On my long list of things I think are bullshit, right near the top, is astrology. If you think your zodiac sign is anything other than pure entertainment, I have swamp land in Florida you may be interested in.  Your zodiac sign means nothing, and it's likely not what you

The man accused of killing six and wounding another 12, including Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, has been identified as Jared Lee Loughner. Jared Lee Loughner recently started a YouTube channel as user Classitup10.  He uploaded five videos in November and December 2010.  In the first few, it's mainly gibberish about

I'm getting a kick out of this story from Meaford, Ontario. 88 per cent of a parents group have voted to ask an elementary school in Meaford to shut down Wi-Fi internet access over health concerns.  I love this quote from the article: The parents believe Wi-Fi at the school,

A 5.0-magnitude earthquake hit the Ontario-Quebec border region this afternoon.  I was working on the tenth floor of a building just West of Toronto when my colleague said "do you feel that, we're shaking". I thought we might be feeling an earthquake, so I tried really, really hard to

I first wrote about the Star Wars Kid all the way back in July of 2003.  It's hard to believe that was 7 years ago. Here's what I wrote back then. By now, everyone knows the Star Wars Kid.  Ghyslain Raza is the chubby 15 year old kid from Trois-Rivieres,

At some point, you'll likely hear about the Indonesian baby who smokes 40 cigarettes a day.  His dad introduced him to smokes, and now he's addicted. Here's video of the chain smoking baby in question. That's just bad parenting, right?  I limit my kids to just one smoke after each

I was just reading about LifeLock CEO Todd Davis.  In the USA, LifeLock ads prominently display his Social Security Number.  Fellow Canadians can think of a Social Security Number like their Social Insurance Number. Here's one such ad: If you think putting your SSN in an ad is a bad

I still can't believe this picture of Iceland's Eyjafjallajökull volcano erupting.  The first time I saw it, I was sure it was shopped, but a little digging reveals this is the real deal. By the way, the last time Eyjafjallajökull erupted, it erupted for 14 months, from December 1821 to

I always liked William Houston's Truth and Rumours in the Globe and Mail.  He mainly covered the sports media, which I've naturally been interested in forever.  William Houston wrote that column for 19 years until he accepted a buy out and left the Globe in February 2009, and has since

It was about six months ago that my wife and I watched 65_RedRoses as part of CBC Newsworld's Passionate Eye documentary series.  65_RedRoses featured the courageous and inspiring Eva Markvoort who was living with Cystic Fibrosis and needed a lung transplant to survive. Here's the trailer for this

There is a hero in Argentina.  In the animated gif below, you'll see a white van stalled on the train tracks.  With no time to spare, the passenger on the motorcycle pushes the van to safety and narrowly escapes being hit by the train himself. When I stumbled across this

Have you heard about the GHTL fight club?  Before games, members of the Vaughan Panthers blow off steam and warm up by boxing in the dressing room. I was once an adolescent male, so this outrage makes me laugh.  The Star has "disturbing video" of this "uniquely dangerous pre-game workout"

Every year in grade school we had to make and present a science project.  One year, I did my project on ketchup.  I'm an authority on the subject. There's major news from the ketchup packet industry at this hour.  Heinz has revamped their packets. The redesigned ketchup pack, unveiled Thursday

I was pleased to read that the Salvation Army has saved Toronto Grace hospital.  The charity has run the Toronto Grace since 1889. View Larger Map I've had a soft spot in my heart for Toronto Grace since watching Allan King's excellent documentary "Dying at Grace".  It's about five patients

The Disaster Assistance Response Team, or DART for short, is a specialized team of about 200 Canadian Forces soldiers that flies into disaster areas around the world to provide drinking water and medical treatment until long-term aid arrives.  The military created DART in 1996 because of its experience in Rwanda

My kids' school will have full-day kindergarten next fall.  This is an initiative from Dalton McGuinty's government. Almost 600 elementary schools across Ontario will be named Tuesday by Premier Dalton McGuinty as the first in the plan to provide a full school day for kindergarten children from 9 a.m.

A lot of obvious news came across the wire today.  Mark McGwire took steroids, Sarah Palin is contributing to Fox News and Simon Cowell is quitting American Idol.  No surprises there. It's also no surprise that they have a serious problem in China with men outnumbering women.  More than 24

I've taken a few days to write about Tiger-gate because I've been waiting patiently for someone to break this story wide open.  I mean, it's obvious, right?  I certainly wasn't buying what Tiger Woods was selling.  Not for a nanosecond. Tiger's extramarital relations were discovered by his wife, who reacted

I find it difficult to even read about the 26-year-old Utah spelunker who died after being trapped in a cave's narrow crevice. I can't imagine how helpless rescuers must have felt, knowing John Jones was there and being unable to free him.  They'll never be able to recover his body

The National Post could close after tomorrow. Creditors of the company have indicated they are no longer prepared to fund continuing losses at the Post, which employs 277 people, Canwest said.The creditor group “will not continue to support funding the National Post Company in the long or short term

I was busy yesterday afternoon and missed the entire Balloon Boy episode.  You've heard it all by now.  Six-year-old Falcon Heene from Fort Collins, Colorado was thought to be travelling in a home-made helium balloon resembling a UFO.  There was a lot of media attention, a big search and little

A couple of items caught my eye this morning as I caught up on the news.  They involved a couple of people I admire: David Letterman and Cito Gaston. Letterman admitted to a series of affairs with female staff as he explained he was being blackmailed for $2 million. Here