Daily Archives: November 27, 2012

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“Drag Stars at Sea” Has Cruisers Seeing Red


Carnival Cruises, the best place on the ocean to get the norovirus, recently announced that because turrism and 9/11, no passengers may dress in drag or “costume” on its upcoming “Drag Stars at Sea” cruise.

Carnival sent an email to passengers booked on their upcoming “Drag Stars at Sea” cruise, informing them that passengers will be banned from dressing in drag on the drag cruise, under penalty of being kicked off the ship. Continue reading

Is There a DIY Thing Out There Worth Making?

So, you find yourself surrounded by mason jars, corks, and I dunno, pipe cleaners and coat hangers, and you’ve decided to embark on a DIY project. If you’re like me, this will probably not happen, because 1) Where do you get all this stuff? 2) How does one ever really decide to make a reindeer lawn ornament out of mason jars, corks, pipe cleaners and coat hangers? No matter! This is what you’ve planned to do since all the Thanksgiving hullaballoo has died down and it’s right before the Christmas shopping craze gets into full swing. So, what’s a good DIY project? Continue reading

Toronto Mayor Turfed From Office. What Next?

The candidate of nope.Mayor of Toronto and noted disgrace to the city Rob Ford was today ordered removed from office. After a three day trial, Mr. Justice Hackland of the Ontario Superior Court found that Ford had breached the Municipal Conflict of Interest Act (MCOIA) and as a result that his seat on Toronto’s City Council was therefore declared to be vacant. Instead of accepting this, Ford has decided to fight on, blaming his situation on a conspiracy against him among the left wing of City Council and the judiciary. So what happens now?

To begin with, Justice Charles Hackland  suspended the effect of his order declaring Ford’s seat vacant for 14 days to give City Council time to deal with the administrative difficulties that come with having to replace a mayor on the fly. So not very much is likely to happen in the first week or two. Continue reading