Loved the movie, but I breathlessly await the sequel. Filed under: Humour Tagged: Alfred, entertainment, Humour, sequel, The Dark Knight Rises
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The Progressive Right: Dystopia Decision Tree
Via Blastr, we have a decision tree to help determine if your sci-fi society is a dystopia. Interestingly enough, I think it’s useful for determine if your current society is dystopian. Cough … Harper Conservatives … cough.
Continue readingBlast Furnace Canada Blog: Romney and the "M" word
CNN’s religion section notes today that W. Mitt Romney (W for Willard) still has a major hurdle to overcome on the road to the White House. His religion, Mormonism. Now personally I can’t understand why it should be such a big deal — who should honestly care what one’s belief
Continue readingDear Chad Kruger: Why we the people hate Nickelback
Dear Chad Kruger, I write to you today to explain the hate that is constantly thrown your way regarding your band, Nickelback. Now, it’s not actually because we think your music is the worst sounding noise similar to nails down a chalk board (well for many it might be). The truth
Continue readingCelebrity Twitter Trend: And the winner is….
Michael Cole. Yes, Michael Cole, a commentator and personality from World Wrestling Entertainment was the only celebrity to be trending in multiple countries on Twitter: Canada, USA, and the United Kingdom. This man who probably most of you reading this have no clue who he is, was the talk of twitterdom.
Continue readingcultural sn:afu: Maybe it’s time to kill the May Show
The May Show of today is a pale imitation of the May Show that was so successful through the 1980′s and the first half of the 90′s, so maybe it’s time to stop pretending and just let it die. The … Continue reading →
Continue readingBest and Worst Celebrity I’m Following on Facebook
Everyone follows some sort of celebrity on Facebook or Twitter. If you say you don’t, you’re a bloody stinking liar. I have decided to write about two celebrities in particular that I follow. One I absolutely love. His posts make me giggle and bring joy to my day, especially when
Continue readingClooney hosts wicked fundraiser and shoots some hoops with Obama
At least Obama has the backing of some serious Hollywood heavyweights when it comes to funding, something that the Romney campaign can only dream of. With George Clooney raising over $15 million for Obama’s re-election campaign and the Democratic party itself, the President is sure to put these new funds to
Continue readingPeople focus: Ricky Martin – Out and Happy
After the death of Beastie Boys’ Adam Yauch, I have decided to create a new article where I focus every so often on a person who has not only done something amazing socially and politically but also someone’s whose personal life can be seen as a great example. Meaning, I want to
Continue readingIn This Corner: Mad Men: The tobacco industry’s 60-minute infomercial.
Don Draper, circa 1965. There is a lot of buzz pop cultural circles these days about the Sunday return of Mad Men, the wildly acclaimed but little watched (although it’s a cable hit, it would only be a minor hit on network TV) AMC drama about Madison Avenue-types in the
Continue readingcultural sn:afu: Sunday Blues Spotlight: Derek Miller
I first saw Derek Miller when he was featured on the live music TV program, ‘Arbor Live’, on the APTN (Aboriginal Peoples Television Network). Arbor Live is a fantastic show to catch great new and independent bands. Unfortunately the budget … Continue reading →
Continue reading350 or bust: Saturday At The Movies
I wish I this fellow had been working on my last flight!
Continue readingBlast Furnace Canada Blog: Harper: Right about Iran, but on the tar sands and "outsiders" …
This week, the Prime Minister expressed aloud concerns many of us Canadian of all stripes have had either openly or privately – that Iran is a ticking time bomb with its nuclear program which without a shadow of a doubt has only one aim, to create a nuclear bomb that
Continue readingcultural sn:afu: The greatest Christmas movie miracle of all time
This originally appeared as a column in the December 22 print and online editions of the North Bay / Nippissing News, the weekly newspaper I’ve been writing for recently. I’ve been recovering from some fairly serious illnesses over the past … Continue reading →
Continue readingBlast Furnace Canada Blog: Keystone XL delayed; and how many Wal-Marts does Hamilton need?
It was a big surprise but also a delight to hear that Hillary Clinton’s State Department has ordered Trans Canada Pipelines to reconsider the proposed route of the Keystone XL project, in particular the section that would have gone through Nebraska’s S…
Continue readingBlast Furnace Canada Blog: Link away as much as you want, sez SCC
The Supreme Court of Canada has handed the blog world a big victory. Writing for a unanimous Court in Crookes v. Newton, Justice Rosalie Abella wrote that merely providing a hyperlink to a definitively or potentially defamatory websit…
Continue readingBlast Furnace Canada Blog: Bye Steve, and bye-bye (maybe) Tim
Hard to imagine a world without Steve Jobs … I’ll always be a “PC” (personal computer) but I love iTunes ™ — which made possible the podcast and the ability to download a lot of favourite radio and TV shows as well as discovering new ones, all for…
Continue readingBlast Furnace Canada Blog: Enter stage right — WAY right — Rick Perry
Just as former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty — probably the only guy who’s close enough to the centre that he could actually beat Barack Obama in next year’s presidential race — withdrew his candidacy, current Texas governor Rick Perry announced he…
Continue readingBlast Furnace Canada Blog: "I invested in a company called News Corp .." "Dad, that’s Fox!" "Argh! Undo, undo!"
Funny line from the 1999 Simpsons episode “Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo” but it got terribly serious today with one of the whistle blowers being found dead and PM David Cameron cutting short a visit to South Africa (presumably in part to honour Nelso…
Continue readingBlast Furnace Canada Blog: Brooks is not the victim here
Why was Rebekah Brooks made to fall on her own sword? What happened to the buck stops here (meaning it’s the ownership of the paper, not the editors, who take responsibility)? Isn’t the Murdoch family who should give up Ne…
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