I’ve never considered Sears to be a particularly fashionable store, an opinion I thought was vindicated recently when the chain introduced its Kardashian Kollection—a flop that opened with slashed prices across the Sears chain here in Canada. Instead I’ve always considered Sears to be a source for appliances and house wares, not clothes. Granted, Sears…
Our local dog park is a simmering pot of political discourse. Liberals and conservatives, socialists and libertarians, and everyone in between can be heard touting their views on the issues of the day. The exchanges occur in person between real people and they are polite,…
The ancient Olympics have been described as a total pagan entertainment package, a “Woodstock of antiquity” featuring pervasive prostitution, broken bones, animal sacrifice, doping… and sport. It was first and foremost a religious event, held at Olympia, a beautiful place stuck out in the middle…
Lou Pine has entered a contest and you can help him win. Lou wants to become a calendar dog. Pet Valu, a Canadian chain of stores selling all kinds of pet-related products such as food, toys, and other items our companion animals need or just…
We’d like to introduce to you our friend Lou Pine. He’s a dog. Although it has become fashionable for people to acquire fancy and/or fluffy little dogs with pedigrees that go back generations, or papers that would satisfy a Cold War border guard, Lou has…
This piece of clothing is hardly racy by today’s standards but the skimpy bit of lingerie has certainly shocked historians. The lace and linen undergarment dates back to hundreds of years before women’s underwear was thought to exist. It had lain hidden in a vault…
Game of Thrones was this spring’s flag drama on HBO, and the best drama on television. Tis dark fantasy based on George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series, which currently encompasses five books, with two more to follow. Fans such as myself…
Warning, this photo is offensive to children. At least tis according to the optimistically named organization One Million Moms. The photo appears in the April 2012 Urban Outfitters catalogue and the Stepford moms who make up OMM claim, “The content is offensive and inappropriate for…
Fundamentalists Have Fun with Nessie
In a Bible Belt bid to disprove Darwin’s theory of evolution thousands of US schoolchildren are to be taught that the Loch Ness monster is real. Next year pupils attending privately-run Christian schools in Louisiana will learn from textbooks claiming the mythological beast is a…
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