Tuesday, July 31, 2007 4:22 PM
So, yet again, the alcohol and tobacco corporations have come out with another pronouncement that the earth mother's sweetest offering to her deluded ape-children is bad for us. Yes, according to some pseudo-scientific study funded by god-knows-which-shadow-arm
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Monday, July 30, 2007 4:38 PM
We here at Showcase are busily readying our fall schedule, one of the crowning jewels of which is the Canadian premiere of Saving Grace , starring Academy Award winner, Holly Hunter. The show recently premiered in the U.S. and the media is excited. In
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Friday, July 27, 2007 11:17 AM
With the lone exception of Wikipedia, it’s pretty safe to say the internet’s completely full of crap. From the blogosphere to Facebook, the world wide web has become little more than an orgy of opinions. And opinions are like assholes – they have poor
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Thursday, July 26, 2007 9:27 AM
With my wife calling first dibs on reading Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows , I spent the past weekend engrossed in the game version of Order of the Phoenix . I’d waited until watching the new movie before getting into the game (needlessly, really,
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Wednesday, July 25, 2007 11:29 AM
Does your dog hump your leg at the most inconvenient times? Do the neighbourhood kids run away in fear at the sight of your horny canine? And are you looking for an alternative to spay or neutering your dog that’s effective and fun for the family to watch?
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Tuesday, July 24, 2007 12:06 PM
Do you hear that noise? It’s the collective sound of adolescent boys screeching in delight as they anticipate the arrival of what could be the best (yeah, I said it), summer movie of 2007. The Simpsons’ cinematic debut is less than 3 days away ladies
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Monday, July 23, 2007 3:49 PM
Many thanks to those who commented in our lolcat competition . Our top entry came from Careful Karl, with a nod to college football’s highest honour, the Heisman Trophy . Scroll down for the result, and take pride in knowing you were a part of creating
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Friday, July 20, 2007 10:49 AM
Dearest readers, If we hope to continue this little online dalliance of ours, I want to get a few things out in the open. I am confident it will make us stronger in the long-run. 1. I’ve blogged with 67 people. And I’ve had 7 different viruses, 3 of them
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Thursday, July 19, 2007 11:12 AM
"What If" style stories have been one of my favourite genres since that old Marvel series where they asked hard-hitting questions like "What If Captain America was really Thor" or the like. Why the super hero reference you might ask? Let's just say it
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Tuesday, July 17, 2007 4:45 PM
Forget Becks, there's another full-on British invasion in town that also showcases balls, bobs and implants. But instead of watching soccer stadium lighting, you're seeing a woman strapped into a human chandelier being wrigged from a ceiling. That's right...
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Tuesday, July 17, 2007 11:49 AM
It’s practically a given that film-based games suck and based on the insult that was Superman Returns: The Videogame : and the disappointment of Spider-man 3 , games based on comic book movies suck even harder. But what about games based on comics proper?
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Monday, July 16, 2007 12:46 AM
For the past decade, the videogame community has gathered once a year to act like teenagers whose parents have gone out of town. Known as E3 , the electronic entertainment expo, was a slam-bang brouhaha so glitzy and over the top that it eventually lost
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Friday, July 13, 2007 11:58 AM
Greetings from sunny Canada, North America, Earth! Feel like getting your mind blown, bloglings? Guess what? Don’t care! I’m about to do it anyway: On June 28th a website launched that basically makes every other website on the net look like a total idiot.
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Wednesday, July 11, 2007 11:59 AM
If you like pizza, porn, live in Winnipeg (and enjoy the occasional hot lunch) then you’re in luck! Porno Pizza , the brainchild of Corey Wildeman, opened up three weeks ago to phenomenal success as far as eateries go because of its erotic twist: porn
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Tuesday, July 10, 2007 2:23 PM
Sometimes the Internet surprises you with a new time wasting application that makes absorbing all of the radiation thrown off by computers extra-worthwhile. For many millions of us around the globe, Facebook has been the time-killer app of 2007. Yes,
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Monday, July 09, 2007 10:17 AM
So, a gaggle of us went over to the cinema to see Transformers yesterday. It was, IMHO, kind of idiotic, but still pretty fun to watch (a solid two stars out of five). The main problem was there were too many humans and not enough giant transforming robots.
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Friday, July 06, 2007 12:10 PM
A bunch of my friends are planning a trip to Montreal for Just for Laughs, and I, having previous engagements in the city, am unable to jump on board. So I called my friends and was all like, “Wah, wah. I’m a big baby, I wanna go too but I can’t.” Then
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Wednesday, July 04, 2007 10:30 PM
First off, happy belated Canada Day to you and a tip of our toques south to our Yank friends for a happy Independence Day too. Speaking of going down south, I was fortunate to meet a young American entrepreneur recently who's ambition has sparked a world-wide
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Tuesday, July 03, 2007 11:06 AM
Sometimes when I tell people I work at Showcase, the first thing they say to me is, hey you guys are the ones with all of the dirty shows! That is usually when I smile and hand over my card, indicating with a wry smile that yes, indeed, we are the dirty
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