Consuming mass quantities
I see that my friend Kevin has discovered what happens when you have two eating machines--aka teenage boys over for supper. Six pounds of food...gone. Still hungry.
He's another devotee of spaetzle, those little Eastern european dumplings. Ironically, I rediscovered spaetzle as a side dish in the cookbook How The World Cooks Chicken.
Friday, August 29, 2003
I was lucky
Colby Cosh is still owed some money by the Byfields:
There is no word from the former publishers of the Report on back vacation pay or statutory severance, even though the 60-day "temporary layoff" we were coerced into observing has now ended. No doubt you'll be reading more about this on other sites quite soon. I'm puzzled that they have chosen to handle the matter this way (i.e., by not handling it), even granting that the remaining assets of the company don't amount to much. I'm owed at least C$8,000, by the most conservative possible accounting. Because I'm in such a tight financial fix, I would happily sign away the debt for a good deal less than $8,000, if it arrived (a) quickly and (b) in cash. Go ahead, guys, exploit me! I'm just sitting here!
Hmm...that's odd. I was only owed a few hundred dollars and was finally paid earlier this month. No kill fee for the stuff I was working on, but hadn't filed yet...but I guess that I got off relatively lucky.
Funny...the GST rebate that the government owed to the magazine was supposed to pay everyone off, I understand.
Colby Cosh is still owed some money by the Byfields:
There is no word from the former publishers of the Report on back vacation pay or statutory severance, even though the 60-day "temporary layoff" we were coerced into observing has now ended. No doubt you'll be reading more about this on other sites quite soon. I'm puzzled that they have chosen to handle the matter this way (i.e., by not handling it), even granting that the remaining assets of the company don't amount to much. I'm owed at least C$8,000, by the most conservative possible accounting. Because I'm in such a tight financial fix, I would happily sign away the debt for a good deal less than $8,000, if it arrived (a) quickly and (b) in cash. Go ahead, guys, exploit me! I'm just sitting here!
Hmm...that's odd. I was only owed a few hundred dollars and was finally paid earlier this month. No kill fee for the stuff I was working on, but hadn't filed yet...but I guess that I got off relatively lucky.
Funny...the GST rebate that the government owed to the magazine was supposed to pay everyone off, I understand.
Thursday, August 28, 2003
Is Ben Mulroney gay?
Xtra, the Toronto gay newspaper, reports that Ben Mulroney is not gay, or at least not talking about it.
It doesn't matter to me if he is or not, but maybe everyone using search engine variants of "Ben Mulroney, gay" to stumble onto my weblog will know to look at the above linked article now. I seem to get a hit per day looking for information on that subject, so hopefully this is helpful to the curious.
Xtra, the Toronto gay newspaper, reports that Ben Mulroney is not gay, or at least not talking about it.
It doesn't matter to me if he is or not, but maybe everyone using search engine variants of "Ben Mulroney, gay" to stumble onto my weblog will know to look at the above linked article now. I seem to get a hit per day looking for information on that subject, so hopefully this is helpful to the curious.
Arnold Watch
"I think that gay marriage is something that should be between a man and a woman."
--Arnold Schwarzenegger on the Sean Hannity radio show Wednesday, according to NewsMax.
Why is it that Arnold can say something like this yet not be laughed at as Dan Quayle was. Oh, he's not a conservative right-winger. Never mind.
"I think that gay marriage is something that should be between a man and a woman."
--Arnold Schwarzenegger on the Sean Hannity radio show Wednesday, according to NewsMax.
Why is it that Arnold can say something like this yet not be laughed at as Dan Quayle was. Oh, he's not a conservative right-winger. Never mind.
Tuesday, August 26, 2003
Does this mean I can keep the TV set too?
Thursday is the Holiday Inn Towel Amnesty Day. Not only will the chain forgive you for swiping their towels, they are also soliciting your favourite stories and anecdotes about your stolen towels.
Thanks to The G Spot.
Thursday is the Holiday Inn Towel Amnesty Day. Not only will the chain forgive you for swiping their towels, they are also soliciting your favourite stories and anecdotes about your stolen towels.
Thanks to The G Spot.
Back to English lit
Evereybody's memorizing poetry over at National Review Online's Corner.
I wonder what poems my friend The Ambler would suggest that you memorize or read. He enjoys a lot of poetry.
Evereybody's memorizing poetry over at National Review Online's Corner.
I wonder what poems my friend The Ambler would suggest that you memorize or read. He enjoys a lot of poetry.
No smiles please, we're Canadian
AFP is reporting that due to security concerns, the Canadian government doesn't want any expressions, let alone smiles, in passport photos.
Our facial muscles are all supposed to be frozen solid, I guess.
AFP is reporting that due to security concerns, the Canadian government doesn't want any expressions, let alone smiles, in passport photos.
