For some reason aldaily thought it was worthwhile to link to this piece concocted by the august-sounding Social Issues Research Centre. Executive Summary Gossip is not a trivial pastime: it is essential to human social, psychological and even physical well-being. The mobile phone, by facilitating therapeutic gossip in an alienating and fragmented modern world, hascontinue reading
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Happy Chinese New Year!
May the Year of the Pig bring good fortune and good health, and lots of good cheer!
Relatively painless
So I show up at the Summerhill Beer Store with my three bottles in my canvas bag. They have a separate returns area in the vestibule so you don’t have to go into the store proper. I plunk canvas bag down on counter. Beer Store guy: Just the wine bottles? Me: Yup. Beer Store guy:continue reading
At least they think the Earth is round
These guys are relatively obscure State legislators, so don’t take it too seriously, but this is pretty funny: Meet our new friend, Georgia State House Rep. Ben Bridges (R), chairman of the retirement committee in the state house. Bridges is now in a bit of trouble for the beans about evolution being the product ofcontinue reading
Talking about unusual headlines…
From Bloomberg: “Cow Dung, Rotting Chickens Poised to Beat Oil, Natural Gas “
Unnecessary Headline Week Continues!
From thestar.com: Husband appears in court Just one? All day?
Rumour confirmed
Looks like Karla Homolka did indeed have a baby last week.
Unnecessary Headline Week Begins!
And once again ctv.ca kicks it off: Bobby Orr’s father Douglas dies at age 82 I searched for the significance of this, but it’s just what it says: an old man died, and his son is Bobby Orr. Still, it’s almost as newsworthy as the story that leads the Canada section this morning: Vancouver 2010continue reading
You know the Court is unhappy when…
“Mrs. Dickie is awarded her costs before this Court on a solicitor and client basis and in the Court of Appeal on a substantial indemnity basis.” In any civil action, if you lose there’s always the risk that you’ll end up paying the other side’s costs–sort of. Usually costs are awarded on a party-and-party basis,continue reading
Thoughtless Headline Week Continues!
Baird ready to shut windows on greenhouse: globeandmail.com OK, thoughtless might be a bit harsh. However, it’s one of those classic cases where the headline sounds clever, but misunderstands something it’s trying to make light of — in this case, the greenhouse effect. Because wouldn’t Baird be opening the windows of the greenhouse… so wecontinue reading