The Friday Time Waster Supreme: Summer Vacation Edition

Okay, so maybe it's not your summer vacation, but it's mine ...woo-hoo! In the spirit of slacking off for the next two weeks I present this collection of worldly observations from my simple and provincial mind.

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Pamela Anderson is too sexy for Montreal. That according to city commissioner Josee Rocheford who informed the walking tribute to mammary glands that they cannot endorse her local campaign in support of PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) because the event poster was too racy. This from the same city hall that collects taxes from strip clubs on St. Catherines street who regularly advertise their wares with street level posters of topless 'performance artists.' Pam's PETA poster (say that five times real fast) features the buxom blond in a skimpy bikini with markings on her body similar to those used on butcher's diagram.

I've seen the poster, and frankly I would hardly call it racy. If anything it should be banned for the gratuitous use of Photoshop.

Hey, look at that, I can insert pictures. Who knew?

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So BP finally capped their toxic spew in the Gulf of Mexico

...and the crowd says: yay, it's about f**king time.

The news was soon followed by an immediate jump in the company's stock. They must have a lot of customers at the brokerage house of Beelzebub, Lucifer and Satan.

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Apple's new iPhone 4 is apparently not quite as revolutionary as promised. The phone's antenna just happens to be located in a spot where users grip the phone during a call. This causes a loss signal reception and dropped calls. The company has had to deal with a multitude of complaints from customers. Two of the angriest came from Tiger Woods and Mel Gibson who wanted to know why the problem couldn't have happened on earlier models.

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You know you're getting old when you Google Corey Hart and you get a baseball player.

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News you need to know. I'm sure you've all be chaffing at the bit to get your hands on a bottle of Lady GaGa's new perfume. Well, you'll just have to hang on to your bottle of Brut, because there is no Eau de GaGa on the way. It was just a rumour. Too bad, I was kind of curious to know what essence of cuckoo-bananas smelled like.

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An Air France jumbo jet en-route from Rio de Janeiro to Paris had to turn back and make and emergency landing because six of the plane's toilets stopped functioning. That'll teach them for serving complimentary coffee and bran muffins.

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It's good to see John Daly on the leaderboard at The Open Championship. If ever there was a true Scot at heart, it's JD. I'm a little worried about his wardrobe, though. For locals accustomed to gray, green and blue, that much colour might trigger a seizure.


I'm on vacation as of today, but will try to report my adventures on the family road trip to PEI.

Enjoy your weekend.