Are you a good witch or a bad witch? Some days I'm a little of both. Other days I'm a little munchkin.

Punctuation "vandal" runs afoul of apostrophe police - "Language is worth standing up for," says British accountant

Seeded on Sun Nov 15, 2009 2:23 PM EST (macleans)

Or as the Telegraph refers to him "The Apostrophist" - with a nice photo too What I want to know is, do they pronounce the St John part to rhyme with "Sinjin"?

odd-news, grammar, police, apostrophe, st-johns-close

The link between sleeping in and staying slim - Kids who laze away weekend mornings less likely to be obese: study

Seeded on Sun Nov 15, 2009 2:15 PM EST (MacLeans)

The findings, published in the journal Paediatrics, add to earlier research that showed a link between regular sleep deprivation and obesity.

health, obesity, sleep, snacking, sleep-deprivation, excuses, weekends, sleeping-in

Canadian Health Care: surgeon fixes patients with glue

Seeded on Sun Nov 15, 2009 2:04 PM EST ()

A cardiac surgeon at the University of Calgary has developed a new surgical technique that speeds up recovery time, using glue to repair breastbones intentionally broken during open-heart surgery. According to Dr.

health, health-care, surgery, innovation, medical-advances, canada, fedak

Police seek man in 'lettuce rage' incident

Seeded on Wed Nov 11, 2009 2:10 PM EST ()

Police in the central Ontario village of Markdale are looking for a man who shattered a restaurant door after becoming enraged over some lettuce and tomato on a hamburger.

odd-news, lettuce, rage, tomatoe, icy-delights

French women don't get fat, but they do get work-life balance

Seeded on Wed Nov 11, 2009 2:04 PM EST (The Globe and Mail)

Mireille Guiliano "I see it in France. Quality of life remains essential to the French and they are unified on what this means. Work should be something you can take some pleasure in – for the simple reason that it gives you more equilibrium with which to enjoy life.

health, france, french, mireille-guiliano, french-women-dont-get-fat

Researchers create working penises for rabbits from cells

Seeded on Wed Nov 11, 2009 1:58 PM EST (The Globe and Mail)

A successful experiment saw scientists grow rabbit penises that allowed males to mate, ejaculate and procreate

science, cells, rabbits, penises, penii, mate, ejaculate, procreate

Are you Google material?15 Google Interview Questions That Will Make You Feel Stupid (GOOG)

Seeded on Sat Nov 7, 2009 2:15 PM EST ()

Could you get hired at Google? It helps if you know how much it would cost to wash every window in Seattle, how many golf balls it takes to fill a school bus—and the answers to 13 other off-the-wall questions.

technology, google, jobs, interview, questions

Cuteness beyond our powers of imagination: Can Canada bring together Obama kids and baby polar bears?

Seeded on Sat Nov 7, 2009 2:09 PM EST (MacLeans)

Word that Canadas new ambassador to Washington, former Manitoba premier Gary Doer, has invited President Barack Obama to send his kids to see Canadian polar bears creates the possibility of the biggest concentration of awww-inspiring photo-ops ever imagined.

travel, manitoba, churchill, polar-bears, tundra-buggies, obama, children, cuteness, canada, gary-doer

Anti-racism groups slam 'Black Like Me' film

Seeded on Tue Nov 3, 2009 12:09 PM EST (The-Local (Germany))

A new documentary film by a white journalist posing as a Somali immigrant is meant to highlight rampant racism in Germany, but his undercover method is garnering heavy criticism from black advocacy groups.

world-news, racism, germany, appropriation-of-voice, journalism, g-nter-wallraff

Growing Doritos: Where they grow our junk food

Seeded on Mon Nov 2, 2009 1:19 PM EST (Toronto Star)

So to get to the root of the exploding obesity epidemic, I went in search of a junk food farm. Such farms are not so easy to spot. No fields of Dorito bags waving in the breeze, no orchards blooming with soda pop, no soil bursting with 99-cent burgers.

health, food, junk-food, corn, soy, sustainability, local-food, agriculture, agribusiness, environment

Putting a vacant Detroit home on (in) ice

Seeded on Tue Oct 27, 2009 1:47 PM EDT (The Globe and Mail)

A photographer and an architect plan to freeze one of Detroit's thousands of abandoned homes this winter, encasing it in ice to draw attention to foreclosures that have battered the region.

us-news, detroit, art, economy, gm, ice-house, usa

Dairy farmers killing cows as milk prices sink

Seeded on Tue Oct 27, 2009 1:34 PM EDT (The Globe and Mail)

After burning through $1-million (U.S.) in savings and seeing no end to their losses, dairy farmers Jake and Lori Slegers figured they didn't have much choice – they had to kill the cows.

us-news, globalization, farming, milk, markets, usa, economy

Religious nuts 0, Sanity 1 - Dancing elephant statue stays, says Calgary Zoo

Seeded on Mon Sep 28, 2009 1:49 PM EDT (CBC)

