Marc from Torontoist put together this great fake trailer mash-up, turning Wallace & Gromit into the latest installment of the Saw horror movies. 100,000 hits and rising on YouTube
Saw vs. Wallace & Gromit
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My friend Nikita sent me this CBC story. Apparently some street signs in her neighborhood have gone missing and the City of Ottawa is going to some extraordinary measures to deter thieves:
The City of Ottawa is trying to make sure no one takes the High Road anymore — the street sign, that is. The street name in Gloucester is one of several across Ottawa that now tower up to six metres above the ground instead of the usual 2½, and are secured with tamper-proof bolts in an effort to deter thieves.Mary Jane Cres., High St. and Trojan Ave. are a few of the Ottawa street names that have often gone missing.(CBC)
"We actually went to the extent of greasing the pole a little bit just to ensure that somebody trying to shimmy up to it couldn't get to it," said Kevin Wylie, who is in charge of all City of Ottawa street signs.
CBC News: Extra-high street signs give Ottawa thieves the slip
SD: Hey Jay, what do you think is going to happen to me out there? How do you think I'll do?Place: Foggy Dew pub on King Street birthday drinks with The Peterborough Two. A streetcar party/pub crawl comes in and one of the lager louts immediately makes a loud phone call.
Me (deadpan): I think you're going to get mauled by a bear.
Lout: Dude I'm so wasted we've been drinking Jamieson's all night and it's great!!! WHOOOOOO I'm so going to headbutt someone, it won't be me and I'm gonna headbutt someone tonight, some mutha is getting a big old headbutt toniiiiiiight OH YEAH Give me the intersecond (sic) and we'll hook up it's soooo great we're going to headbutt someone tonight YEAAAAHHH!!!! HEADBUTTTT!!!!(No one was headbutted at the pub, and the pub crawl left for the next stop after 30 minutes. I had hoped to be called on to demonstrate the Scottish martial art of Feckyou, and headbutt him first. That, or walk up behind him and bounce his head off the table (a technique I learned from my friend T.)
Bouncer: You guys can't get in. We have a dress code and you're not getting in wearing baggy pants and that. (indicates their golf shirts and sneakers)
Guy: So how do we gotta' dress to get in?
Bouncer (looks over, points to me): Like that guy. Come right in sir.
I was having dinner with a visiting American comedian friend in London a couple of years ago — one of Marco Pierre White’s restaurants — and he and the others convinced me to order the “roast suckling pig” on the menu. There was great anticipation as the dish arrived — it was fast, we only had time to drink a couple of bottles of wine each. But it was three slices of pork and a sliver of apple. I still pity the other diners who had to put up with the people at the back yelling “Where’s my f*cking pig? Bring us the pig! Get out there and kill me a f*cking pig! We demand a pig with Marco Pierre White in its mouth, right f*cking now!”Speaking of Ratatouille and Pixar, Philadelphia Inquirer’s film critic Carrie Rickey points out something that appears to be spot on:
Marco Pierre White, if you’re reading this — you are a weakling. Furthermore, you owe me a pig.
Patton Oswalt does not yell “Where’s the f*cking pig?” in RATATOUILLE this weekend.
Warren Ellis, from his new column on the Suicide Girls website, The Sunday Hangover
And am I crazy to read the subtext of Ratatouille as Pixar -- the rats in the house that Mickey Mouse built -- reaffirming the true mission of Walt Disney as Remy the rat reaffirms the values of chef Gusteau?Adam at ALOTT5MA pointed out that "Indeed, the real-world equivalent of Chef Gusteau's frozen burritos -- Disney's profitable-but-crappy direct-to-DVD sequel program -- has been scrapped under the new Pixar regime." It's quality and legacy winning out over a quick buck. So no "Cinderella 4 - Revenge of the Sith"".
The World Conference on Disaster Management wraps up today at the Toronto Convention Centre. Torontoist would go but we’re locked in the basement with a tire iron and a two-year supply of Beefaroni. - Patrick Metzger
"[...] the only way I could achieve a larger carbon footprint than Live Earth would be to drop an asteroid on Australia. " - Warren Ellis,I'm only guessing, but I give the performers the benefit of the doubt that they believe they were doing the right thing. But isn't it a bit hypocritical to have a rock star telling us that we can make a difference, that we have to change, when their highly consumptive lifestyle creates a carbon footprint the size of a small town? Several cars and houses, the CO2 produced by travelling back and forth in jets and buses. I believe more in the performers who refused to play, like The Arctic Monkeys, who couldn't justify playing a show for the environment, "especially when we're using enough power for 10 houses just for (stage) lighting."
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"Forgive me, but did we really need to burn a sickening amount of fossil fuel flying rock stars to every continent – to say nothing of the environmental toll created at each venue by local traffic and a spike in consumption – to impart such mundane wisdom?" - Vinay Menon, Toronto Star