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2009-04-25

First there was FAME, Now there is GLEE!

Get ready for the new gayest show on television. Glee premieres on Fox May 19th.

In Glee a Spanish teacher heads up a high school glee (show choir) club, which attracts even the schools hot high school quarterback.

Created by Nip/Tuck’s Ryan Murphy it includes gay fave and out lesbian Jane Lynch. If Jane has just one line like the many in the trailer it will be well worth your time.

Official Show Site

2009-04-24

It's about time!

Ontario passes law to ban hand-held devices while driving

A new law that bans using hand-held devices to talk, email, or send text messages while behind the wheel has been passed by the Ontario legislature.

The new rules, which don't come into effect immediately, include a fine of up to $500 as the province joins other jurisdictions in cracking down on drivers using the devices.

The law doesn't affect the use of hands-free devices such as Bluetooths or using cellphones for 911 calls, but it does include portable video games, MP3 players and DVD players.

Global positioning systems will be allowed, as long as they're properly secured to the dashboard.

There are no demerit points attached to the bill, unlike in other provinces. But drivers who place others at risk by using one of the banned devices can also be charged under existing careless driving laws.

Ontario is the fourth province to enact such a ban, following Newfoundland and Labrador, Quebec and Nova Scotia.

2009-04-22

60s classroom experiment on race changed lives


Elliott, an Iowa teacher, created a now-famous exercise for her classroom of white third-graders. It was the day after the assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., and she was struggling to explain the concept of racism.

She hit upon an idea: For an entire day, she conducted her class as if the brown-eyed children were superior to those with blue eyes. Elliott eventually made headlines, appeared on "The Tonight Show" and became the subject of multiple documentaries.

For those who have wished they had a third arm!

Although noone else can see it, a 64-year-old woman has reported to doctors at Geneva University Hospital the presence of a pale, milky-white and translucent third arm.

After examining the case, the woman's neurologist, Asaid Khateb of the hospital's experimental neurophysiology laboratory, called the rare phenomenon credible.

The arm appeared to the woman a few days after suffering a stroke, doctors said.

But this case of what is known as a supernumerary phantom limb (SPL) is a genuine head-scratcher.

The upshot is that the woman can use the apparitional extremity to relieve very real itches on the cheek. It cannot penetrate solid objects. She does not always perceive the arm but "retrieves" it when needed, doctors told the Swiss news agency.

Khateb said the exact cause of the imaginary arm remains a mystery. Supernumerary limbs are rare. There are only nine known cases of a patient both feeling and seeing an arm.

2009-04-20

Flying Colours


Found in Australia, there are only around two thousand Rainbow (or Gouldian) Finches (wikipedia) left in the wild. Although conservation attempts are ongoing the question is whether or not this beautiful species will join the ranks of those who only survive in captivity.
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2009-04-15

You're just an actor Billy-Bob!

CBC's Jian Gomeshi's patience and professionalism went beyond the call of duty in an interview with Billy-Bob Thornton - actor-turned-musician who fancies himself a Legend!



FOLLOWUP: I guess Billy-Boob got scared when he heard Canadians booing!
"Flu Grounds Thornton's Canadian Music Tour"

Republicans Teabaggin' all over America!

Definition of Teabagging:

2009-04-07

Happy Corner Gas Day! (... or is it Merry Corner Gas Day? )

April 13 will be Corner Gas Day in Saskatchewan, following the signing of a proclamation Monday at the provincial legislature.

Corner Gas Day will coincide with CTV's broadcast of the final episode of the comedy series after six seasons.

Wall signed the official proclamation in Regina with series star and creator Brent Butt present.

The show, set in the fictional town of Dog River, was shot in Regina and the village of Rouleau, 70 kilometres southwest of the city.

Butt, 42, is from Tisdale, Sask.

"We want to thank Saskatchewan's own Brent Butt, the Corner Gas producers, cast and crew for many hours of laughter," Wall said in a news release.

2009-04-03

One, Two, Three, Four. Who's the Queen and what's she for?


Obama and his wife, Michelle, presented the Queen with a rare coffee table book of songs by composers Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart that Rodgers signed in May 1952.

But word that he also had given her an iPod created plenty of buzz as it conjured up images of the British monarch all plugged up, earbuds in place, and perhaps bopping to the 40 show tunes on the portable device.

To bring the book to life, the iPod was loaded with dozens of classic show tunes, including several from Camelot, which was based on the King Arthur legend, and My Fair Lady, which was set in London.