Monthly Archives: May 2012

Leather is Murder

Johnny Robinson had a troubled night’s sleep. For some reason he was fixated with the scary looking guy in the leather jacket he had seen earlier that day passing out “Fur is murder” pamphlets. There was something else about him. … Continue reading

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Matchmaking Top Conservatives with Jobs

The Canadian Conservative Party has been signaling the ways that they want to change Employment Insurance. They probably would like me to use the abbreviation EI because what they propose isn’t at all insurance. They want the unemployed to relocate … Continue reading

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To Boldly Go Where Men Have Gone Before

By now many of you who are old Star Trek fans will have heard the news that James Doohan’s (Scotty’s) ashes have made it into space. And I bet some of you are thinking neat, and I’d like to put … Continue reading

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Monopoly Pricing

In this first story Spacex (provider of space flights) decides to partner with Bigelow (potential maker of a private space station). This of course means less competition in space and thus lesser incentives to improve technologies and pricing. But this … Continue reading

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Five Dollar

Reginald was mighty proud of his magazine. It was a masterpiece he thought but never vocalized or his friends and acquaintances might think he was vain. It was so good, that for the purposes of this write up, we shall … Continue reading

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At Last Scarlett Johansson Lives Up to Her Name

If you’ve been hiding under a rock and hadn’t seen Scarlett Johansson in red hair, then see the Avengers movie out now. She plays the character the Black Widow in it with a newfound scarlet mane. But wait, you say, … Continue reading

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Rotting as a Virtue

It’s not just one foodie (a self appointed food expert) that has put forward rotting as a virtue. It is many. They take pictures of food that just doesn’t rot and laugh at it as if it had no nutritional … Continue reading

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Hey-Zeus, the One True God with Massively Multiple Personality Disorder

Hey-Zeus entered the heavenly prayer room. This was that ingeniously designed room that amplified prayers from all over the world so Hey-Zeus could easily hear them. “Hail Almighty God,” came one prayer. Hey-Zeus answered “Yo!” a word that would echo … Continue reading

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Glowing Hearts

For the 2010 Winter Olympics, VANOC (Vancouver Organizing Committee) trademarked the phrase, “with glowing hearts”. Now most of you might not be Canadian so you thought “So what?” but this phrase is known to all English speaking Canadians because it … Continue reading

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