The Straight Dope
A while back my buddy Tim introduced me to “The Straight Dope“. It’s a newspaper column by Cecil Adams where he answers factual question asked by his readers on ANY topic. Cecil himself is a mysterious person. His website claims he’s the world’s most intelligent human being and he also claims that he’s never had ...
Justified response?
Israel’s death toll: 24 people killed (including 12 civilians) Lebanon’s death toll: ~150 people killed (Mostly civilians, including 7 Canadians vacationing) Entire apartment buildings have been reduced to rubble. Is the IDF trying to use scare tactics to intimidate militant groups? I don’t think it will deter the enemy, it will grow the enemy. Update: ...
Household wind turbines and Sin City 2
In my Internet surfing tonight I came across a Texas-based company called Mag-Wind that has invented a vertical axis wind turbine intended to generate enough power to power a single household, thus creating green energy and eliminating the need for people to rely on supplied electricity. Although I think the principle of this is a ...
Israel attacks Lebanon 6
Israel is going down the path of starting a major war in the Middle East by invading Lebanon in a response to an attack/abduction on Israeli soldiers by the militant group Hezbollah. Israel was already busy on the Palestinian front with invasions as a response to an another soldier abduction last week by a Palistinian ...
Microsoft censures PHP
I was in MSN Messenger today and I attempted to send a link to a coworker with “download.php” in the URL. The MSN message didn’t go through, no error was received, it just didn’t send. So just for fun I changed it to “download.asp” and the message went through properly. So to take it one ...
Bombay train bombing
Trains and public transportation systems have been an easy target in recent years. Today a cowardly act on Bombay (Mumbai) India’s train system killed close to 200 innocent civilians. The bombings on the London subway system a year ago killed 52 people and the bombing in Madrid, Spain on March 11, 2004 killed 192 people. ...
Toronto West Don Lands 1
In 2001, the City of Toronto formed the Toronto Waterfront Revitalization Corporation (TWRC) with a mandate to revitalize Toronto’s waterfront in phases. Everybody in Toronto is aware of the huge potential that the Toronto waterfront has, but nobody has done anything about it yet. It’s amazing that it has taken this long for a city ...
Mrs. USA pageant 3
So I “Googled” my best buddy from elementary school whom I grew up with and share many fond memories. I found out that my buddy Jaz Hayden is married to Mrs. Texas, Jennifer Hayden. As cousin Geoff would say, not bad yerself! I had never heard about it before, but the Mrs. USA pageant is ...
World Biosphere reserves
It’s good to know that there are sites in the world that are vital to the survival of the earth that are being preserved. There are 13 such reserves in Canada, 4 of which are within a few hours drive from where I live. While camping and hiking on the weekend I was awestruck by ...
Newfoundland Yoga 2
Pop quiz. 1. What’s the difference between Yoga from India and Yoga from Newfoundland? See below. 2. What would you look like if you almost became President of the USA and wear way too much makeup? See below.