There's a study out of Norway that makes a great deal of sense. Firstborn sons have higher IQs than their younger brothers, and their social status within the family may explain why, researchers reported on Thursday.A study that used military draft records for more than 240,000 Norwegian men

Juan, my buddy from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto, knows I want this blog to be used for good, not evil.  I'm enjoying quite the streak of happiness with bright blue skies above, but Juan tells me 1.35 million people in Canada are suffering from

There's a whack of people psyched about getting hitched on July 7, 2007.  They're all excited about being wed on the 7th day of the 7th month of 2007.  7/7/7, if you will. I'm pleased to report that I haven't received a single invitation to any wedding being

Jill is someone I only know in the virtual world.  She's been a daily visitor to this blog for a while now and she frequently leaves comments.  She just left one on my entry about "Crank", in fact. Jill blogs as jewlelgurl, and since she was reading everything I wrote,

Driving home from my ball game tonight, I saw my brother and his family crossing the street.  I wanted to get his attention, so I honked my horn. No big deal, right?  Actually, it was.  It was the first time I had heard my horn in years.  In the eight

A.T., a local blogger in the East end of the city, has officially named me a cool white guy. A.T. read entries in which I praised Martin Scorsese's "The Departed", and he actually sent me a DVD copy of "Infernal Affairs", the Hong Kong film upon which "The

Between games two and three at this afternoon's slo-pitch tournament, we all went out to lunch and Jordy said I look like the guy from "Little People, Big World".  Matt Roloff is the guy from "Little People, Big World", and he's a little person.  Engell's girlfriend totally agreed with Jordy,

Only five days ago I caved and succumbed to the pressures of Facebook.  I didn't dive in, I didn't use my full name nor did I post my alma maters.  I'm even using a fake picture. After five days I can see why people get addicted to this tool.  It's

Moments ago, someone went to Ask.com and posed this question.  Can weed get into my system from blowing a brainer? I'm the #1 result from Ask.com when you ask that particular question, but I don't have the answer.  As I reflect upon the question, I find it profound

A few months ago I wrote about my great Facebook and MySpace resistance.  MySpace turned my stomach, and although I had no Facebook experience, I decided to lump the two social networking portals together and see how long I could resist them. A group of people I run with decided

As heroic as Lebron James' effort was the other night, it wasn't the best YouTube video I watched tonight.  Against all odds, this 8:23 of footage from Africa kept me at the edge of my seat and ended up blowing my mind. At first it's buffalo vs. lion, and

As a lousy beard grower, I rarely let it grow more than a couple of days.  Prior to shaving this morning I had three days growth, and I noticed something new. There's now a tinge of grey to parts of my beard.  I shouldn't be surprised, I've had some grey

I just realized a couple of things. This is my 6005th entry.  That means I missed a milestone entry yesterday.  Instead of making a big deal out if it I treated my 6000th entry the way MLB will treat Barry Bonds' 756th home run. Moments ago, I was going to

I can't get her out of my mind, so this afternoon I returned to her side.  I just wrote about her yesterday, but I didn't share my many questions. I'm hoping you can help me.  Here are my main questions, accompanied by photos I just took.  Please help me solve

I go for a 45-60 minute walk every lunch hour.  One of my routes takes me by a patch of rustic wilderness in the middle of a concrete jungle.  There's this dilapidated shack that always catches my eye. Today I decided to bring along my camera to shoot this collapsed

Heinz bought Libby's about a decade ago, which means Heinz owns both the Alpha-Getti brand of canned pasta and Zoodles. I used to work in a grocery store, and I used to do all the grocery shopping.  At some point about five or six years ago, Taryn became the primary

Speaking of Muppets, this is gold.  Pure freakin' gold. I ♥ Pulp Fiction, The Muppets and YouTube.

I recently bought a domain name through GoDaddy.com.  Bob Parsons from GoDaddy.com just sent me an email with the subject line "Your refund for ICANN Fee overpayment".  I love refunds. Before I got my hopes up, I read the opening sentence.  "The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and

Hey Raging Stormers, running peeps, neighbours, family and other acquaintances, I'm looking for a few CDs. You know the drill.  I want to get my mitts on the actual CD, not just the digital files.  And yes, I'm aware many of these haven't been "released" yet. Neil Young - Live

I just received the following email. Mr. Boon.I am the owner and administrator of a website that caters specifically to writers, it has recently come to my attention that a play has been uploaded previous to the VA university shooting that notes the author as "Seung Cho".I am

I enjoy the interactive nature of this blog.  If I write my opinion on a subject, anyone can add their two cents and we can have an actual discussion.  This interactivity is what separates a blog from a journal. Over the past twelve hours, two comments have been left on

It's been years since I've received a traffic ticket, but I got one this morning.  I was driving a stretch of road with a speed limit of 40km and I got caught going 16km over. Here's what ticks me off.  The copper tells me if I go to court I