Arguing about Sunday shopping made easy…
I feel compelled to comment on the Sunday shopping debate. Not because I’m passionate about shopping at all, any day of the week. But because the current debate has been inundated with so many personal sympathy seekers, its getting to the point of plain silly.
The debate about shopping on a [...]
Monthly Archives: June 2006
The Sunday Shopping Challenge
June 30, 2006 – 2:35 pm
Brace(let) Yourself for Blogging
June 29, 2006 – 3:07 pm
Since everybody is jumping on the bracelet bandwagon, I thought it would be nice to get in on the action awareness. I would like to announce the official Bracelet for Blogging. Just put a regular old stanky office elastic band around your wrist and you will be actively and visibly demonstrating your support of blogging, [...]
Parking lot camping, stuck meat truck and Buddy Daye Street
June 29, 2006 – 2:54 pm
A to Z: Atlantic News Perspective #186 | Aliant.net
Sadomediachism (sÄ’dÅ-mÄ“’dÄ“-É™-kÄz’É™m)
June 26, 2006 – 3:36 pm
noun. Deriving of pleasure from inflicting or submitting to artistic abuse through various media.
sadomediachist sa’do·media·chist n.
sadomediachistic sa’do·media·chis’tic adj.
The one-two punch of Tommy Wiseau’s The Room and R. Kelly’s Trapped in the Closet was a sadomediachist’s wet dream.
No more scrolling through the store…
June 22, 2006 – 11:22 am
iTunes Music Store RSS Feed Generator
Plus, here is a look at some discussion on the eMusic message boards on how to create similar feeds, like New This Month - Freshly Ripped.
Bus It
June 21, 2006 – 9:47 am
It only took a couple of e-mails to verify, but what do you see wrong with this public transit picture?
Crazy New Yorkers and their “free market” system:
It varies from system to system, depending on the market, passenger volume, and many other system-specific dynamics. Off the top of my head I’d say about 30% of a [...]
A big bee swarm, the arrest of a blogger and weighing in on Miramichi
June 20, 2006 – 11:02 pm
A to Z: Atlantic News Perspective #185 | Aliant.net
Comedic Conversation
June 19, 2006 – 11:04 am
Ricky Gervais vs. Larry David: Parts 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5
And You Thought You Were Having A Bad Day
June 16, 2006 – 12:25 pm
Severed head flies from truck in ‘bizarre and tragic’ collision | CNN
Where’s George Lazenby?
June 15, 2006 – 10:35 am
The Atlantic Film Festival Association Presents the alFresco filmFesto Centre for Arts and Technology People’s Choice James Bond Online Vote
The Tickle Trunk is Closing
June 14, 2006 – 10:47 pm
Mr. Dressup to go off the air | CBC
Save Mr. Dressup Petition | Magic 104
Fact & Opinion | Forget Magazine
Buy Tickle Truck Tressures from Amazon.ca
Just hangin’ out
June 14, 2006 – 9:51 am
Watching people repel down the HBC building to Velvet Revolver’s “Fall to Pieces” reminded me of the time I attended a BBQ fundraiser for burn victims in the parade square.
Putt’s Law
June 13, 2006 – 12:25 pm
Technology is dominated by two types of people: those who understand what they do not manage, and those who manage what they do not understand.
–Archibald Putt
This Must Be Stopped
June 12, 2006 – 5:03 pm
Inspirational Comedy
Take the power and entertainment value of laughter, add in the educational and uplifting ability of inspiration and the result is a program that is truly one of a kind. Inspirational Comedy is a combination of important messages and useful ideas with hilarious tactics and gut-busting stories. Judson Laipply is funny enough to be [...]
A royal wedding, chocking bracelets and a blue lobster
June 12, 2006 – 2:17 pm
A to Z: Atlantic News Perspective #184 | Aliant.net
Disast-Tour
June 12, 2006 – 2:09 pm
Windom Earle and Sharp Like Knives are taking Canada by storm (XML or iCal). The following cities will be affected: Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, London, Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Calgary, Vancouver, Victoria, Vancouver, Canmore, Edmonton, Regina, Winnipeg, Guelph, Windsor, Hamilton, Mississauga, Toronto, Waterloo, North Bay, Quebec City, Sydney, Charlottetown, Fredericton & Halifax.
There is also a Windom Earle [...]
Give’r
June 12, 2006 – 1:00 pm
Statistics Canada says Prince Edward Islanders and Newfoundlanders are more likely to give to charity than other Canadians.In those two provinces 93 per cent of people gave to charity. That compares to only 79 per cent in Alberta, and 77 per cent in British Columbia. Nationally, the rate was 85 per cent.
—Have-not provinces big givers: [...]
The Long Lost Region of Atlantica
June 11, 2006 – 5:31 pm
Friends & Foes of The International Northeast Economic Region | MetaFilter
Family Values
June 11, 2006 – 9:53 am
I’m very proud that in the entire recorded history of our family, there has never been…any kind of homosexual relationship.
—Senator James Inhofe (R-OK)
Best Canadian Album
June 9, 2006 – 2:42 pm
The Polaris Music Prize was just launched in Toronto as a not-for-profit corporation. It is similar to the Mercury Prize in the UK. $20,000 will be awarded to the music or group that is deemed to create the Best Canadian Album, irrespective of genre or sales. Local judges include: Jon Bruhm (Coast), Stephen Cooke (The [...]
Techno Wedgie
June 8, 2006 – 3:02 pm
The Windom Earle All-Stars
A Series of Minor Personal Tragedies (Independent)
What is arguably the most exciting live act to surface recently in Halifax backs it up on record. Windom Earle, the Jeff Coll Five and Operation Impact arrived from PEI a few years ago and are featured interchangeably here. Stephan MacLeod is a creative force in [...]
