Archive for December, 2008

December 11, 2008

Now Following HotAmishChick On Twitter

This is the best use of Twitter I’ve ever seen. That, and the whole liveblogging the Mumbai terrorist attacks thing. But this has a bit of an edge.
In related news, Kelly McGillis in Witness:

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December 9, 2008

Galen Weston Jr. Is Hot-Sauce

Guys. I have to come clean about my giant crush on Galen Weston Jr. Yes, from the Loblaws commercials.
Some Most ladies I know are like, “That nerdy guy? I guess he does have that whole billionaire thing going for him.” Well, billionaire schmillionaire. If Galen Weston was just a regular dude trying to sell [...]

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December 8, 2008

The Big Picture does Neolithic Saharan Archaeology

There’s an excellent series called “Green Sahara” on The Big Picture today.
Not only does it feature the most absolutely incredible petroglyph I know to exist (a giraffe on a leash! Take that, Peterborough!), there are some great archaeology team photos. I was getting all nostalgic about my short-lived career as a trowel monkey, until I [...]

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December 6, 2008

Blogs That Rock: MightyGodKing and NuncScio

Today is the last day to vote in the Canadian Blog Awards! I wholeheartedly endorse Christopher Bird of MightyGodKing and Graeme of NuncScio. I had the pleasure of being on Team Bloggers with both of them on CBC’s Test the Nation and we kicked a lot of ass. They are both nice dudes with awesome [...]

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Caturday, December 6

Cats are very good hygiene monitors. If you forget to wash your hands, man, are you ever going to hear about it. They keep a close watch on these things.
Today is an especially exciting Caturday, because I caught Charlie sitting on the glass dining room table this week. What good luck! For approximately 3 minutes, [...]

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December 2, 2008

Little Dragon – Twice

Two music recommendations from Feministing in under 24 hours? Craziness.
Check out this video from Swedish “electro-neo-soul” band Little Dragon, which combined two of my favourite things:
1. Awesome songs2. Awesome vocals3. Awesome shadow puppet theatre
Just brilliant!

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