Maybe I shouldn't check my RSS feeds when I'm in a fighting mood. The headline in my Google Reader ticked me off. From The Star's hockey feed, "Relax, Canada: Crosby's Gear Found".
It's the "Relax, Canada" part that really boiled my potatoes. This whole anxiety over the whereabouts of Sidney Crosby's missing stick and glove was completely manufactured. I skipped every article on the subject and never once felt inclined to write about it. Crosby scored the golden goal, giving this nation a moment we'll never forget, and I don't believe one Canadian gives one iota what happened to the gloves and stick her threw into the air. I sure didn't.
I clicked through the "Relax, Canada" headline and noticed the actual article on The Star's site was changed. "Relax, Canada" was preserved in the page's url, and cached in my Google Reader, but gone from sight on the actual page.
Relax, Star... we could give a shit about the gloves and stick. It's your condescending tone that's got me all riled up.
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Corey Haim was 38. He was the Toronto actor who starred in such films as "Lucas", "The Lost Boys" and "License to Drive". Locals will remember him as Larry on "The Edison Twins" before he shot to fame in the mid-to-late 80s.
Growing up in this city, it seemed like everyone had a Corey Haim connection. Every one of us was two degrees of separation from him or closer, and we all heard the stories. Here's a little something I wrote about Corey Haim back in 2006.
To Corey's friends and family in this city, I'm deeply sorry for your loss. I always liked the guy and rooted for him to slay his demons.
Ten years ago, my brothers and I drafted a dead pool. At some point I deemed the contest grossly insensitive and stopped updating the page, but I didn't delete it. Instead, I changed "the dead pool" into the slightly less offensive Celebrity Death Watch.
When a famous person kicks the bucket, I write about it and add them to that page. When Farrah Fawcett passed away last year, she got an entry, even though her death was overshadowed a few hours later by another celebrity passing.
During the Oscar telecast Sunday night, they aired this "in memoriam" segment, as they do every year. It includes just about everyone in the world of film that passed away during the previous year. Michael Jackson was recognized, even though he's not primarily known for his film career, but Farrah Fawcett was snubbed.
I didn't notice the Farrah Fawcett snub on Sunday night, but thought it was awfully strange when Jill left a comment about it on this entry. Although best known as a television star, Farwcett did appear in 19 films, including The Apostle, Extremities, Cannonball Run, and Logan's Run. They recognize people for far, far less than that.
The Academy can't even claim it was an accident. Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences spokeswoman Leslie Unger says "every year, it's an unfortunate reality that we can't include everybody".
You'd think they'd have found a second or two for Farrah. As the kids are saying, this was a huge FAIL.
Our Canadian Health Care used to be acceptable to Sarah Palin. I'm guessing she didn't pay for the services she received in this country, either.
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin - who has gone to great lengths to hype the supposed dangers of a big government takeover of American health care - admitted over the weekend that she used to get her treatment in Canada's single-payer system.
"We used to hustle over the border for health care we received in Canada," Palin said in her first Canadian appearance since stepping down as governor of Alaska. "And I think now, isn't that ironic?"
The irony, one guesses, is that Palin now views Canada's health care system as revolting: with its government-run administration and 'death-panel'-like rationing. Clearly, however, she and her family once found it more alluring than, at the very least, the coverage available in rural Alaska. Up to the age of six, Palin lived in a remote town near the closest Canadian city, Whitehorse.
How does that old Alanis song go again? Well, life has a funny way of sneaking up on you..
As you can imagine, I try to keep my good eye on the Toronto blogosphere. That's why I raised a Spockian eyebrow when I saw @TOblogwatch pop up on Twitter.
Toronto Blog Watch promises "Observations and commentary about the Toronto blogosphere." Sounds good to me! It looks like whoever is behind Toronto Blog Watch has actually started tweeting, as a few new tweets hit my TweetDeck this afternoon.
This blog, by the way, has temporary immunity.
Who's behind @TOblogwatch? Anyone have a clue? Does anyone care?
Humble and Fred recorded a podcast that would have been perfectly timed had it been released during the Olympics. Unfortunately, Dan just got me the MP3 today and the Olympics are looking pretty distant now in the rearview mirror.
Nevertheless, Humble and Fred have recorded this for you, and they're not charging you a dime. Enjoy...
...this is now. I'm back with Firefox. Google Chrome seemed hesitant after a short while, unresponsive. There was even buggy issues with Gmail where I'd click "Attach a file" or "Plain Text" and the option would disappear altogether. You'd think the Google browser would work best with Google email, but Gmail was far snappier in Firefox.
Since then I've returned to Firefox, my default browser for six years, and everything is awesome. It's a portable version of Firefox, by the way, with my favourite add-ons and everything customized to my liking. Just like the prodigal son I've returned.
I ran a little Oscar pool. I actually opened it up to anyone, by tweeting the link, and 16 people played along.
I got 13, which wasn't too shabby. My wife, however, won the pool with 15. She was smart enough to go with The Hurt Locker for both best picture and best director.
Maybe I shouldn't check my RSS feeds when I'm in a fighting mood. The headline in my Google Reader ticked me off. From The Star's hockey feed, "Relax, Canada: Crosby's Gear Found".
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Corey Haim was 38. He was the Toronto actor who starred in such films as "Lucas", "The Lost Boys" and "License to Drive". Locals will remember him as Larry on "The Edison Twins" before he shot to fame in the mid-to-late 80s.
Ten years ago, my brothers and I drafted 
Our Canadian Health Care 
As you can imagine, I try to keep my good eye on the Toronto blogosphere. That's why I raised a Spockian eyebrow when I saw 
Humble and Fred recorded a podcast that would have been perfectly timed had it been released during the Olympics. Unfortunately, Dan just got me the MP3 today and the Olympics are looking pretty distant now in the rearview mirror.
Last month I openly declared I had 
I ran a little Oscar pool. I actually opened it up to anyone, by tweeting the link, and 16 people played along.