Archive for June, 2004

Uhm, hello, is this thing on?

Soo... Big day in Canada today. Election Day. Most of us saw Farenheight 9/11 over the weekend so we're all trembling at the knees over how scary and unregulated the USA is. We've relived the chad incident, phew thank goodness we're so much cooler than that. So some of us (though by far not "most" [...]

Scary Toronto Fairytale, cont’d

In response to Emily, from Montreal, who suggested I host a children's TV show about scary global warming fairy taleson The Weather Network: this is the costume I plan to wear when I send in my demo tape. Also, this just in: Barry O'Metric prefers to be known as "The Prince of Pressure." My mistake.

Is this the best birthday gift EVER or what? (Yes)

So, knowing I really loved this one painting by EGR that had this crazy rabbit in it (I love rabbits), the delightful rapper got a bunch of our friends together and comissioned this painting that has ME with the crazy rabbit. The me aspect of the canvas is thanks to a photo the delightful photographer (Lisa [...]

The End of Benny in June

Now, I'll be the first to admit that listing 400 or so movie titles is a bad idea, especially when the program we type on here can't handle lists. That said, how bout that list, huh? Shee-it, friends, I've seen some crap sandwich movies in my day. I've also made some stinkers [...]

Scary Toronto Fairytale

Was paid my first visit of the season by the Smog Frog today. It can't be good that the phenomenon is common enough that a name naturally suggests itself. The Smog Frog is like a little nuissance fairy that visits cities that love cars and lack any kind of geographically-induced ventilation system, so the only time the [...]