Archive for August, 2006

Taller People Are Smarter, Study Finds

Sunday, August 27th, 2006

According to a recent study, taller people are smarter, a fact that my sky-scraping friend, Jason Paterson has long embodied. The study shows that even from very early on - before socialization is prevalent in their lives - young children who are taller tend to have higher cognitive skills. Taller ...

Terrorism Reigns Supreme!

Friday, August 11th, 2006

Every day the people who would like to strike fear in to the hearts of Americans win battles. There are countless thousands of people working on new and more impressive ways to beef up security based on the threat of terror. Billions of dollars are spent each year, ...

André Ouellet - Money Grubber Extraordinaire!

Friday, August 11th, 2006

So, we all remember when André Ouellet resigned from his position at Canada Post. More importantly, we all rememer THAT André Ouellet resigned. Resigned. As in took it upon himself to end his continued affiliation with Canada Post. Signed his name and dated a letter to his superior indicating ...

Precious Commodity - 85 Year-Old Woman Locked In Bank Vault

Wednesday, August 9th, 2006

I don't know how to spell the creeped out noise that I made when I read this article. Being left, trapped in a bank vault after closing would be freaky-as-hell. This poor 85 year old Swiss woman was locked in a bank vault for more than 4 hours after the ...

The Reuters Thing

Monday, August 7th, 2006

It's not news that news agencies like to have the biggest scoop, or the best story to tell. It's just unfortunate that, when there's a way going on, the feel the need to fabricate it. I don't really know what synaptic misfire causes someone in the news to think that ...