Sunday, May 3, 2009

Night Owls and Early Birds

Night Owls Stay Alert Longer than Early Birds
(thanks Thor - reposted from April 24, 2009

The early bird may get the worm, but the night owl has more stamina, a new study suggests.
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Saturday, May 2, 2009

G.I. Joe movie trailer

District 9 movie coming this summer!

Inject New Bones

Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters - movie

io9 - What Hansel And Gretel Did Next, Courtesy Of Dead Snow's Director - Hansel and gretel: witch hunters

The idea is, they've grown up and they hunt witches... It's a hybrid sort of old-timey feeling, yet there's pump-action shotguns. Modern technology but in an old style. We heard it and we were just like, 'That's a freakin' franchise! You could make three of those!'



The Province Of Toronto

Unusual stools

Friday, May 1, 2009

Alberta government want to deny kids access to evolution education in schools

Thursday, April 30, 2009

Bacon Cheese Pizza Burger

Ignatieff = Harper...

blogging a dead horse: How far will Ignatieff take the Liberals into Harper's camp?

... But hidden beneath his rhetoric, Michael Ignatieff has already moved his party as close to the Conservaitve Party as any leader has in two decades.
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Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Swine Flu Q&A

Faith Fighter religious fighting game

Global Warming Forces an Alaskan Town to Relocate

Global Warming Forces an Alaska Town to Relocate | 80beats | Discover Magazine

The 340 residents of Newtok, Alaska will soon be among the first “climate refugees” in the United States. Global warming has battered the tiny coastal town: As average yearly temperatures rise, coastal ice shelves melt as does the permafrost on which the town sits.  The Ninglick River has overtaken the town as the ground level simultaneously sinks [Backpacker blog]. As a result, the town’s scattered buildings are connected by a network of boardwalks across the mud.
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Tuesday, April 28, 2009

A great wallpaper search site

This site is great for looking for wallpapers for your desktop.
Click on advanced search to enter your screen resolution (it may already be entered automatically)


Powerful Storms Map

Monday, April 27, 2009

The Greatest Action Story Ever Told

Stephen Harper and the Rule of Law

Impolitical: Stephen Harper and the rule of law
... Harper was prepared to defy the Governor General and challenge her legitimacy if she hadn't permitted prorogation in December. Mind boggling. ...


The Federal Government and the Economy Today

Don't Blame The CAW for a Crisis It Didn't Create
... Rather than scapegoating the CAW for a crisis it did not cause, the federal government should focus its efforts on combating the pressures of wage-driven deflation, maintaining income and employment, and using public dollars to buy transformation of the auto industry away from gas-guzzlers to the low emission vehicles of the future. Industrial policies like this have been an important part of the development of the auto industry and are needed once again.
This is Just Getting Stupid

Still not getting the issues around the Omar Khadr case? Read the link.

Sunday, April 26, 2009

Spikey shower curtain

Obama & Gitmo - what you might not know.

Saturday, April 25, 2009

On-line photo fun

Meat business cards

MEAT CARDS: Business Cards Made From MEAT AND LASERS

I wonder what Patrick Bateman would think of these...

Unretouched photo.  The laser sears the meat, and leaves it this color.


Richard Simmon's Bad Day

Your Day Can't Possibly Be as Bad as Richard Simmons' Day. - Boing Boing

Watch the video.
WARNING: not for children or polite adults.


Friday, April 24, 2009

Hello Kitty Beer!

Converting the Sahara into a forest

Space madness in Pandorum

The X-Nerds!

X-Nerds (Greatest Pic Ever)

... one lonely, awkward afternoon in the park at a time. (read the link for a full description of their powers!)

nerdpic


Deco Keyboard by Datamancer

Harper Checklist