My2SecondShelfLifeMy2SecondShelfLifeThings that interest me and perhaps they might interest you as well. I sometimes use salty language, so if you're easily offended, I'm not for you. I've got opinions, some humour, some sadness, and even some recipes. If you like it, great..if you don Articles
First, I don't know why, but when I try to post ...
2007-05-28 14:15:00 First, I don't know why, but when I try to post in Radmila's blog it won't let me put a title. You know I wanted to put something very clever and witty here as a title; it was going to be the funniest title you had ever scene and it would have gotten nominated for 'Best Blog Entry Title of the Universe' and then the whole world would bow before my Blog Entry Title Championship feet. But I guess it won't happen.See, this is how life screws me.Anyway....monday has already started off on the wrong foot because I've read the that Charles Nelson Reilly passed away. Can I tell you why I loved CNR (btw, that's what us real fans call him 'CNR' - we wear it on shirts and ball caps just as a little 'in' thing.).I loved CNR because1) He was just gay. He was one of the first people on television that I remember being gay. And he just did it with this sense of, 'I'm witty, I'm talented, I'm charming and oh yes I'm gay - deal with it.'. It seemed to allow the world to take a chi... More About: Post , Celebrities
You know summer is coming in Toronto when these ...
2007-05-27 23:48:00 You know summer is coming in Toronto when these guys start making their appearance north of Eglinton. More About: Summer , Observations , Ming , These
Sunday Click Around
Hello!
It's my last click ar...
2007-05-27 15:15:00 Sunday Clic k AroundHello !It's my last click around before The Mister and me leave, and I must say it's great to visit my own blog and see posts already there!I have to thank Cynical-C and Jacqueline again for taking over for me while I'm gone.I love Square America because I love old photos of people. I could sift through old photos all day long and never get bored. I can look at a photo of strangers and build a whole life behind it.Chocolate?A Minister's Daughter, is a great idea, and what she does looks pretty delicious and innovational, but is it wrong of me to wish she'd wear a hairnet and vinyl gloves?People used to get mad at me when I said that I thought Billy Idol had the voice of a lounge singer...but a lot of those songs from the 80's could, and have been turned into lounge music. Damn, Paul Anka did a whole album turning what we thought was "cutting edge" into Vegas lounge music. Here's an Old Spice "Ahoy" commercial using "Hungry Life a Wolf". It just goes to show ... More About: Sunday , Round
Duke Ellington and Whitey's Lindy Hoppers
I s...
2007-05-27 06:06:00 Duke Ellington and Whitey 's Lindy HoppersI see Jacqueline's "breakdancing, past and present" and raiser her a Duke Ellington and Whitey's Lindy Hoppers. More About: Duke , Indy
I saw this on facebook and had to share.
I especi...
2007-05-27 03:38:00 I saw this on facebook and had to share.I especially like the shot of the Nicholas Brothers with the staircase. I've seen it before but it still blows me away.glumbert.com - Breakdancing: Past and Present More About: Share , Facebook
Landing at Toncontin International Airport i...
2007-05-26 06:44:00 Landing at Toncontin Intern ational Airport in HondurasA video of a plane landing in Toncontin Airport, one of the most dangerous in the world.The origin of the name Toncontín is unknown. This airport has received much criticism for being one of the most dangerous in the world due to its proximity to the mountains and for years efforts have been made to replace it with Palmerola airport in Comayagua, currently a United States airbase.(via Nothing to do with Arbroath)The Prince Juliana Airpot at St Maarten is not as dangerous as Toncontin but makes for one scary approach if you are relaxing on the beach looking up. More About: Landing , Conti
The Little Rock Nine
The most difficult walk to...
2007-05-26 02:05:00 The Litt le Rock NineThe most difficult walk to school ever!The U.S. Supreme Court issued its historic Brown v. Board of Education, 347 U.S. 483, on May 17, 1954. The decision declared all laws establishing segregated schools to be unconstitutional, and it called for the desegregation of all schools throughout the nation. [1] After the decision the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) attempted to register black students in previously all-white schools in cities throughout the South. In Little Rock, the capital city of Arkansas, the Little Rock School Board agreed to comply with the high court's ruling. Virgil Blossom, the Superintendent of Schools, submitted a plan of gradual integration to the school board on May 24, 1955, which the board unanimously approved. The plan would be implemented during the 1958 school year, which would begin in September 1957. By 1957, the NAACP had registered nine black students to attend the previously all-white Little Ro... More About: Walk , Diff
Women in Art
500 Years of Female Portraits in W...
2007-05-25 17:47:00 Women in Art500 Years of Female Portrait s in Western Art(via The Presurfer) More About: Women , Male
Glacia from Norge Thingy reporting in. Nod up to...
