In 1950, J.D. Salinger was hired by the New York City Tourist Bureau to write a jazzy and young novel about the city that never sleeps, in hopes of increasing general awareness about the city, and why it was such … Continue reading →
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Saskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Story Bout A Man Named Steve
Steve Harper, oil man, with a cement pool.
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Conservatives: “first government…that has actually cared about the environment”
Fall off your chair, it’d be appropriate. According to Duncan, the proposed legislation will gut environmental protection but her claim was rejected by Conservative MP Michelle Rempel, the parliamentary secretary to Environment Minister Peter Kent. “Our government is the first government in a long time that has actually cared about
Continue reading350 or bust: Earth Day With A Twist: Giving Our Credit Cards A Holy Pause
Last weekend, I had the privilege of participating in a unique Earth Day celebration in Winnipeg, Manitoba. On the sunny Earth Day Sunday, I joined dozens of other people streaming into the procession as it made its way down the city’s main street. We were bracketed by a golden oil
Continue readingmark a rayner | scribblings, squibs & sundry monkey joys: Classics of Travel Literature — The Odyssey & The Hobbit
The Odyssey The Odyssey is a story about a homicidal maniac (Odysseus) who refuses to ask for directions. This tragic flaw, shared by many men, leads his crew to disaster. Some are eaten by monsters, some are eaten by their … Continue reading →
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: VikiLeaks30: A Little Deserved Contempt
I enjoyed all three of the videos that play in succession on this CTV page. Kady live blogging in the background is amusing. I supposed most people get funny facial expressions while they are writing, I can only imagine mine while I’m blogging. Her crack up at the revelation of
Continue readingLaw is Cool: When Lawyers Get Married
A: “… You can’t say that, it’s inadmissible!” B: “Oh yeah? Well guess what else is inadmissible from now on?!” A: “No way! When you married me you created a categorical exception” B: “Who cares! Under a principled approach I can tell you that you are neither necessary nor RELIABLE!”
Continue readingwmtc: bill maher’s good (and occasionally funny) thoughts on castrophobia
Thanks to Jere.
Continue readingThe Equivocator: John Cleese on Creativity
(Via Boing Boing.) Filed under: Politics Tagged: creativity, humour, John Cleese
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Repent and Reload!
Nothing like a fair heaping of ridicule for the GOP to start the day off right. Filed under: Humour, Politics Tagged: GOP PAC Annoucement, Humour, Repent & Reload
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Charter Night
Last night I spent a little time with some Liberals to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Ralph Goodale noted a few of the other anniversaries coming up this year in his speech to the crowd of about 50 people. I was perhaps the
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Red Shirt
Trekkies know what happens to the characters on away missions, if they are wearing red. Smith got the Vulcan hand sign for “Live Long and Prosper” incorrect. Her thumb should be held away from her hand. She’s a good sport not to have warp core meltdown after the paper let
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Join the Party! – Contradictions in the GOP.
I’m thinking we need a Canadian version for our own reality challenged Conservative party. Filed under: Politics Tagged: American Politics, funny-sad, Humour, Join the party!, The Republicans
Continue readingImpolitical: On the lighter side: Alien minister watch
It’s not foreign radicals that are a problem for Canada, it’s the alien ministers who walk among us! “Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver (right) gets a demonstration of the Reality Cave from Communitech’s Jeff Nesbitt (photo: Anthony Reinhart)” That’s Minister Oliver, who famously and quite ridiculously labelled environmental groups as
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Minister of Fun #CPCMinisters
The Conservative government in Canada needs to start expanding its swelled Cabinet to include Ministers that Conservatives care about. Perhaps we could get #CPCMinisters meme to trend on Twitter? Here are some early entries to give you the idea: Minister of Threatening Canadians – Joe Oliver Minister of Adultery –
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The Coming Pancake Apocalypse – Damn You, Mild Winter!
It is with heavy heart that I must share this most disturbing news. Due to the extraordinary mild winter in Canada this year, the supply of one of the very touchstones of our Canadian culture is in jeopardy. Yes friends, the harvest of Maple Syrup is down a whopping
Continue readingJimBobby celebrates Justin Trudeau’s underdog win with “On the Ropes Again”
Once again JimBobby comes up with a timely, toe-tapping ditty that will put a smile on your face.
Continue readingMama mia Mama mia Mama mia let me go
Drunk, arrested, and on the way to the local constabulary in the back of a cop car: could there be a more perfect time to burst into a full rendition of Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody”? It kind of makes sense when you think about it: I don’t know of any other
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: RoboCoke: Fun Contest to Celebrate Dying Democracy
I dislike both Coke and iTunes, thinking the world would be a better place without either of them. I hate RoboCon a lot more though, because our country would be a lot better off without cynical and illegal attempts to subvert our democratic elections. So I’m combining all of these
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Cats
It would appear from this graph that as the cat threat makes it into the news more, there are fewer people[?] searching the word “cat” on the Internet. Curious. I’m questioning my theory that the Internet runs on cat power. Perhaps the AI autocorrection robots will overtake their cuteness and
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