Suspected drunk driver stops at random house, uses washroom, continues driving

Fri, July 17, 2009
By JOE BELANGER, LONDON FREE PRESS

Police say a suspected drunk driver in Lambton County arrested Thursday stopped at a stranger’s home and went inside to relieve himself as two teenagers home alone fled running.

Inalienable right to ‘excessively noisy sex’

The lunacy that led to a 48-year-old housewife being arrested for ‘shouting and groaning’

May 17, 2009 04:30 AM
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Brendan O’Neill
SPECIAL TO THE STAR

“Unlike Winston, (Julia) had grasped the inner meaning of the Party’s sexual puritanism. It was not merely that the sex instinct created a world of its own which was outside the Party’s control and which therefore had to be destroyed if possible. What was more important was that sexual privation induced hysteria, which was desirable because it could be transformed into war-fever and leader-worship.”

Jon Stewart tackles Canada’s parliamentary crisis

NEENA CHOWDHURY
The Canadian Press
December 9, 2008 at 6:05 AM EST

TORONTO — Don’t look up! There’s a political crisis to the north!

That’s the warning comedian Jon Stewart had for his fellow Americans about Canada on his show The Daily Show With Jon Stewart, which aired late Monday night.

It seems Canada’s parliamentary crisis has not gone unnoticed by Stewart, who used our political brouhaha as the butt of jokes in a segment titled “Provinces In Peril: Indecision OH-EH?”

Who Says Women Aren’t Funny?

The idea that women aren’t funny—and which male said that?—seems pretty laughable these days. TV has unleashed a new generation of comediennes, who act, perform stand-up, write, and direct—dishing out the jokes with a side of sexy. Annie Leibovitz photographs a dozen of the wittiest dames in showbiz, from 30 Rock’s Tina Fey to Sarah Silverman, to S.N.L.’s current stars, while the author learns why the setup has changed.

by Alessandra Stanley April 2008

In the land of the Iron Chef

MARK SCHATZKER
From Saturday’s Globe and Mail
February 9, 2008 at 12:00 AM EST

The Globe and Mail

TOKYO —

Not a single grain of wheat flour goes into the noodles at the Tokyo soba shrine — I mean restaurant — called Kikouchitei. The noodles are hand-cut from freshly rolled dough containing buckwheat and only buckwheat.

If that doesn’t strike you as unusual, then there’s something you should know about buckwheat dough: It is the world’s most temperamental substance. Without the glutinous binding properties of wheat, the dough becomes so prone to shredding that learning how to make it takes a staggering three years of training — after which one attains the status of “soba master.”

Spain to standardize women’s clothing sizes

Window displays will have to reflect true female form
January 25, 2007

MADRID, Spain–Spain’s government has reached an agreement with major fashion designers, including the owner of the Zara chain, to standardize women’s clothing sizes with the aim of promoting a healthier image.

G** bless you, airline movie censors

January 26, 2007

All mentions of God are bleeped out of a version of Oscar-nominated movie The Queen distributed to Delta and some other airlines.

Jeff Klein, president of Jaguar Distribution, the company that supplied the movie to the airlines earlier this month, said it was a mistake, committed by an overzealous and inexperienced employee who had been told to edit out all profanities and blasphemies. “A reference to God is not taboo in any culture that I know of,” Klein said.

“We excise foul language, excessive violence and nudity.”

Passengers hear “(Bleep) bless you, ma’am,” as one character speaks to the Queen. In all, the word “God” is bleeped seven times. Jaguar has been sending out new, unedited copies.

The employee is still working in the editing lab, Klein said.

Associated Press via The Toronto Star

`Water intoxication’ kills radio contestant

Tried to consume as much as possible without urinating in bid for video game
January 15, 2007

SACRAMENTO, Calif.–A woman who competed in a radio station’s contest to see how much water she could drink without going to the bathroom died of water intoxication, the coroner’s office said Saturday.

Nickity News!

It’s finally cool to be friends with Nick Marinkovich.

An inconvenient holiday

from Toronto Star, Tuesday Dec. 19

The holidays are expensive. Least of all for those who celebrate them.

The real loser of the season is the Earth.