What all starts with S?

Satan…socialism…and SOCCER! Yes, SOCCER! And oh, shit…so does my first name! And so does SHIT! Oh shit, I’m going to hell for liking socialism! And Uruguay! And Chavecito! Oh shit, shit, SHIT! (Of course, SATIRE also starts with S…let’s hope this is it. And if not, well, let me remind you that STUPID is also […]

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Pee Tee Eff Ess Emm!

Yes, that IS a colander on his head. And yes, that is a real, official Austrian driver’s licence. Praise the Flying Spaghetti Monster! For lo, he hath touched a man with his Noodly Appendage… An Austrian atheist has won the right to be shown on his driving-licence photo wearing a pasta strainer as “religious headgear”. […]

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Augusto Pinochet…marijuanero?

Pothead? For some odd reason, this article in Patria Grande makes me giggle uncontrollably: A marijuana plantation has been found in a sector of a hacienda where lie the ashes of the ex-dictator Augusto Pinochet, a property currently under legal sanction for illicit enrichment. Lucía Pinochet Hirart, the oldest daughter of the former dictator, told […]

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Surreal adventure in an Argentine lake

Who wants to scuba-dive in a weird grey moonscape? This Argentine dude apparently does. The moonscape is Nahuel Huapí, which is normally a nice clear alpine lake in southern Argentina, and it looks like that now because it got a liberal dusting of ash from the recently-erupted Puyehue volcano in neighboring Chile. The same has […]

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Le Snog

An enigmatic image from last night’s post-hockey riots apparently has CBC in a twit-storm: Actually, I like this image a lot better than the ones of rioters jumping on cop-cars. It’s a much truer reflection of what Vancouverites (and Canadians in general) are normally like. And no, rioting is NOT due to anarchy OR “just […]

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