2007-05-25 15:57:00 Glacia from Norge Thing y reporting in. Nod up to Chris.I'm actually overwhelmingly honoured to be asked to contribute to this blog, which I think is one of the best out there.I think Radmilla and I are similar in the sense that we both like to blog about our everyday lives and our city. But how we differ and what I really admire about her is her outspokenness and saying what she feels without worrying about opposing opinions and actually encouraging discussion.So to that end, I'll promise to be more edgy and 'real'. First order of business:1. Toronto cyclist, STOP riding your bikes on the sidewalk.2. Guy in the SUV who honked at me because I was standing not far enough back from the street for you to plow your Earthdestroyer2000 through...screw you.3. Fellow dog owners, pick up after your pooch.4. To the youths who live in the apartment beneath my townhouse, stop being all young and cool with your 'chillin' and stuff - it's bugging me.Wooo! That felt great!Glacia sucks back a... More About: Rant , Repo
Chris from Cynical-C here
Chris from Cynical-C he...
2007-05-25 04:10:00 Chris from Cynic al-C hereChris from Cynical-C here. I hate introductions so for those of you who don't know me or are not familiar with my blog, feel free to read this post about What People Have Said about Cynical-C to get a feel about how much trouble Radmila's blog is in for the next couple of weeks.I want to thank Radmila for trusting me with her blog. When she honored me the other day by asking if I would be so kind as to guest blog for her while she was in Spain, my first reaction was "Hell no!" Then I remembered that she was kind enough to guest blog for me when I was away and realized I had no choice. (Mental note: Only choose people without blogs to be a guest blogger next time I go away. Paying them back a favor would be something easier than guest blogging for them like housesitting, giving them money or hiding a murder weapon)So it looks like we're stuck with each other while Radmila and the Mister are cavorting in Europe. My blogging style seems to differ wit... More About: Chris
The Rain in Spain...
The Mister and me are headed...
2007-05-25 02:26:00 The Rain in Spain ...The Mist er and me are headed to Spain on Monday for two weeks..... and while there will still be a couple of posts from me before we go...I've asked Cynical-C and Jacqueline from Norge Thingy to do some guest blogging for me, for which I am ever so grateful.Hopefully, they'll dip in a bit before we leave.I think that maybe, this blog will be better while we're gone! More About: Travel , Head
Tonight, I watched "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner"
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2007-05-23 05:18:00 Tonight, I watched "Guess Who 's Coming to Dinner "If you haven't seen it, you should.It's Spencer Tracy's last film...the performances are all stellar....Jesus Christ...I LOVE Sidney Poitier More About: Movies , Tonight
Mama's Fashion Phases
In the photo to your righ...
2007-05-22 05:50:00 Mama's Fash ion Phase sIn the photo to your right, Mama is holding my new born cousin (my father's sisters son, whom I haven't seen since he was 5.)What I wouldn't give for that purse in the Jackie Kennedy phase, and those mules in the Mia Farrow phase! More About: Photo , Photos
Dangerous Liaisons
Last night, I watched this doc...
2007-05-21 16:38:00 Dangerous LiaisonsLast night, I watched this documentary on Ted Bundy.I remember when they executed him.The people I worked with joked about having a "Bundi-Q" and celebrated the fact that he was going to "the electric chair", and if anyone deserved to get it, Ted did.Anyhow, while watching the documentary, Serial Killer Groupie Syndrome (SKG) was discussed...because apparently, Ted had a lot of groupies, some of which are interviewed in the documentary.I find this absolutely incredible.How fucked do you need to be to want a guy who slaughtered women for fun?In fact, all serial killers have groupies...even the most grotesque of the grotesque, which kind of goes without saying....but I mean guys like John Wayne Gacy or Henry Lee Lucas. What kind of woman would want to be with someone who killed upwards of 30 women or in Gacy's case 32 young boys?Well, I went on a little search and found this article from The Crime Library.Turns out that women who choose to be with serial killers hav... More About: Night , Strangeness , Sons , Dangerous
Sunday Click Around.
