It’s been four long weeks since I last verbally exposed myself to the Showcase masses, so I want to do something extra special. I want to talk about shit. Shit (like blankets with arm-holes ) has undergone a cultural resurgence of late, and has made the

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Hip hop happy Friday! You woke up this morning, gave a big yawn, and said to yourself: “Man, I wish Reginald T. Vampire would drill my grill with some trill trivia thrills.” You totally, totally said that. YOU : That is the dumbest thing ever. Why on

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If you're a wannabe philanderer without the time or bod to be cruising bars for extramarital affection, you've likely heard of Ashley Madison, the online dating service for the already coupled. Like anything clever or interesting, the site was created

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Bisexuality, penis envy and sleeping around: not only a description of your weekend activities, but a fair judgment of the sex lives of non-human animals. While biologists, psychologists and slews of smarty-pants often observe our animal friends in the

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Online chat between anonymous gamers has existed since the good ol’ days of BBSes and 300 baud modems . The current hubbub over virtual worlds, from Second Life to Sony’s just-launched-in-beta Home , often neglects to realize that it’s still largely about

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Most Fridays I come into work, pour myself a coffee (decaf please!) and start browsing the web for wacky and wonderful websites that will tickle your collective pickle. Once I’ve found a site that is sufficiently filled with wack and wonder, I stitch

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In order to get into this week's post, we'll need to take a trip back to Women's Studies 101. What is gender, dear boys, girl and others? It's not sex, which can be defined pretty easily by taking a look at what's inside your underpants (although let's

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Happy Friday, Blog-Nerds! This week the internet graced us with Bopaboo – the first online retailer for used mp3’s. Awesome, I know. After signing up for the Bopaboo beta, I was promised to be in on it as soon as it’s up, and directed to the Bopaboo blog

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Some salacious surfing for a snowy day: In case you were wondering, that hot dude on Second Life doesn't look like his manly avatar. He probably looks like David Pollard (aka Dave Barmy), who was recently busted by his real life wife Amy Taylor (aka Laura

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Looking for an indoor sport this winter? If you haven't noticed, the past few years have seen a serious revival of all things domestic and girlie, with old-school hobbies like quilting and knitting being resurrected with a 21st century twist. I've been

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Wheeeeeeee two days til Halloween! I have a little more work to do on my costume, which actually means a lot, because I am not crafty in the slightest. But regardless of how cut-and-paste I look, it's going to be super fun. There's just something about

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I took a road trip through upstate New York last weekend and found myself musing the paradox of fall's pretty colours. Those vibrant harvest hues are a sign that the leaves are dying, putting on one last red and gold show before shriveling and drying

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The console war has reached an odd phase where the three majors are morphing into each other—or at least the two powerhouses are emulating Nintendo’s now-gen leading Wii. The Xbox 360 is prepping a fall dashboard update which will include Mii-like “ avatars

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Welcome, welcome, how’s everybody feeling tonight? Hope you’ve all recovered from last night’s 2-hour Stephen Harper beatdown! Does that guy look like a stoned vampire, or is it just me!!? I kid, I kid! But seriously folks, does the guy sleep upside down

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Considering the drop-off in quality between The Godfather: Part Two and The Godfather: Part Three , one can imagine the result if they had pushed on to a fifth installment. It’s safe to assume that Part Five would be an epic piece of shit, but also, considering

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