One-man shows are a dicey proposition, often riding on the charisma and talent of the actor on stage to make up for a meandering script or dull staging. What a pleasure it is, then, to experience a one-person play featuring an...
Read More1. HOUSING INDUSTRY IN THE STATES UNABLE TO STOP DEFRAUDING EVERYTHING ALL THE TIME. Remember when banks and home buyers and mortgage brokers and the rest of Wall Street all got together and helped bring about the most massive...
Read More1. HERE’S ANOTHER WORLD RECORD TO BREAK, NERDS. At this year’s Burning Man Festival (still not starring Edward Woodward), the world record was finally broken for assembling the most people dressed up as Superman in...
Read More1. RELIGIOUS RIGHT-WING EXTREMIST SOMEHOW NOT SWAYED BY HILARY CLINTON. “Hi. I’m Dr. Terry Jones, this is the Braveheart Show, and Islam is of the Devil”. So says Pastor Jones, who is organizing an old...
Read More1. PLEASE SIR, MAY WE HAVE SOME MORE? THERE’S NOTHING LEFT IN OUR BOWL BUT SEPARATISTS. The press takes time to ponder Harper’s latest election strategy: making veiled threats about the future of our country if we...
Read More1. THIS IS HOW TO MAKE EDUCATED MIDDLE-CLASS CANADIANS ANGRY. The National Post has cooked up a list of the Ten Most Overrated Canadian Authors. It covers the gamut, from Michael Ondaatje to – ohh! – Yann Martel,...
Read More1. $10 BILLION IN SCHOOL STIMULUS RESULTS IN STUNNING JOB GROWTH OF NONE. The US administration gave $10 billion to schools to help compensate for massive teacher layoffs. In return, school boards are not using the funds to hire...
Read More1 FORMER ALASKA SENATOR TED STEVENS DEFINITELY DEAD IN A PLANE CRASH. Along with four other people, Ted Stevens, former Alaska senator and Republican pork magnet died in a plane crash. Strangely enough, this was Stevens’...
Read More1 IRAN HATES MUSIC NOW. Ayatollah Ali Khameini declared on Monday that music is incompatible with the teachings of Islam. Yeah, right. Can I go ahead and call Khameini a complete dick on this blog? Can I? Because he is. 2 BUT...
Read MoreOn Salon.com, Michael Bartel grapples with the apathetic reaction to two major stories: “The War Logs” and “Top Secret America” (which I absolutely loved). Is it becuase America’s political culture...
Read MoreNot to be outdone, Prairie Dog’s Best Restaurant of 2010 is getting in on the Drunken Lime action with a lime of their very own. I haven’t tried this one yet, but I’ll be ordering one of these on my next visit...
Read MoreIP ADDRESSES TO RUN OUT WITHIN THE YEAR. Thirty years ago, the founders of the internet created a system that allowed for about four billion (4,000,000,000!) IP addresses. Seems like a lot, yes? Not so much. Expect rioting,...
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