Kwitcher Bitchin’
Maybe I’m just lucky lately but it seems I’ve been privy to an awful lot of on-the-job bitching. Â Not at my job, but at other peoples’ jobs where I’m trying to conduct business. Â …
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Prank Gone Wrong
Happy April Fool’s Day! Â While this story isn’t about an April Fool’s joke it is about an attempted prank on the unsuspecting fools who followed doomsday nutbar Harold Camping. Â You might remember Camping. Â He is the ancient preacher who kept predicting the end of the world and then changing the date when it didn’t happen. Â From This Is True, the weekly round-up of wacky news I subscribe to, comes the story of a man who just wanted to illustrate how idiotic the whole thing was but unfortunately, it’s now causing him grief. Â Read on:
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Favourite Inventions of the Week
Do you think Twitter is just a whole bunch of crap? Â …
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Bad Neighbours
It happened earlier this month but it’s still worth noting that when London was hurting, Ingersoll turned its back. …
A Brandt Randt – My Cup of Dumb Runneth Over
Why do I read comments on news stories? Â They just make me crazy. Yet I’m drawn to them like an unlucky city slicker panning for gold. They’re almost as bad as comments about radio goings-on on the SOWNY or QUAD CITIES message boards. Â In both cases the lion’s share of those involved are people spouting off about things they know nothing about. Â …
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Wardrobe Malfunction
What in the world is a person supposed to wear when a winter that never was skips spring altogether and becomes summer? Â …
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What a Riot
By now you’ve likely heard about the St. Patrick’s Day riot here in my city of London. Â What an embarrassment to me and my fellow Londoners. …
Needling a Closed Case
I believe that that some conspiracy theories are probably based on facts. Â Maybe there was a cover-up of aliens at Area 51. Â Maybe owners of fast-food – no, I’m sorry, quick-service restaurants – are putting additives in the grub that make us crave more fat and sugar. Â But I know this: Â terrorists brought down the twin towers in New York City. Â Flouride in the water strengthens tooth enamel. Â And vaccinations prevent a whole host of diseases that used to be fatal. Â …
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Get The S Out of Here
So many people still think there is an s at the end of the Saving in Daylight Saving Time. Â There is not. Â So I had an idea. Â Go with me on this. …
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Kitchener’s Turn!
It’s a World of Motorcycles Expo weekend. Â This time it’s Kitchener where we are staging our second annual show Saturday and Sunday, Bingemans. Today is move-in day. It looks like a mild weekend ahead and we’re hoping lots of people have biking on their minds! Â I’ll see you back here either Sunday or Monday, once the smoke clears and I return to some semblance of a routine. Â Be good. Be careful.
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Unanswerable Questions Part 348
Why do the people who are the most vocal about what’s wrong with the broadcasting industry no longer work (or never have worked) in it? Â …
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