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Category Archives: Randomness

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 […]

Posted 16 June 2011 § Technology § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , , ,

If You’re An Atheist…

…you’ll probably get this:

Posted 26 May 2011 § ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

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)

Posted 18 May 2011 § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

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 […]

Posted 17 May 2011 § ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

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!

Posted 04 May 2011 § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) °

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

In the meantime…

Posted 03 May 2011 § ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Resurrecting An Idea…

Last Christmas, I did a week-long series of posts exploring the topic of religion in general and my atheism specifically. One of my posts was about how, even though believers will give dozens of reasons why they are religious, from my perspective there were three main reasons I thought people actually were religious – whether […]

Posted 24 April 2011 § ‡ Comments (3) ° Tagged: , , ,

Friday Fun Link – Tout

Tout is a new social media site that combines elements of Facebook, Twitter and YouTube to allow you to do 15-second video status updates. “Some moments in life just can’t be reflected in text.  Tout delivers “life as it happens” in full-motion color and sound, as opposed to ‘life as it’s written in 140 characters […]

Posted 22 April 2011 § Family § FridayFunLink § Technology § Video ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: , , , ,

And Now You Know…

One of the bad things about not being religious is I don’t have a full and complete understanding of much of what happens within the world of religion and why (What?  Most religious folk don’t either?  Oh…) Anyhow, luckily I have my own god in the form of Google which provides answers to all of […]

Posted 21 April 2011 § ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

First World Problems

I recently came across a sub-Reddit called “First World Problems” where Redditors can submit short, pithy examples of the “struggles” they face in their day-to-day lives.  The collected submissions are a weird mix of funny (on the surface) and sad (once you realise how many of these things you can relate to!) Here are just […]

Posted 17 April 2011 § ‡ Comments (0) °