Week 4 - January 22nd to January 28th

Community News and Announcements Announcements the_ckr_files is looking for volunteers. Check out this post for more information. Michael Turner, author of Hard Core Logo will conduct a reading at the Simon Fraser University Library, Burnaby, BC on Thursday, February 5th . The event is free and open to the public. Awards Actors in The Border, Englishmans'...

Lakers 117, Wizards 97 - USA Today

Lakers 117, Wizards 97 - USA Today Washington Post Lakers 117, Wizards 97 USA Today - 41 minutes ago By Tim Reynolds, AP Sports Writer ORLANDO, Fla. - Tiger Woods sat courtside across from the Boston bench, two seats to the right of Paula Creamer, two rows from Scott Hoch. Defense carries Celtics past Magic FOXSports.com Loss to Celtics doesn’t ...

Fire hits Palin's church in Alaska - CNN

Fire hits Palin's church in Alaska - CNN CBS News Fire hits Palin's church in Alaska CNN - 1 hour ago By Monte Plott (CNN) -- A "suspicious" fire devastated the church attended by Alaska Gov. and former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin on Friday night in her hometown of Wasilla, the church's minister said. Suspicious fire burns Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin ...

Purchasing Music Online for your iPod or iPhone - iLounge

Purchasing Music Online for your iPod or iPhone - iLounge International Business Times Purchasing Music Online for your iPod or iPhone iLounge, CA - 17 hours ago By Jesse David Hollington Many people considering the purchase of an iPod mistakenly believe that the iTunes Store is the only place where iPod users can ... "Welcome to Macintosh" DVD to ...

Life is Stranger Than Fanon

A sneak peek at the diary of Bob Rae , who may or may not be planning a Liberal coup. Your call. Attention mpreggers: The ridiculosity is no longer restricted to fanfiction. I now have to be aware of the national newspapers, not just the flist postings. Finally, for the vegetarians: you too can once enjoy the lovely taste of bacon . Without the messiness of actual pork being involved.

another ontario election issue - electricity

another thing that should be keeping Ontario voters abuzz ... keeping our heaters hot and our coolers cool. And just where all that electricity is going to come from in the future I snagged that from the weather network . Looks like we came close to brown outs at least 5 times in August. All those hot days must have had air conditioners working over time. So which party has the best plan to ...

Zero Hour

August 31, 2011 The day that Canada stopped providing ghetto analogue cable and switched to a fully digital service.  That's how this day will be remember.  Good article.   If you care about disadvantaged seniors on fixed incomes, it's a tear-jerker!   I have it on good authority that if the Mighty Ted had his way, he'd pull the plug on all analogue service tomorrow...and I couldn't agree ...

fluorescent bulbs

As some of you may no, I've been a big fan of florescent bulbs for some time. Thus, I was somewhat disturbed to read that compact florescent bulbs apparently contain mercury . I don't know that such bulbs are the only kind of florescent lights that you can get, but they've certainly been in the news a fair bit lately as a big step that can be taken to reduce electricity consumption. I do find ...

While compact-fluorescent lightbulbs use 1/4 the energy of equivelant incandescent bulbs, it is important to remember that they do contain mercury. Because of the energy savings, I still advocate their use (unlike the writer of the article below). Just don't drop one, or at least if you do, don't tell anyone. http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/fina ncialpost/story.html?id=aa7796aa-e4a5-4c 06-...