Canada's Debate

I saw this at the Chicago Sun-Times and just had to share it. It could be inferred by Jaime’s comments on my earlier post that the difference between Americans and Canadians is the place that guns hold in our national awareness; but that is incorrect.
Facebook friends are not real friends, either, in that they [...]

I grabbed this from April Reign…
The rules are as follows:

Each player creates a list of eight random personal facts/habits.
At the end of your post, list eight people who you want to tag to also do this meme.
People who are tagged will write their own list of eight personal facts/habits and, if they have a blog [...]

During a chat with Saskboy last night I got to thinking about certain members of the blogging community, and what fictional characters they reminded me of. In particular I kept coming back to Jason Cherniak as the Reese Witherspoon character from Election… not for any physical resemblance, but just the general personality. Honestly, I can [...]

In conjunction with the NSA, I am pleased to announce that the Naked Surfball Association of America webpage is now online.
About a year and a half ago they came to me (I’m friends with some members) looking for an inexpensive webhosting option and wanted a “personal” connection. I corralled what meagre HTML and PHP skills [...]

As I was catching up on my blog reading last night I came across a post by Closet Liberal that I had wanted to address when I first saw it.
In it he relates an exchange where two posters posted more of this Ontarians think they’re the centre of the universe crap which always seems to [...]

Picked up this meme from my friend Cyan… I know a meme is a cop-out for a politics blog; but I’ve got a lot going on in my life right now and I need a day where I don’t think about politics; and it’s going to be today.
List seven songs you are into right now, [...]

I can only assume that everyone is just intimidated by my radiance… regardless, I’m going to call the quiz closed. For those who are interested the answers are:

Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story
Moonlight
Amadeus
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Se7en
Water
Dick Tracy
Casino
Barbarella
The Cooler

I’ve been writing about heavy stuff the past couple of days, so I’m going to throw up a little something-something to break the tension. Below are ten thumbnail images capture from movies. If you can identify some (or all) of these, please email me your answers. The first person to get all ten wins the [...]

You know, there’s always been something that bugs me about John Baird’s face (besides the sludge that regularly spills out of it.) I think I’ve finally figured out what it is. Note, I do not consider him a superhero…

Is grammar a lost art? I’m not the sort of person that looks down my nose at someone who doesn’t cross their i’s and dot their t’s, but I do believe that it is critically important to be able to communicate efficiently and effectively. It seems to me that if we all used the same [...]

I’m bored and restless, and since I’ve exhausted all of my political indignation for the day, I’m doing a meme instead. Below is the list of the top ten songs of the year I was born, 1981. Normally I’m proud of the fact that I’m a child of the 80’s but when I read stuff [...]

In recent weeks I’ve certainly tried to post less memes and other pop-culture oriented material; but I came across this one and it spoke to me. As both a student and fan of science fiction, I just can’t resist…
Which Science Fiction writer Am I? Apparently, I am the one that I’ve been reading religiously since [...]

I feel like being a populist… and I’ve got 20 gigs of storage space on my new server so it’s time for another movie meme. As usual, the prize for the winner is standard: a pint of beer at the bar of my choosing somewhere in Toronto, at the winner’s leisure. Of course, the last [...]

I’ve been kind of dour recently, so I think a slightly more playful blog entry is appropriate. So, where should I go with this new playfullness? A meme? Another list/contest? Some idle musings or creative writing? Well, I’ll get to that in a few minutes. In the mean time, I think I should update some [...]

Here’s the deal on this one. Below are lyrics from 25 songs picked at random from my mp3 playlist (CRIA and RIAA please note that all songs are of course legal backups.) Without googling, or looking at my playlist if you have a copy, identify the song and/or artist.