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Month: September, 2008

Your bloody demise…in Norwegian!

There are some themes so universal, so central to the human experience, that they transcend the barriers of language. Love, hate, childhood…and, Nazi Zombies. Because what’s worse than Nazis who are also zombies? This timeless story is brought to you by the Norwegian horror flick “Død Snø” (Dead Snow), a title that is fun because [...]

The Credit MacDaddy pushes limits of sanity, finance

Never, under any cicumstance, for any reason, borrow money from this man: Why don’t we have commercials like this in Canada? Oh right. Good taste.

This turtle is awesome

Sorry ’bout the lack of blogging today, folks. Turns out I have a job or something. But in lieu of my normal sparkling insight (?), here’s a turtle with a mohawk. Just because you’re a reptile, doesn’t mean you can’t be punk. Via the Daily Mail.

Bravo, Sarah. Bravo.

You can actually see her hard drive spinning down on this one. Watch CBS Videos Online Ladies and gentleman, the Republican VP candidate!

Theatre Review: The Crackwalker

This entry is cross-posted with blogTO. When it first premiered at Theatre Passe Muraille 28 years ago, Judith Thompson’s The Crackwalker was a kind of lighning rod for Canadian drama. Not only did it mark the arrival of a major new theatrical voice, but it signalled a new maturity among Canadian playwrights. Grit and brutal [...]

Fox News is maaaad at Canada

Sometimes it feels like our neighbour to the south never notice us up here in Canuckistan. But if say a VP candidate looks like a porn star, as the CBC’s Heather Mallick did, Fox News will start paying all kinds of attention. Observe: Oh man. Sure, Mallick’s article is over-the-top and touch beyond the pale. [...]

Speak out on the culture cuts

The nice thing about being an artist looking down the barrel of $60 million in arts cuts is you usually have the tools to say something about it. And, if you have something to say about the Harper government’s cuts to culture, the nice folks at the Department of Culture (not a government department, just [...]