Month: January 2013

  • The 21st Century Ant and Grasshopper

    Once there lived an ant and a grasshopper in a grassy meadow. All day long the ant would work hard, collecting grains from a faraway farmer’s field. She would hurry to the field as soon as dawn came, and struggle back with a heavy grain of wheat. She would store the grain in her larder…

  • Phrases From Today’s Headlines that Would Also Make Good Band Names

    Needlessly Provocative Controversial Brain Test Knife Fight Children’s Theatre Women in Combat Drone Killings Ice Building Fire Chinese Film Extras Neanderthal Baby Music for Income Face a New Fear Enough is Enough

  • The Best of 2012

    Best Movie – Cloud Atlas Best Video Game – Dishonored Best Colour – Vermillion Best Sandwich – The one I ate on September 12th at 1:37 pm Best Haircut – Robert Conway of Winnipeg, Manitoba Best Unfortunate Timing for an Erection, Comedic Division – Alexander Stross of Perth, Western Australia Best Unfortunate Timing for an…

  • The Adventures of Space Giraffe!

    Space Giraffe! He’s the giraffe that travels through space! Most giraffes can’t travel through space, but this giraffe can because he’s Space Giraffe! Space Giraffe! His powers come from an experiment gone wrong! A space experiment! Space Giraffe! He battles evil space poachers! They’re trying to poach Space Giraffe, not space itself, just to be…