Our facial muscles are all supposed to be frozen solid, I guess.
Sunday, August 24, 2003
Donald Duck, Christian worship singer
Off several pages from MP3.com. Warning...you have to register, providing an e-mail address, to hear the music:
Tim Gibson Tim writes Christian worship songs and plays them solo with his guitar. They are songs to awaken the spirit to God and to be used in congregational worship or one's own quiet time with the Lord. He also sings like Donald Duck!
A fun version of Amazing Grace sung by Donald Duck.Please don't think this is trivializing the song asI don't think it is, but it's using a talent that I've used for kids camps that I believe will create a fresh interest in this beautiful song.
Story Behind the Song
When I saw there was an Amazing Grace radio
station on MP3 I thought it would be great to produce
a kids version and one that would also appeal to adults
using my talent of speaking and singing like
Donald Duck. This is the result.
Well. If you are brave, you could download Duck Praise, Mr. Gibson's "Donald Duckyfied" seven song CD. Here's the link.
He seems like a nice enough guy though. Here's his website.
Off several pages from MP3.com. Warning...you have to register, providing an e-mail address, to hear the music:
Tim Gibson Tim writes Christian worship songs and plays them solo with his guitar. They are songs to awaken the spirit to God and to be used in congregational worship or one's own quiet time with the Lord. He also sings like Donald Duck!
A fun version of Amazing Grace sung by Donald Duck.Please don't think this is trivializing the song asI don't think it is, but it's using a talent that I've used for kids camps that I believe will create a fresh interest in this beautiful song.
Story Behind the Song
When I saw there was an Amazing Grace radio
station on MP3 I thought it would be great to produce
a kids version and one that would also appeal to adults
using my talent of speaking and singing like
Donald Duck. This is the result.
Well. If you are brave, you could download Duck Praise, Mr. Gibson's "Donald Duckyfied" seven song CD. Here's the link.
He seems like a nice enough guy though. Here's his website.
Canadian Press belatedly discovers...
...the problem of judicial activism, in a story that moved on their wires this weekend.
For what it's worth, The Report, in its various incarnations, was all over this story for many years.
...the problem of judicial activism, in a story that moved on their wires this weekend.
For what it's worth, The Report, in its various incarnations, was all over this story for many years.
I'd have named this "Moses joins the Red Army"
From the online collection of Russian, Chinese and Cuban political posters The Chairman Smiles.
From the online collection of Russian, Chinese and Cuban political posters The Chairman Smiles.
For all your Stalinist visual propaganda needs
An online collection of Stalin-era posters and artwork from the Socialist realist school: Propaganda Art.
Thanks Exclamation Mark.
An online collection of Stalin-era posters and artwork from the Socialist realist school: Propaganda Art.
Thanks Exclamation Mark.
Porn ain't fun
Tracy Lords' new autobiography reveals that she is having second thoughts about her career as an underage porn star, reports The Globe and Mail.
Thanks to Relapsed catholic, featuring a spiffy new redesign for the tip.
Tracy Lords' new autobiography reveals that she is having second thoughts about her career as an underage porn star, reports The Globe and Mail.
Thanks to Relapsed catholic, featuring a spiffy new redesign for the tip.
Friday, August 22, 2003
Sorority eye for the straight guy
Two nice young ladies write on their blog about how their makeover helped a male friend become more hunky looking.
I would ask for their advice myself, but I fear that they would advise the "We had to destroy the village in order to save it" approach.
Two nice young ladies write on their blog about how their makeover helped a male friend become more hunky looking.
I would ask for their advice myself, but I fear that they would advise the "We had to destroy the village in order to save it" approach.
Thursday, August 21, 2003
"....One might as well as ask a member of the shopping-cart community why his personal effects include a garbage bag filled with hundreds of pieces of plastic cutlery...."
The Ambler manfully tries to explain Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien's
recent pronouncements on morality and politics. The operative word here being "tries", as Mr. Chretien seems to run his thoughts through a blender set to "Puree" before opening his mouth to utter them.
The Ambler manfully tries to explain Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien's
recent pronouncements on morality and politics. The operative word here being "tries", as Mr. Chretien seems to run his thoughts through a blender set to "Puree" before opening his mouth to utter them.
Wednesday, August 20, 2003
Tuesday, August 19, 2003
For my singing frog readers
Here's a link to the sheet music to Hello! ma baby, the Warner Brother's Singing Frog's favourite song to sing. Disclaimer! Now you will find out why the cartooon warbler only sang the chorus of the song. Ewww...what lyrics!
It's part of the University of Colorado at Boulder's otherwise neat online Digital Sheet Music collection. Time to polish up The Aeroplane Rag or The Angle Worm Wiggle?
Thanks to Speckled Paint.
