All you ever wanted to know about poop.
A CUP story on an online catalogue of research papers on preserved excrement is posted here.
Thursday, March 18, 2004
Wednesday, March 17, 2004
Pray to be eaten first!
Here is an H.P. Lovecraft inspired parody of a Jack Chick tract.
Still prefer Antlers of the Damned and this Mystery Science Theater themed Jack Chick spoof, but Who Will Be Eaten First is adept, albeit depressing.
Here is an H.P. Lovecraft inspired parody of a Jack Chick tract.
Still prefer Antlers of the Damned and this Mystery Science Theater themed Jack Chick spoof, but Who Will Be Eaten First is adept, albeit depressing.
Monday, March 15, 2004
Sunday, March 14, 2004
Watch his blog as in a future entry he has coffee with J.D. Salinger
Catholic apologist Jimmy Akin meets Jack Chick. Mr. Akin, a former cartoonist, also has a picture of Jack Chick in cartoon form.
Catholic apologist Jimmy Akin meets Jack Chick. Mr. Akin, a former cartoonist, also has a picture of Jack Chick in cartoon form.
Back to summer school for me
New York University's digital journalism course will let you blog for credit, as having your own blog is part of the course.
New York University's digital journalism course will let you blog for credit, as having your own blog is part of the course.
Saturday, March 13, 2004
What Colby said
Colby Cosh is writing all that I would have like to have written on the Todd Bertuzzi suspension. Please pay him a visit.
Colby Cosh is writing all that I would have like to have written on the Todd Bertuzzi suspension. Please pay him a visit.
[sound of spit take]
I'm reading between the lines in this Human Events story on the Western Standard by a friend of Ezra Levant's. Emphasis mine:
"While the Western Standard is launching on the Report's subscriber base, Ezra Levant's personal flair and charisma and his penchant for taking issues head-on in spite of potential controversy, along with the young, fresh group of Canadian conservatives that Levant has already recruited, will ensure the Western Standard has a very different flavour from the now defunct Alberta Report....
....But, Levant is not only a publisher of a new Canadian conservative magazine, he is also a ray of light for many grassroots conservatives that continue to diligently work towards defeating the Liberals in Ottawa.
I wish Ezra Levant well, but there's much to be said for Ted Byfield's old "I'm just a newsman, not a highfalutin' journalist" approach. A "ray of light"....oy gevalt. Well, I don't think Ezra has aspirations to be the next Enver Hoxha. Mr. Levant should ask his friends to go easy on the hyperbole until everyone figures out for themselves that he is a useful labourer in the fields of the Lord.
Thanks to Kathy for the link.
I'm reading between the lines in this Human Events story on the Western Standard by a friend of Ezra Levant's. Emphasis mine:
"While the Western Standard is launching on the Report's subscriber base, Ezra Levant's personal flair and charisma and his penchant for taking issues head-on in spite of potential controversy, along with the young, fresh group of Canadian conservatives that Levant has already recruited, will ensure the Western Standard has a very different flavour from the now defunct Alberta Report....
....But, Levant is not only a publisher of a new Canadian conservative magazine, he is also a ray of light for many grassroots conservatives that continue to diligently work towards defeating the Liberals in Ottawa.
I wish Ezra Levant well, but there's much to be said for Ted Byfield's old "I'm just a newsman, not a highfalutin' journalist" approach. A "ray of light"....oy gevalt. Well, I don't think Ezra has aspirations to be the next Enver Hoxha. Mr. Levant should ask his friends to go easy on the hyperbole until everyone figures out for themselves that he is a useful labourer in the fields of the Lord.
Thanks to Kathy for the link.
Friday, March 12, 2004
Thursday, March 11, 2004
Overreacting
The Denver Post throws in its two cents on what it thinks should happen to Todd Bertuzzi:
"The league should ban Bertuzzi for life from any association with professional hockey, much as Major League Baseball did with Pete Rose for gambling, a far less serious offence."
I agree that Bertuzzi should be banned for the rest of this season, but this editorial loses all perspective. How is it that betting on baseball in a premeditated way, when you are a coach in a position to make sure that your bets pay off, is worse than losing one's temper in the heat of the moment and hurting another player?
It's no wonder that Todd Bertuzzi threw himself on the mercy of the court of public opinion in a public statement last night. He will soon find that the NHL is pandering to Americans like that Denver Post editorialist who have no love of the spot and don't understand it.
We can't expect the land where pucks glowed blue on TV broadcasts to understand that hockey can be violent, but NHL players are punished appropriately when they go overboard, just like in other sports. Will the Post call for a *lifetime ban* on baseball, NFL or NBA players who use their fists to hurt another player? Hardly. Readers would point out that these sports punish these sorts of things appropriately with fines and suspensions when they do occur and laugh at the paper's folly.
The Denver Post throws in its two cents on what it thinks should happen to Todd Bertuzzi:
"The league should ban Bertuzzi for life from any association with professional hockey, much as Major League Baseball did with Pete Rose for gambling, a far less serious offence."
I agree that Bertuzzi should be banned for the rest of this season, but this editorial loses all perspective. How is it that betting on baseball in a premeditated way, when you are a coach in a position to make sure that your bets pay off, is worse than losing one's temper in the heat of the moment and hurting another player?
It's no wonder that Todd Bertuzzi threw himself on the mercy of the court of public opinion in a public statement last night. He will soon find that the NHL is pandering to Americans like that Denver Post editorialist who have no love of the spot and don't understand it.
We can't expect the land where pucks glowed blue on TV broadcasts to understand that hockey can be violent, but NHL players are punished appropriately when they go overboard, just like in other sports. Will the Post call for a *lifetime ban* on baseball, NFL or NBA players who use their fists to hurt another player? Hardly. Readers would point out that these sports punish these sorts of things appropriately with fines and suspensions when they do occur and laugh at the paper's folly.
Monday, March 08, 2004
Not exactly The Passion
Only Kathy could follow a post on her recent purchase of a shortwave radio with a post linking to The Exorcist in 30 seconds with bunnies.
Only Kathy could follow a post on her recent purchase of a shortwave radio with a post linking to The Exorcist in 30 seconds with bunnies.
"....Incidentally, although Doc Rampage recommends 7-Eleven highly in general, he does not recommend it for a first date. Not if you are planning on a second date...."
A restaurant review of...
7-Eleven.
A restaurant review of...
7-Eleven.
Friday, March 05, 2004
Thursday, March 04, 2004
But can we get our ship to go?
Please, make it so, PLEASE make it so.
If Dr. Seuss wrote for Star Trek: the Next Generation
Please, make it so, PLEASE make it so.
If Dr. Seuss wrote for Star Trek: the Next Generation
mmmm...
For the next few days, this link will tell you how to make Olive Garden stuffed mushrooms, or rather a reasonable facsimile thereof.
For the next few days, this link will tell you how to make Olive Garden stuffed mushrooms, or rather a reasonable facsimile thereof.
Pass the collection plate
Kathy's swell Relapsed Catholic blog could use some donations.
Let's hear swishes, not klunks! :)
Kathy's swell Relapsed Catholic blog could use some donations.
Let's hear swishes, not klunks! :)