At this time last year:
Mike sent this to me a while ago, back when it was more à propos to both of our blogs. (Now it’s just relevant to his. *evil grin*) Tonight I decided to post it, but wanted to provide proper credit, as the link he sent had had the copyright info removed. (Ironically, the image was 100 pixels wider than the original and twice as tall, due to extra whitespace that had been added, so it wasn’t simply a bad crop job on the part of whoever uploaded it.) After about ten minutes of searching I came across the source, Hugh MacLeod’s gapingvoid.
Which is a really long introduction to my extremely brief point, which is that three (now four) of my favourite online comics are simple line drawings. xkcd, and explodingdog and Savage Chickens all have a bent sense of humour which I find funny, although they’re all warped in different ways.
Speaking of weird humour, my brother-in-law sent out an animated card this year that is, as my sister puts it, “different”. Happy holidays!
(I took this on Dundas Street back in July 2003. I don’t think it’s worth submitting to the FAIL Blog, but it still makes me chuckle when I walk by.)
The last time I posted at least one new item in every month of a year was in 2006. Last year I missed December; this year I missed January and March. I can’t even claim to have been working on other things because I wasn’t running the site at that point.
At this rate the four of you are only going to have until 2017 to read my increasingly rare and nevertheless decreasingly sparkling insights. Just thought you’d like something to look forward to. 🙂
You know it, you love it….
You can’t write stuff like that.
I’ve seen the clip every night since Dave first aired it, and I think I’ve finally figured out why it’s great. It’s not the sneeze itself; not the suspense; not even the look on Sherman’s face. It’s the “honk” right at the end.
I’m thinking of using it as my system beep.
God loves you just the way you are. But He loves you too much to let you stay that way.
In the last few weeks, several CBC podcasts have regularly been truncated in mid-interview or mid-sentence. For example, the As It Happens podcast is one which has been running short: yesterday’s “Best of”, which usually runs near 45 minutes, was cut off just after the 15-minute mark (ironically in a story about amputation). The worst I’ve seen so far is today’s Vinyl Café, which ends after just over a minute—but is nevertheless surrounded by the CBC header and footer bumpers! (Update: looks like the Vinyl Cafe episode has been fixed and re-posted, but still no dice on AIH.)
I reported the problem a few days ago and again today. I haven’t had any response and the problem persists, but with luck someone is on the other end of the contact form and the problem will be resolved before too much longer. I hope they also re-post the files for the incomplete editions. (Update 2: AIH episodes have also been updated, although not re-posted.)
In-and-Out. Chuck Cadman. Afghanistan. Torture. Linda Keen. Arthur Carty. Marc Mayrand. Dalton McGuinty. InSite. Listeriosis. Crime. Science. Academia. Elections Canada. Omar Khadr. Gordon O’Connor. Maxime Bernier. Canadian soldiers. The Military Police Complaints Commission. The ethics committee. The press gallery. CAIRS. Access to information. Notaleader.ca. The federal budget. The economy. The recession.
The emblem of this government has become a furious male face screaming indignation in the arena of our democracy. At every turn, the response has been to obfuscate, manipulate and demonize. Everything has been opportunity to divide. Truth has been tangential. Ethics and morals have been deemed quaint. The Game has superseded all. Short-term political advantage is all that’s mattered. Nothing worth doing if it is not in one’s own personal interest.
Broadway musical revue
