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Month: January, 2009

Low blogging advisory: Movin’ on edition

Hiya folks. I won’t be posting anything today (besides this), as this is my last day in my current job. Blogging time has been devoured by “pack up my crap” time and “desperately attempt to finish outstanding projects” time. Lame, I know. But I will be back tomorrow with a super-sized linker. And in the [...]

Daily Linker – 01/29/09

Sorry ’bout the late arrival, folks. You know, work and junk. Canada Daniel Woolf is the new Principal of Queen’s University. World Swiss authorities mull fines to discourage nude hiking. A Detroit reporter found a dead body encased in ice in an old freight elevator. With disturbing photo! Slapstick in real life: New Zealand edition. And [...]

Daily Linker – 01/28/09

Canada Maybe the Chalk River Nuclear Plant should have stayed closed after all. World The factory at the heart of the salmonella peanut butter crisis tested positive for the bacteria 12 times. And nothing happened. The system…works? Sarah Palin takes her first tentative steps towards a spectacular flameout in the 2012 Presidential Election. Seven people [...]

Lee Marvin to the rescue!

I was in Shoppers Drug Mart last night, and I happened by their bargain DVD rack. On it was a single copy of Chuck Norris’ 1986 actioner The Delta Force. This film has one of the strangest DVD covers I have ever seen: First of all, both Chuck and Lee Marvin are holding bazookas, a weapon [...]

Daily Linker – 01/27/09

Canada A ship, carryiing 300, is stuck in the St. Lawrence River ice. World A California women gives birth to eight children. Nature apparently shocked, violated. A New Zealand man allegedly finds US Troop date on a second-hand Mp3 player. Israel is employing 8 antelopes in their war on terror. Witchdoctors in Tanzania defy a [...]

Superbowl Trivia: Rise of the Car-Pitts

The Superbowl is once again upon us. And while I alwaysrejoice in this weeklong festival of football, this year is especially awesome. My beloved Pittsburgh Steelers - aka Team of Destiny, aaka the only evidence I would accept for the existence of God – are facing off against the upstart Arizona Cardinals. Now normally, I would [...]

The Weekender – 01/26/09

Canada Alberta tourists enraged over closed Anne of Green Gables House. Or, you know, you could just call ahead. World A 14-year-old boy managed to impersonate a Chicago police officer and get sent out on patrol…for five hours. Obama’s web strategists have been hired to help fight the racist, idiotic British National Party. Think your [...]