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Election Time

With the for-coming elections in Canada, I figured I’d share some funny pictures that I stole from Rick Mercer’s blog. If you’re not familiar with him, Rick Mercer has a show the “Rick Mercer Report” which airs on CBC on Tuesdays at 8PM. visit Rick’s blog for many more of these parody photographs.   

Christmas fever 1

Earlier today I had a feeling of emptiness and lonliness. I couldn’t understand why I had this feeling, being surrounded by thousands of people in a shopping mall, and living in a city of 4+ million people. Later on in the evening I spent time with some friends I haven’t seen in a while. I ...

Economy over Environment?

The United States decided not to attend UN climate talks held in Montreal Canada where 10,000 UN delegates are meeting to discuss solutions to climate change. The United States, which ranks #1 in the world for CO2 emissions accounts for a quarter of all greenhouse gases said in a statement “The United States is opposed ...

Bad Driver

I was driving my car this evening and when I pulled out onto the road I ended up driving behind an SUV that was driving very slowly. He eventually pulled over to the right, so I started to pass him on the left. Just as I started to pass him he pulled a U-Turn right ...

Success and Happiness

The age-old question of what defines success and happiness has been constantly in my mind over the last little while. The whole subject originally came up when I re-watched American Beauty a few weeks ago. This brilliant movie was an extreme eye-opener for me. It’s one of the few “real” movies ever made where people ...

Drive-thru bank machine 1

This one comes from Shahirose: A new sign in the Bank Lobby reads: “Please note that this Bank is installing new Drive-through teller machines enabling customers to withdraw cash without leaving their vehicles. Customers using this new facility are requested to use the procedures outlined below when accessing their accounts. After months of careful research, ...

Old Friends

Over the years I have lost touch with most of the friends that I went to high school with. It is almost entirely my fault because I don’t visit home too often and when I do visit home, my visits are typically short because of time constraints. I really regret losing touch with them because ...

Embarrassing moments

Since I’ve been on the topic of bathroom humour this month, I figured I’d share 2 more stories with you. The first story is from a couple days ago. I was at work and I went on the elevator and there was an older Asian man already on the elevator. He gave me an odd ...

Running Group banned from marathon 1

A popular Torono women’s running group “JeansMarines” has been banned from taking part in the 2006 Marine Corps Marathon in Washington. Apparently the founder of the group Dr. Jean Marmoreo led her group through a shortcut to cut of 6.4 kilometres of the race this year. Her runners made it to the finish line and ...

It smells like something died in here 1

Last night I did something for the first time. I’ve always wanted to do it, but I didn’t want to be “that guy”. I was in a club last night and I had a ten-minute argument with my bowels. Let’s just say that my bowels won and I took care of business inside the cozy ...