Ten reasons why the Stanley Cup Finals beats the NBA Finals
For KQuark. Something a little lighter for a Friday
1) Playoff beards!
2) No sound in sports like the puck off the pipe!
3) When a hockey player scores ... TEAM HUG!
4)...
A new low for Christian crazies
This falls flat into the category of "You just can't make this stuff up."
It is quite literally unbelievable. Hilarious. And yet not funny.
A city in Montana is proposing an...
The Skeksis are in the Vatican!
Like most Catholics, former Catholics, fallen Catholics, broken Catholics and my favourite term, Catholic survivors, I have a complicated relationship with the Catholic Church.
I grew up Catholic, turned my...
The sometimes sordid history of smoking and Hollywood
There's been a big kerfuffle lately about cigarette smoking in Avatar. This issue has a long history.
Hollywood and cigarette smoking simply go hand in hand -- more than you...
The definition of cognitive dissonance, part 2
A person I work with wears his libertarianism on his sleeve. He rails constantly at the workplace about liberals, hippies, taxes, Obama, etc. He has literally said in the...
A totem of the American West
I will never quite understand the emotional reaction toward wolves.
There are people in the West who hate wolves. And I do mean hate. Pathological hate. It simply defies logic...
Yes, it really was that important!
It was a GREAT day to be a Canadian!
It is not an exaggeration to say that the entire country lived, died, then lived again. At least *I* did!
I honestly...
The very sad and complicated story of Mercy the Cat
This is a very troubling story that will not leave you happy. I have to warn you, it is a little heartbreaking. It left me with a really bad...
Hiyao Miyazaki, Japanese legend
I read an article the other day that Miyazaki is producing a film, called Karigurashi no Arrietty, due to come out in 2010. I can’t wait!
You haven’t heard of...
How do you fight SAD?
SAD is Seasonal Affective Disorder, something I don’t know that I have -- but I think I do. I hate it when the sun doesn’t shine. I hate day...