You’ve probably already heard that Canadian troops have struck an important blow against the Taliban, destroying a HQ used for assembling roadside bombs. But what you may not know is they did it with Transformer assistance. Oh, this isn’t a well publicized fact. The Canadian Military is no doubt keeping this under wraps at the [...]
Fortune can be a confounding mistress. Christopher Plummer claims in his new biography that a kidney stone, dislodged during some exuberant er, co-ed recreation, was responsible for launching William Shatner’s career. Shatner was Plummer’s understudy for a production of King Lear at the 1956 Stratford Festival. But one fateful morning, the venerable leading man awoke in [...]
Well, 28 days of the 100 push up challenge are behind me. And, miracle of miracles, this was the week I finally noticed a difference. My endurance is way up, and I can happily tear off 100+ reps (with set breaks) with a lot loss crying and religious introspection than Week One. So there may [...]
For any male out there forced to grapple with the inequities of car insurance.
Thanks to vagaries of male pattern baldness, I now count myself among the ranks of the shaved headed. We are a fearless crew, and have much to teach about the fine art of shaving. This is due to a couple of factors: first, with a vastly greater surface area to shave, we have a lot [...]
In the grand pantheon of Olympic sports, few are as lame as race walking. I’m sure these are very committed, talented athletes. But whenever race walking appears on my TV, I’m sent lurching for my remote like a drunken meerkat. All of this got me thinking: how to improve the experience of race walk viewing? [...]
Actresses: time to panic. Meet “Emily”. She make look real, and sound real, but brother, she ain’t real. She’s a motion-captured computer animation by Image Metrics: Somewhere, George Lucas’ head just exploded. To be fair, she doesn’t look completely human. There are a few little ticks here and there, and the face is just slightly [...]