Here's a link to the sheet music to Hello! ma baby, the Warner Brother's Singing Frog's favourite song to sing. Disclaimer! Now you will find out why the cartooon warbler only sang the chorus of the song. Ewww...what lyrics!
It's part of the University of Colorado at Boulder's otherwise neat online Digital Sheet Music collection. Time to polish up The Aeroplane Rag or The Angle Worm Wiggle?
Thanks to Speckled Paint.
A very neat, retro, blog
I agree with Exclamation Mark...Speckled Paint is a neat weblog/website with lots of old, but intriguing, things to look at. Enjoy!
I agree with Exclamation Mark...Speckled Paint is a neat weblog/website with lots of old, but intriguing, things to look at. Enjoy!
Monday, August 18, 2003
Sunday, August 17, 2003
"TERMINATOR 4: RECOUNT DAY"
The best thing on the ESPN webpage, Gregg Easterbrook's Tuesday Morning Quarterback, returns with some amusing suggestions for future movies Arnold Schwarzenegger can do.
The best thing on the ESPN webpage, Gregg Easterbrook's Tuesday Morning Quarterback, returns with some amusing suggestions for future movies Arnold Schwarzenegger can do.
Friday, August 15, 2003
A new meaning to the term "radiant beauty"
A 1918 newspaper ad that promotes Radium Face Cream, with "a definite amount of Actual Radium--nature's greatest aid to Beauty" can be found at the online Gallery of Art and Illustration from the Pages of American Newspapers.
Thanks to Exclamation Mark.
A 1918 newspaper ad that promotes Radium Face Cream, with "a definite amount of Actual Radium--nature's greatest aid to Beauty" can be found at the online Gallery of Art and Illustration from the Pages of American Newspapers.
Thanks to Exclamation Mark.
"When politicians speak of children, hide the spoons."
National Review is unimpressed with Arnold and still likes Bill Simon
National Review is unimpressed with Arnold and still likes Bill Simon
Wednesday, August 13, 2003
Time for book lovers to cry
My favourite Portland bookstore is Powell's, but Jeremy's affectionate tribute to the recently closed Fritzler's bookstore makes me wish that I had known about that bookstore too.
Not that it would have helped much, as whenever I have gone on a daytrip to Portland, it's been with my grandmother and she likes to stay in downtown Portland where Powell's--a used bookstore the size of a large department store--is. No usedbooks megastore where I live, unfortunately. If I ever hit the lottery, maybe I should open one.
My favourite Portland bookstore is Powell's, but Jeremy's affectionate tribute to the recently closed Fritzler's bookstore makes me wish that I had known about that bookstore too.
Not that it would have helped much, as whenever I have gone on a daytrip to Portland, it's been with my grandmother and she likes to stay in downtown Portland where Powell's--a used bookstore the size of a large department store--is. No usedbooks megastore where I live, unfortunately. If I ever hit the lottery, maybe I should open one.
Orgasm watch
"....In any event, it is my strong belief that the moment when Western Civilization became obsessed with the female orgasm coincided exactly with its final collapse...."
Kevin Michael Grace's post commenting on a response to his piece on The Vagina Monologues is very interesting reading.
"....In any event, it is my strong belief that the moment when Western Civilization became obsessed with the female orgasm coincided exactly with its final collapse...."
Kevin Michael Grace's post commenting on a response to his piece on The Vagina Monologues is very interesting reading.
Tuesday, August 12, 2003
Penthouse asks for bankruptcy protection
News item: Penthouse Publisher Files for Bankruptcy.
What, you can't make money on sex? What gives?
It's almost as odd as Hustler for the Lord, that quickie Christian publishing house's book celebrating Hustler publisher Larry Flynt's alleged conversion to Christianity in the 1970s.
Memo to fellow Report-sters: one slightly used magazine publishing empire, for sale, cheap! :). I can just imagine..."Dear editor, I am a student at a small Midwestern college. I never believed any of the letters that I read in this magazine until I had a recent experience of my own. One day the pretty girl who lives next door to me accidentally left her copy of The Conservative Mind in the common room of our dorm...."
News item: Penthouse Publisher Files for Bankruptcy.
What, you can't make money on sex? What gives?
It's almost as odd as Hustler for the Lord, that quickie Christian publishing house's book celebrating Hustler publisher Larry Flynt's alleged conversion to Christianity in the 1970s.
Memo to fellow Report-sters: one slightly used magazine publishing empire, for sale, cheap! :). I can just imagine..."Dear editor, I am a student at a small Midwestern college. I never believed any of the letters that I read in this magazine until I had a recent experience of my own. One day the pretty girl who lives next door to me accidentally left her copy of The Conservative Mind in the common room of our dorm...."
Beware a "cult of personality"
I like how Rush explains that Arnold isn't another Reagan.
