A vicious killer plant has invaded Canada ala Little Shop of Horrors. And I for one would like to welcome our Giant Hogweed masters...
Wyclef Jean pictured right - photo courtesy icandyinc.org
Why do I care anything about a Bob Marley wannabe running for President of Haiti... listen and find out.
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Rick Mercer (Canada's closest answer to Jon Stewart) gives you a quick primer on the Canadian government and parliamentary system... especially under our current minority government fiasco.
I know, it's a year and a half old, but maybe it's new to you.
1. Keys larger than half a Tic Tac
2. A slideout side burner so I can boil a pot of corn
3. A pre-loaded PDF of Justin Bieber's new autobiography: Tuesday's With Miley
4. A Colecovision emulator with Smurf's Magic Castle
5. A generous coating of grated Extra Old Cheddar
6. A 3D barcode that gives me a free cruller at the nearest Tim Horton's
7. A free bumper so that the antenna... oh wait, wrong smartphone
8. The arrogance to actually call itself "iPhone Killer"; everyone else does
9. A big-ass beer stein from the nearby Kitchener, Ontario Oktoberfest
10. And oh, I don't know, a brand and model name that didn't sound like 3 different concepts slapped together... sounds like a really long NASCAR race
Sure, summer vacation is great, but why is it that when I have the most time to kick back and enjoy my favourite populist opiate, scripted shows are all on hiatus? I have mashed together some thoughts about the present and future of summer... in the city... in my basment... watching TV.
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I created a simple mashup of a couple of videos on archive.org and an obscure Tom Waits track. I kinda dug the result.
What Makes a Battle? (1944) - video
Ant City (1951) - video [50% opacity]
Army Ants (2006) - audio
I remembered, in the middle of the night, that I needed to take to the road.
Happy August everyone!
Ruminating on the resurrection of Cold War paranoia and following a tangent to the brink of nowhere... follow me on my late night journey.
Canadian jets intercept Russian bombers off the coast of Labrador. WTF!?!
The first cell phone that I ever, sort of, owned was Motorola's brick-like flip DPC 550.
Since I don't do unboxings, I thought I'd present this homage to all that do, and especially send a retro shoutout to Andrew Currie who writes at www.openattitude.com (@acurrie). I'm hoping that Andrew can give me tips on how to hack this thing into a bong, a nuclear device, or something else cool like that.
Also, I found a groovy 2 minute commercial selling this phone in about 1989 or 1990. I only wish I was as cool as the people in the video.
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