This is a cool little animated video on the history of evil. Hitler and Bin Laden make the cut, but there's no sign of Harold Ballard or Vince Carter.
May 19, 2026
I'm totally digging this picture of Homer if he were painted by Rembrandt. I stole this from limpfish.com. If you're thinking Rembrandt is the guy who sang the theme song for "Friends", you need to read this first.
I just sent an email to somebody with a Hotmail account, and this being my first email to this person and me being the harmless jerk that I am, I opened with this line. "Hotmail? You should let me introduce you to Gmail. :-)" The email bounced back with this
On Valentine's Day, Steve Kazmierczak killed five people and wounded sixteen others before shooting and killing himself at Northern Illinois University. As usual after a school shooting, people hit the web searching for digital breadcrumbs and signs as to what went wrong. As with Cho Seung-Hui and his alarming one-act
When I was young, I remember cars with Ontario license plates had the slogan "Keep It Beautiful" printed on them. "Keep It Beautiful" was everywhere until "Yours To Discover" showed up. Then, for a while there was a split until all the "Keep It Beautiful" plates disappeared. A little digging
I got an email this morning from Mark Hebscher. Hebsy, along with Jim Tatti, hosted Sportsline on Global TV every weeknight at 11:30 from 1985 untill Hebscher left in 1995. I was a Sportsline fanatic. In the late 80s and early 90s, Sportsline was like no other sports highlight
A Mighty Heart: 7 out of 10. I'll admit to having a little difficulty seeing Mariane Pearl on the screen when all I could see was Angelina Jolie. That's not to say Jolie is weak in this, because she's very good, but she's morphed into a characuture that dominates the
It's just sinking in that this Family Day thing is for real. For those of you reading outside of Ontario, Family Day was an election promise by provincial Liberal Party leader Dalton McGuinty. McGuinty got reelected and made it official on October 11, 2007. Tomorrow will be our very first
Dr. David Suzuki is watching you. At least, that's what I tell my kids. I play the role of good cop and put David Suzuki in the role of bad cop whenever I witness a waste of energy in the home. My kids have had the name Suzuki thrown at
YouTube user WNED17 recently uploaded some fantastic retro-Toronto-centric gems. These clips have brought back a tonne of memories for me, so I'm going to feature them one by one over the next few weeks. In the 1980s, beer ads were different than they are today. Today they're more likely to
Willie P. Bennett was 56. He was a revered singer-songwriter who was an integral part of Canada's folk music scene, starting in the 1970s, as he played at festivals across the country.
I live blogged this sucker. It was a fun game, even if we did leap frog Tampa Bay in the standings. That's okay, we'll reserve our losing for after the trade deadline. Go Leafs Go! Current Record Last GamesSeason Leaders24-27-9 57 points 5th in Northeast4-3 Win vs. Boston 5-4 Loss
As I wrote earlier, I'm going to attempt to root against my favourite hockey team for the first time in my life. In this entry I'll provide updates throughout the night as I fight what seems natural. It's 7:13pm... 7:17pm - The kids are sitting with me. They're
It's Saturday, and other than a natural interest in how Jamario Moon will do in the slam dunk competition, I'll be watching the Leafs and Bruins tonight. Although I've flirted with the idea these past few weeks, I've yet to actually root for a Leafs loss. Like an innate reflex
The National Film Board of Canada has produced 70 Oscar-nominated films and 12 have brought home the statue. This year, the NFB's Madame Tutli-Putli is up for Animated Short Film. Of the 12 to win that award, my favourite is Neighbours / Voisins by Norman McLaren in 1952. From Wikipedia: Produced
Steve Fossett was 63. He was the self-made business tycoon whose thirst for adrenaline drove him to fly around the world solo in a balloon, climb mountains and aim for speed records. Fossett disappeared September 3, 2007 but was only legally declared dead yesterday. This answers a question I once
YouTube user WNED17 recently uploaded some fantastic retro-Toronto-centric gems. These clips have brought back a tonne of memories for me, so I'm going to feature them one by one over the next few weeks. If you grew up in Toronto, you were told CityTV is Everywhere. I don't know if
I enjoy these "You Suck At Photoshop" tutorials so much, I'm going to post them as they're released. Here's the 6th instalment for your viewing pleasure.
The Gulf islands near Nanaimo, British Columbia have a foot problem. Three severed right feet have washed ashore there in the past six months. The latest was at Valdes Island while the two other right feet were found at Gabriola Island and Jedidiah Island. All three right feet were in
My favourite songs with "family" in the title, in honour of our very first Family Day Ode To My Family - The CranberriesWe're A Happy Family - The RamonesFamily Band - The Tragically HipFriends and Family - Trik TurnerWe Are Family - Sister Sledge
I got a request last night to create an RSS feed for my Toronto Blue Jays category. A Blue Jays fan site wants to syndicate the content, but my regular feed is for every entry I post, regardless of category. I quickly learnt this was pretty easy to do in
This was BoingBoing'd the other day, so you may have seen it already. It's a cool new video from Canadian band the New Pornographers. It's a visual grilled cheese sandwich on a cold, snowy day.
Another good effort, another close game, another one-goal loss, another ideal outcome. Go Leafs Go! Current Record Last GamesSeason Leaders23-27-9 55 points 5th in Northeast5-4 Loss vs. New York Islanders 1-0 Loss vs. Buffalo 3-2 Win vs. DetroitM. Sundin - 59 N. Antropov - 43 J. Blake - 36
Today, a couple of my world's collided. Seinfeld fans understand the importance of keeping the world's apart, but I've failed to follow George's good advice. I was part of a team putting together an online Flash software demo for my 9-5 gig. Yes, I have a 9-5 gig as this
YouTube user WNED17 recently uploaded some fantastic retro-Toronto-centric gems. These clips have brought back a tonne of memories for me, so I'm going to feature them one by one over the next few weeks. This is an ad for the TTC from 1984. I remember this song well. Does the
