Alerted by a vague metallic clicking sound when I walked, I found this in my shoe: Yes, some deft urban angler had managed to snag me with a two-inch-long fishing hook. Here’s what it looks like sans footwear: This confirms something I have thought for a long time: I would make a terrible trout. As [...]
And by brother, I mean priest. Friar Cesare Bonizzi , 62 years young, is the hardest rockin’ man o’ god in the world. Describing himself as a ‘preacher-singer’, he kicks out the heavy metal jams at the head of his band, Fratello Metallo (Metal Brother). Here he is in action: Hardcore. And he’s refreshingly laid [...]
Pretty neat footage from the NASA EPOXI spacecraft. A never-before-seen view of the moon passing the Earth, from 31 million miles away. Oddly beautiful. Via Gizmodo.
How awesome does the new Watchmen movie look? So I awesome I will even tolerate the Billy Corgan-ness of the trailer And why does it look awesome? Because it looks exactly like the graphic novel. Which is also awesome. Simple math.
This article is cross posted with blogTO. Well, another Fringe Festival has come and gone. But like every year, there are a few shows that will go on to bigger things. In 1999, there was the Drowsy Chaperone. In 2002, Job: The Hip Hop Musical got all the buzz. Last year gave us the Gladstone [...]
I’m grouchy this morning- my bike got a flat tire and some ignorant $#%& parked me into my garage- so I’m going to vent a little on the TTC. Sorry, but when I’m having a bad morning (which usually involves me having to ride the subway), our abysmal transit system just ticks me right off. [...]
We all know Zimbabwe has a lot of problems. Its economy is in shambles, it’s run by a corrupt, violent lunatic, and draconian ‘no proper noun’ rules prevent it from taking its rightful place as a totally ninja Scrabble move (26 points…get that on a triple word and you’re off to the races). But now, [...]