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Gavin's really big into the Teletoons TV channel these days, and they're constantly playing commercials for the latest Mini-pops CD. For those of you unfamiliar with Mini-pops, it's a hideous franchise where pre-teen kids sing popular songs ( Read more... )

Normally I love summer. I love it, can't get enough of the heat, happy as a clam in the sand, all that.

This year? The heat is aggravating the hell out of my asthma. A picture from this Hyperbole and a Half post basically sums it up:

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Toronto people who are going anywhere near the G20 zone, read this. The Ontario government secretly passed a new bylaw that gives police and guards the right to arrest anyone who doesn't provide identification within asked, anywhere within the zone. (Specific limits found within that link.) Punishment is up to a $500 fine or 2 months in prison ( Read more... )

Younger Spawn thought it would be a brilliant idea to hide a plastic bin in the oven. Since I'm an idiot who keeps forgetting about his obnoxious new habit, I started preheating the oven for dinner without checking inside first. Fifteen or twenty minutes later, I started hearing that distinctive thfweeee! sound of burning plastic as it drips down, ( Read more... )

[Trigger warning: offensive racial and other slurs used in this post, in the context of a discussion of the weight of words ( Read more... )

I bought a package of Jos Louis recently, which are kind of a Canadian version of the Hostess Cupcake. Upon opening the box, some stickers fell out, and then I also noticed a cartoon character on the box: a black puppet throwing a gang sign. It's this puppet, except the hands are in a gang signal position and he doesn't look as happy:


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I'm so damn tired all the time. I've been crashing a bit earlier than normal (2:30 AM rather than 3:30 AM) and am usually asleep by 3 rather than 4, but the kids still drag my sorry ass out of bed at 8 AM or so and then I'm a zombie, just holding on until I get to nap around 2 PM. I don't feel awake until after I've napped in the afternoon; prior ( Read more... )

Gavin's been really looking forward to having a blueberry bush this year. We pre-ordered it in March, and then apparently Vesey's (the gardening company we order from) had some problem with our credit card that they neglected to tell me about. So I went to check my order today to find out when my blueberry bush would be shipping (they don't ship ( Read more... )

And if it is, know that I love you all ( Read more... )