The Calgary Zoo said it has no plans to remove a dancing elephant statue after a complaint from a Christian group that it's an inappropriate religious icon.

world-news, concerned-christians, calgary, zoo, elephant, ganesh

Fast-food customer feels better after fork inhaled 2 years ago removed

Seeded on Fri Sep 18, 2009 1:00 PM EDT ()

The 50-year-old Wilmington, N.C., resident said he probably inhaled it while gulping a drink from Wendy's. Nice visual - clearly no fun on a dinner date. Honest to god just slow down and chew.

odd-news, fork, fast-food, inhaled

Today in creepiness: Arrest in case of man who sneaks into women's bedrooms and watches them sleep

Seeded on Fri Sep 18, 2009 12:51 PM EDT (macleans)

As fetishes go, it seemed more scary than harmful. But women in Halifax can sleep easier after police made an arrest in the case of a man who'd been sneaking into bedrooms, watching female occupants while they slept before quietly leaving.

odd-news, halifax, canada, fetish, sleepwatcher

Film Festival - Toronto goes Looney for Clooney

Seeded on Sat Sep 12, 2009 3:14 PM EDT (Toronto Star)

Actual article title: How to win a date with George Clooney An eight-step program to join the cast of characters the star of Up in the Air likes to hang from his arm

entertainment, clooney, tiff, festival, celebrity, mobs, craziness, men-who-stare-at-goats, up-in-the-air

Freaky fruit and vile vegetables: mother nature's freaks of nature (pics)

Seeded on Mon Sep 7, 2009 9:58 PM EDT (Telegraph)

To make nature's wonders just that little bit more wonderful, man's helping hand may be required. For example, Gao Xianzhang of Hexia, northern China, has spent six years developing bizarre baby-shaped pears, carefully crafting each one inside an individual mould as it grows...

odd-news, fruit, vegetables, funny, wonderful, moulds

David Bowie gets spider named after Him

Seeded on Mon Sep 7, 2009 9:53 PM EDT (CBC)

A German spider specialist told the Observer newspaper he named the new species after Bowie — whose album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars was a huge hit in 1972 — because he wanted to raise awareness about the discovery.

odd-news, david-bowie, spider, ziggy-stardust, heteropoda-davidbowie

Air travellers can now keep their shoes on

Seeded on Mon Sep 7, 2009 9:50 PM EDT (CBC)

"Never suggest, ask or demand that passengers remove footwear prior to entering the WTMD [walk-through metal detector]," says the one-page directive, which went into effect immediately.

travel, shoes, security, shoe-bomber, airport-security

Debunking Canadian health care MYTHS

Seeded on Mon Aug 31, 2009 12:29 AM EDT (The Denver Post)

Yet, the debate rages on. Indeed, it has reached a fever pitch since President Barack Obama took office, with Americans either dreading or hoping for the dawn of a single-payer health care system.

health, health-care, health-insurance, canada, single-payer

Beehives, Berlosconi and the Apocalypse - Docs Lineup at the Toronto Film Fest

Seeded on Sun Aug 30, 2009 10:40 PM EDT ()

Seventeen doc films (nine world preems) have been added to the festival, but still no mention of Michael Moore's Capitalism: A Love Story, while The White Stripes Under Great White Northern Lights Update: Michael Moore's doc is also coming

entertainment, tiff, toronto-international-film-festival, documentary-films, docs

Is Depression American?

Seeded on Sat Aug 29, 2009 9:43 PM EDT (Gawker)

Based on the results of a new study, psychologist Randolph Nesse has developed a hypothesis linking depression to the ability to discard unreachable goals, which, apparently, is an American specialty.

us-news, depression, usa, goals, evolution

Founder of Frommer Travel Guide: "Do Guns at Political Events Disturb You? Then Consider Skipping Arizona for Now"

Seeded on Mon Aug 24, 2009 1:00 PM EDT ()

For myself, without yet suggesting that others follow me in an open boycott, I will not personally travel in a state where civilians carry loaded weapons onto the sidewalks and as a means of political protest.

travel, guns, frommer, boycott

Lockerbie bomber release exposes US-British divide on justice: Prisoners' rights are well developed and compassionate release more common in Britain than in America, say experts.

Seeded on Fri Aug 21, 2009 12:45 PM EDT (Christian Science Monitor)

"There is a British thing about fair play and not kicking someone when they are down," says Dr.

world-news, scotland, britain, uk, america, lockerbie, compassion

Naked signed picture of Jackie Kennedy, old wedding cake, what is this? Andy Warhol's junk

Seeded on Fri Aug 21, 2009 12:27 PM EDT ()

cardboard lid is lifted and four archivists peer inside. A postal box from Paris. Who sent it? A piece of crusty wedding cake. Whose? Another box: $17,000 in cash. Yet another: An autographed picture of a naked Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.

entertainment, andy-warhol, memorabilia, collecting, one-mans-junk

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