather forecast holds!

I Predict A Riot

With a few changes and additions, the following is what I posted on the MetaFilter thread discussing the riot after last night’s game… — I’ve heard a wide range of opinions (many mentioned in this thread) on why this particular riot happened… It was drunken Canucks fans. It was anarchists. It was gang members/hooligans/insurgents.  (I […]

If You’re An Atheist…

…you’ll probably get this:

The Jokes Just Write Themselves… (NSFW)

“The closest the Sharks will get to any cup.” “The best twins at the game tonight.” “Two for cross-checking.” “Gives new meaning to ‘Sin Bin’” (via Reddit)

OldManSearch: “John Stewart Jew”, “weather indianapolis today”, “cold toes”

A young man claims to have set-up a Twitter account for his 81-year old grandpa after telling him that Twitter is a search engine like Google. These are the search terms the Grandpa is (supposedly) entering. I suspect that this will turn out to be a hoax (and I hope so – some of the […]

What’s The Most Heartbreaking Moment of Your Life?

An AskReddit question that’s a hard one to read.  Make sure you have Kleenex nearby!

Regularly Scheduled Blogging Will Resume Soon (Jason’s Still in a Post-Election Funk)

In the meantime…