I would like to add however that some strong California conservatives thought that Reagan was a liberal in conservative's clothing. Kent Steffgen's book Here's the Rest of Him develops this thesis interestingly.
I'd much have another Reagan than a Governator, though. To paraphrase Jack Warner: "No, no, Ronald Reagan for governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger for best friend!"
I like how Rush explains that Arnold isn't another Reagan.
I would like to add however that some strong California conservatives thought that Reagan was a liberal in conservative's clothing. Kent Steffgen's book Here's the Rest of Him develops this thesis interestingly.
I'd much have another Reagan than a Governator, though. To paraphrase Jack Warner: "No, no, Ronald Reagan for governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger for best friend!"
Former Report-nik acquires power to decide who lives and who dies
My former colleague Jeremy Lott has some neat news about his new editing job. Check it out!
Congrats...
My former colleague Jeremy Lott has some neat news about his new editing job. Check it out!
Congrats...
Monday, August 11, 2003
Good ol' free enterprise
Want Arnold for governator, er governor, bumper stickers? This site has 18 non-official ones.
It only took four days after his announcement. Are they slow or what?
I liked this bumper sticker, which opens for $5 on eBay.
Meanwhile, der Arnold has one webpage for his campaign. No position papers, but you can donate money.
I wonder if Arnold has slipped up. Does he plan to make no bumper stickers or other campaign stuff that he could sell around the world? Well, perhaps if he had ordered these to be produced that would have meant that a leak would have spoiled his surprise announcement on the Tonight Show.
Want Arnold for governator, er governor, bumper stickers? This site has 18 non-official ones.
It only took four days after his announcement. Are they slow or what?
I liked this bumper sticker, which opens for $5 on eBay.
Meanwhile, der Arnold has one webpage for his campaign. No position papers, but you can donate money.
I wonder if Arnold has slipped up. Does he plan to make no bumper stickers or other campaign stuff that he could sell around the world? Well, perhaps if he had ordered these to be produced that would have meant that a leak would have spoiled his surprise announcement on the Tonight Show.
"Hasta la vista, Grayby"
Mark Steyn's take on der Arnold's prospects:The Gubernator?
This might be Arnold's best chance to be elected governor, writes Steyn.
Mark Steyn's take on der Arnold's prospects:The Gubernator?
This might be Arnold's best chance to be elected governor, writes Steyn.
That will buy a lot of Humvees
Columnist's Daniel Weintraub's California Insider is following everything about the California gubernatorial election, including der Arnold's tax returns from 2001 and 2002. In 2002, he earned $26 million US!
Columnist's Daniel Weintraub's California Insider is following everything about the California gubernatorial election, including der Arnold's tax returns from 2001 and 2002. In 2002, he earned $26 million US!
Can you guess which one of these I own?
Yes, I own one of these Incredibly Strange Religious Records, which I bought on cassette? The page is fun to read at any rate, if you don't care to hazard a guess....
Yes, I own one of these Incredibly Strange Religious Records, which I bought on cassette? The page is fun to read at any rate, if you don't care to hazard a guess....
Sunday, August 10, 2003
"I will throw you like the hammer throw!"
Kathy Shaidle has come up with a neat idea as she compiles the best quotes from the SCTV TV show. Are your favourite SCTV quotes or moments there yet?
Watch out, it's raining TVs!
Kathy Shaidle has come up with a neat idea as she compiles the best quotes from the SCTV TV show. Are your favourite SCTV quotes or moments there yet?
Watch out, it's raining TVs!
Rachel Marsden watch
If you have come here looking for the latest information on Republican Babe Rachel Marsden, you may be interested in this National Post article, which shows that she likes to fudge and mislead in regards to her past.
Alas, I am not a hottie, so I must get by with the truth.
If you have come here looking for the latest information on Republican Babe Rachel Marsden, you may be interested in this National Post article, which shows that she likes to fudge and mislead in regards to her past.
Alas, I am not a hottie, so I must get by with the truth.
Saturday, August 09, 2003
Thursday, August 07, 2003
Wednesday, August 06, 2003
California governors race will end in tie--one vote each--after everybody in state runs
In a quick moving day for politics, Arnold Schwarzenegger announces that he will run for governor of California, as will Arianna Huffington. Jerry Springer, meanwhile, has withdrawn for his Senate bid and plans to concentrate on his TV show.
In a quick moving day for politics, Arnold Schwarzenegger announces that he will run for governor of California, as will Arianna Huffington. Jerry Springer, meanwhile, has withdrawn for his Senate bid and plans to concentrate on his TV show.
Friday, August 01, 2003
Buns ahoy!
By the way the aforementioned weblog below has weekly photo caption contests. See how you do!
By the way the aforementioned weblog below has weekly photo caption contests. See how you do!