Someone came up with a match...
2007-05-20 16:31:00 Sunday Clic k Around.Someone came up with a match for the leg lamp!Finally!The site's in Japanese, but scroll down a bit and you'll see it all.I love it when I see people who are not held back by their disabilities...even better when someone makes it an ability.Like this Salsa dancing amputee.Then there are those who take their challenges to another level, like New Wheels on the Block...(a little OMG-ish), or people like Ryan Lachance or David Birnbaum who both do stand up comedy.If you worked in a Fortune Cookie Factory, thinking up the little fortunes that go into them...wouldn't you be tempted to throw out some out of left field fortunes? I know that I would. Weird Fortune Cookies collects strange messages from fortune cookies.I rather enjoyed this entry from WaiterRant, sent to me by Cynical-C.Because we all should work with what we've got, positive and negative... rather than chase our tails and waste energy over what we think we should have.From time to time on the net, I r... More About: Sunday , Match , Round
Onion News Report
This just in...
"Area Mom Freak...
2007-05-18 22:52:00 Onion News Repo rt This just in..."Area Mom Freak ing Out for No Reason Again""Single Errand Proves Too Overwhelming for Man on Day Off""Only Gay Guy in the Office Says: He's Not the Only Gay Guy" More About: Comedy
So, while I was getting myself lunch this afterno...
2007-05-18 22:12:00 So, while I was getting myself lunch this afternoon, I was in line behind an elderly Polish lady who was pricing everything, and seemed to be calculating her lunch to how much she had in her purse.Some of you may remember the post I did back in December when I tried to buy an asshole a cup of coffee.Well, today I tried it again with this elderly lady's lunch.She seemed genuinely shocked, and then asked "Vai? Vai yu vant to pay for me?", and I said, "Because it's Friday before a long weekend, and it's a beautiful day, and why not?"I put my hand on her shoulder, and smiled at her.She asked "Vat nationality are yu?"."Serbian", says I.She then proceeded to tell me about all the Serbian people her husband used to work with in Mississauga when he was alive, and how we're good people.So, not only did I get a chance to do what I set out to do without being insulted, but I got to represent.Sweet. More About: Commentary , Lunch , After , While
Another Installment of "Lifestyles
of the
Poor an...
2007-05-16 23:46:00 Another Installment of "Lifestyles of thePoor and Landed"...While cleaning out our crawlspace, and other closets getting ready for the sale of this house,I found another picture of Mama...dressed to the nines with a roasted chicken.Photos to send back home...I venture to think that this is somewhere around 1970/71.Back in the day, before La Senza Girl, and lingerie for preschoolers...parents and grandparents used to strip you down to your underwear at the beach and tell you to"Go play. You have nothing to show anyway!".More to come... More About: Another
"His work is a treasure to us," McLelland said a...
2007-05-15 14:24:00 "His work is a treasure to us," McLelland said at another point, speaking for the family. "His work is a treasure to this country."Yeah.I'm sure that's why the drawings were kept in garbage bags in the garage.Because when you really value something, where else would you keep it? In the house in boxes or portfolios? Don't be silly. More About: Commentary , Work , Land , Ella , Sure
A Night at the Roxbury...The Polish Version
2007-05-15 05:15:00 A Night at the Roxbury...The Poli sh Version More About: Comedy , Sion
Let Me Ask You This...
Why do men think that BBQi...
2007-05-13 19:18:00 Let Me Ask You This...Why do men think that BBQing takes less work than cooking inside the house?I mean, it's only the cooking process, it's not as though you're only eating what's on the grill.I've announced that during the showings of this house, I will not be cooking. I don't want to have to clean and put away the entire functional bits of the kitchen every time I make a meal...much to The Misters chagrin.He said, "We'll just BBQ" as though BBQing only involves the grill.What about the marinade?The side dishes?The washing of the dishes?(We'll use paper plates and utinsils)So?What about the serving dishes and all the prep work for the above?This should be immediately recognizable to The Mister since he uses all the pots and pans we own to make one side dish when he cooks.I just don't get it.Mind you...I love the fact that he would rather my cooking, than eat out.That doesn't change the fact that I'll enjoy the break. More About: Think
Sunday Click Around.
