February 2008 Archives

Jimmy Kimmel is F*cking Ben Affleck

In response to Sarah Silverman's tryst with Matt Damon, Jimmy Kimmel retaliates by using all of his mainstream Hollywood resources. Best Week Ever informs me that the stars in this video include: Brad Pitt, Robin Williams, Cameron Diaz, Josh Groban,... continue reading this post »

An Important Professional Question

At one point in your professional/academic career do you stop putting your high school accomplishments on your CV? If I'm doing my MA, isn't it obvious that I completed high school, and probably with a good average? Do potential employers... continue reading this post »

Blogs that Rock: Stuff White People Like

Did you know that I only like 44 of the 73 current things white people like? But that's only because I haven't seen Juno yet. I know everyone and their internet friend has been applauding Stuff White People Like,... continue reading this post »

How I Spent My Reading Week

...surprisingly well-summarized by this I Can Has Cheezburger.... continue reading this post »

The Queen Street Fire

Photo by Miles Storey My homies at Torontoist did some excellent photo coverage of the Queen Street fire this morning, you should check it out.... continue reading this post »

From the "Sweet Valley" entry on Wikipedia:

The Sweet Valley series has often been criticized for its unrealistic portrayal of teenagers (although this was somewhat rectified in the Senior Year series), and its outlandish plots, especially within the original Sweet Valley High series. Some exotic examples include:... continue reading this post »

LiLo Monroe

So if you're the type of person who has been waiting around for years for Lindsay Lohan to get naked on camera, you might already know that Lindsay Lohan got naked on camera. LiLo and photographer Bert Stern recently... continue reading this post »

Header Redesign

Oooh, look at the new header my friend Nadine designed. And Pete implemented. The pie is based on the album art for Blue Plate Special by my old favourite band the Dance Hall Crashers. Though they've been on hiatus for... continue reading this post »

Women of the Secret Museum

"Spiggoty" women of Panama. There is nothing that fascinates me more than the blatant racism of my crusty Anglo forefathers, so finding this link on MeFi the other day was like hitting the mother lode. The Secret Museum of... continue reading this post »

DIY Dining: It Never Works, Seriously.

Joanna Kates gives a truly biting review of Stonegrill (51A Winchester Street) in today's Globe and Mail. Stonegrill's shtick is that you order an expensive cut of meat and cook it on a hot stone at your table. But... continue reading this post »

I used to be able to do this in high school

Indiana Jones IV: Excitement and Disappointment

Things I feel after watching the new teaser trailer for Kingdom of the Crystal Skull: Excitement: - Woo hoo, the fourth instalment is getting closer every day! - Harrison Ford is still hot. - The return of Marion Ravenwood. -... continue reading this post »

Guitar Hero Addendum

I forgot to tell you, my band is called Hobo Police. Scrantonicity is our greatest influence.... continue reading this post »

Reading Week? More like Reading Wii-k! Reading? Weak!

Pete, Ash and I are in Barrie at my Dad's house, playing Wii, eating stuff, and drinking Canadian Light. This is exactly how I wanted to spend my Reading Week. Minus the Canadian Light, obviously. I've been looking for... continue reading this post »

Art Heists Are Sexy

From The Star this morning: "Three armed men in ski masks stole four paintings by Cezanne, Degas, van Gogh and Monet worth US$163.2 million from a Zurich museum in one of Europe's largest ever art heists, police said Monday."... continue reading this post »

"Oh Hi, This Is The Universe Calling To Freak You Out"

The most freaky thing just happened. I was on the phone* with my good friend Ashley, whose name is not Ashley Arms but is close enough to Ashley Arms that I entered her name into my phone under that name... continue reading this post »

Mr. Men Reimagined

It's no secret that Christopher Bird is a funny dude, but some of these are truly genius. Won't somebody let this man write a comic book already? Edit (Feb. 11, 4:48 p.m.): Okay, he did some more.... continue reading this post »

Rules for doing your own online PR

Let's just say you have a product or a thing you do that you'd like to promote online. Let's just say that some attractive young blogger takes an interest in what you're doing and wants to write about it. Lucky... continue reading this post »

I Enjoy My Job Immensely

...because it gives me the reason to create images like this:... continue reading this post »

Spencer Pratt Is Not A Music Video Director

It's no secret that my favourite trashy reality show is The Hills. Not that that is saying much: I never watched the first two seasons, nor Laguna Beach. But for a good three months in 2007, you knew exactly where... continue reading this post »

Sarah Silverman is F*cking Matt Damon

The video so viral that your entire family will be infected by dinner time. Via BestWeekEver. Update: When I posted this at 1:08 p.m. there was definitely under a thousand views on YouTube, and at 7:08 p.m. there are... continue reading this post »

Little Jenny Wants A Lolita Bed

"Am I being particularly sensitive, or does anyone else out there think it’s bad taste for Woolies to have a kiddy bed range named ‘Lolita’?" asked a concerned mother on Raisingkids.co.uk. Woolworths has taken the offending bedroom set off... continue reading this post »

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