Archive for October, 2006
Rushing To Judgment
A photo in today’s Toronto Star deserves to be criticized by Rush Limbaugh. If the man is consistent, he will have to go on a rant about how Tammy Duckworth, an Iraq war veteran, is daring to wear a skirt to show her prosthetic legs as she runs for Congress. He’ll have to wonder aloud why [...]
Read More..>>Lotto Fools
The issue of potential lottery fraud brought out by The Fifth Estate this week has exposed a startling fact about the Canadian population: a good chunk of it is really stupid.
Why do you buy a lottery ticket? I’ll tell you why I do. Because someone has to win the prize, so I throw my hat [...]
So Long…Big Guy!
A memo went up this week that a staffer was leaving for a new job. The guy’s name didn’t ring a bell but considering which supervisor wrote the memo and a few other details, I was pretty sure I had figured out who it was. In my mind he’s known as “Buff grumpy guy who [...]
Read More..>>Review: The Break-Up
Don’t rent The Break-Up if you’re in the mood for a comedy or you’ll end up like me, sorely disappointed.
There are exactly two funny scenes in the film; one at the start and one at the end. That’s an awfully long stretch between smiles – forget laughs – and it doesn’t qualify this movie as [...]
Celebrity Baby Bandwagon – All Aboarrrrrd!
They went crazy for kaballah and now those wacky celebrities are at it again. Ladies and gentlemen welcome to the newest celebrity craze – Shopping For Orphans!
Yes, stars who have too much money and time on their hands are embarking on a new and exciting adventure. They’re traveling to far off lands and meeting hundreds [...]
Murderous Crops
What’s happening in the produce aisle these days is scarier than Paris Hilton on a bender. Spinach, lettuce and carrot juice are making people very ill, even paralysing them or killing them. How can it be that there’s suddenly a rash of people too stupid to know how to use a refrigerator as the company [...]
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