the woodshed

Gunpowder, treason and plot - hurrah! Okay, so I'm a couple of days late with it, but here's a thought provoking look at Guy Fawkes ...

The envelope please Kevin Drum at the Washington Monthly has been running a poll to determine the wingnuttiest blog post of the last few yea...

Stephen Harper: If he bleeds us, is he not a prick? Nice column by Susan Riley in yesterday's Ottawa Citizen that pretty much nails the ...

Big Boys don't cry...much Damn you, Stuart Mclean. Since reaching adulthood, I am not easily moved to tears - I don't cry at wedding...

Bring it on Steverino! Shorter Stephen Harper: Don't ask about our dirty laundry and we won't ask about yours . Shorter Liberals: W...

Ethnic cleansing Pathetic,　not-so-stealthy separatism - that is what Quebec's bill 195 amounts to. While it is unlikely to be passed int...

Even the paranoid have enemies Dave already has a post on this up at the Galloping Beaver but I thought I might as well put it up here too,...

Human Tetris This one goes out to Dave from Jim Dandy Goodness, who loves to see the goofy side of Japan

For Post-Halloween Withdrawal Oooooooh! scary stuff kids. Betcha didn't know Bergman made horror films, well neither did Count Floyd. A...

Weekend blues See that guy on the left doing the singing - that's "my caucasian" Mike Daley. Sure he's a big rock star now...

Regrets, he's had a few I missed this one last week as I was busy blowing out birthday candles before the kitchen caught fire, but appar...

You can't tell the truth about me, I'll sue! Many thanks to Zorpheous of the Wingnutterer for the graphic and to Impolitical for th...

hallelujah! From Crackle: Mr. Deity and the Intel - Season 2, Ep 1 If you missed season on of this great Web series, you can find them on Y...

Things you should read The Editors give you the skinny on the Pam Atlas Juggs vs. Chuckie "little green balls" Johnson blogging bu...

Meanwhile, back in The County Apparently things have changed in Picton since I lived there. I can't believe these folks managed to get a...

Ding, Dong the Wicked Witch Pink Bunny is Dead Well, it has finally happened - the crooked, exploitive, madhouse I spent my first four yea...

Ten steps Yeah, its been posted elsewhere and its been around for six months but to paraphrase Atrios: Naomi speak, you listen

John Cleese gets political A bit dated and UK specific toward the end, but I like his bit on extremism

New Zealand's gift to the world If I had to choose between Flight of the ConChords,the All-Blacks and Steinlager, it would be a close ra...

I am no longer the whitest guitar player in the known universe There's nothing wrong with this lesson, but I have to wonder how useful H...