These guys have somehow managed to make the robot unlame for the first time since about 1995. Pretty impressive.

So true. A great post from a great blog.
Normally if someone were to wake up at 7:00 in the morning, take the day off work, and get drunk at a bar before 10:00 a.m., they would be called an alcoholic, and not in the artistic, edgy way that white people are so fond of.On [...]

It sounds like a lot of money to us mere mortals, but Macca really dodged a bullet here. He could have been dinged for much more, no?  Anyway, you go, girl. If you took anything from mad Macca, I approve.
LONDON (AP) — Paul McCartney’s divorce from Heather Mills was settled Monday for $48.6 million. 
A [...]

Via BlogTO , an announcement that Google’s free 411 service now works in Toronto. Save your $.75. Wicked idea, but since it’s Google, always read the fine print.

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I never knew it could be this easy.

I think I’m gonna try this lady’s tactics.

Portishead’s Dummy was a great record. Then they put out another record that sort of sounded the same, then everyone moved onto Massive Attack and/or Wu Tang Clan instrumentals.
I have no idea what happened after that, but via Merry Swankster, an impeccably-written music blog, I’m hearing buzz that a new record is on its way, [...]

This is slow to get going, but so worth it. By the end, it reminds me of that scene in The Untouchables when Connery and, er, that other old guy in The Untouchables kick the Christ out of each other in the alleyway.

Good god this is brilliant:
Who would have guessed that when you remove Garfield from the Garfield comic strips, the result is an even better comic about schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and the empty desperation of modern life?

Check it.
Hat-tip to Nerfgun.

50 Centimeters more snow is due over the next 48 hours.
For my American readers, that’s roughly equivalent to 20 inches and $3.5 billion in national debt.
Hiyooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhh!