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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...