Hello!
Sorry for being M.I....
2007-05-13 15:12:00 Sunday Clic k Around.Hell o!Sorry for being M.I.A. for the past few days.I've been on the Real Estate Roller Coaster.I've seen Home Stagers on the Home & Garden Network, but I've never had one in my house. I was repeatedly told not to take it personally, that the suggestions that were being made were mostly to erase our personalities from the house so that perspective buyers could see themselves living there. Some of the things she suggested made me laugh. Listen, if we could afford to do those things, we wouldn't be leaving. But, we got some good suggestions, and are doing some of the other things that are uncomfortable, but suggested...and that's basically taken over our lives.Anyhow, today is Mother's Day, so "Tell Your Mom We Said, Hi" from This Just In.I'll be headed over to Mama's shortly, and then MIL's later....I got a kick out of "The 10 Dumbest Resume Blunders" from CNN Money.Seriously, you can't make this shit up.Ok, so Serbia won Eurovision.What a shock when ... More About: Sunday , Bein
Gap Unveils New "For Kids By Kids" Clothing Line
2007-05-08 03:30:00 Gap Unveils New "For Kids By Kids" Clothing Line More About: Comedy , Thing
It's Bhaaaaad.
"SUDAN'S MARRIED GOAT has, mercifu...
2007-05-07 22:47:00 It's Bhaaaaad."SUDAN'S MARRIED GOAT has, mercifully, gone to the heavenly farmyard, released from its suffering as a beast of burden.The goat, known as Rose to close friends, became a web phenomenon when it was reported that she had been "married" to Sudanese man Charles Tombe. The wedding was enforced by elders after a drunken Tombe was found taking advantage of the poor animal. He was also made to pay a dowry to Rose's original owner. The elders hoped to shame Tombe, though did not spare Rose's feelings in doing so."Found at From Alpha to OM3GA.It immediately made me think about Woody Allen's 1972 movie "Everything You Wanted to Know About Sex"...and Gene Wilder's character who falls in love with a sheep named Daisy.Here's a clip: More About: Comedy , Strangeness , Arri , Merc , Married
Sunday Click Around
I accidentally found this lit...
2007-05-06 17:30:00 Sunday Clic k AroundI accidentally found this little page with excerpts from a book on trivia about famous historical people and their thoughts on sex.Meanwhile, here are 5 things you should know about harems before you get one.I know that years ago, when music videos were actually little films, artists really didn't know how to present themselves and many produced some really, really strange little accompanying films/videos to their songs. I was a big fan of Hall & Oates in high school, and here's their video for "She's Gone". I'd like you to check out a few things while watching it. Check out the shoes, and the deadpan faces of both of them, and the cheezy devil that keeps doing walks across the screen. This video is bad. Really, really bad.I'm not sure what this has to do with cellphones, but it's really cool where hitting bugs with miniature pies is concerned, it's #1.I got a kick out of this old Anacin commercial.Myhood.ca covers the greater Toronto area rating apartm... More About: Sunday , Round , Ally
I've heard the mother of this kid interviewed th...
More articles from this author:2007-05-04 21:38:00 I've heard the mother of this kid interviewed three times today.Apparently, this 11 year old had a problem at school that escalated into a tantrum that included kicking, spitting, and hitting of school staff.The Principal called the police and apparently they handcuffed the child.The story doesn't sound right to me.There is something missing from it.The mother is taking the child's word for it (natch) and is blaming the school Principal for over-reacting, and calling police.The interviewers are saying that the police were "way out of line" handcuffing an 11 year old.I mean, she's only 11.Are you kidding me?I don't know how many of you have paid attention to the size of 11 year olds these days.There are 11 year olds who are bigger and heavier than I am.There are 11 year olds in this school who could kick my ass.I'm finding it a little hard to comprehend how this situation escalated into this kid ending up in handcuffs but I can't imagine that it's "just because".The police st... More About: Rant , Mother , View 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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