From the CBC: Parents group wants fines for Live 8 swear word

These people are too fucking stupid to own televisions. I mean, the line “Who the f**k are you?” came from The Who‘s “Who Are You” (or, as these mouthbreathers know it, the theme song to one of them there CSI shows), a decades-old song they can’t possibly have avoided for their entire lives, so it’s not like the swearing was unexpected. If you’re so goddamned offended by a split-second curse word, turn off the TV. Idiot.

Who wants to bet that this shows up on Americans Are Dumb tomorrow?

After months of talking about it, Stanzi (aka “assgash”) and I finally went to The Salad House (Roy’s Square, near Yonge & Bloor) for lunch. I wish we hadn’t delayed; this could be a new favourite. I got a ginormous salad with chicken for just under $6.50 all in; Stanzi got a wrap and smaller salad for the same price.

$4 cheaper than my beloved mandarin chicken salad from Whole Foods, and a whole lot closer to work. Just have to remember to get there early; by 12:05 the lineup was out the door.

Read the review in Now.

THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS w/ Destroyer. The Docks. $22.50 at RT, HS, SS, TM. Oct 9.

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Not-so-guilty pleasure: my Nomad just served up “S. Soup” by Sebadoh. I haven’t heard the song in about 3 years, but I have very happy memories of it. I have a distinct memory of humming it while walking up the stairs at the Duke of York.

“You’re so off you’re on.”

Temperature sensitive faucets. Gimme.

[via engadget]

The Headstones covering “Tweeter And The Monkey Man” has been stuck in my head ever since we heard the original on my brother’s iPod last month. I went out of my way to listen to it this morning.

Actually, that band is one of my guilty pleasures in general. It’s partly CBJ’s fault.

• Astaire . “L-L-Love”
• Brian Jonestown Massacre . “No Come Down”
• Duke Spirit . “Hello To The Floor”
• Jonathan Vance . “Lycanthrope”
• Ladytron . “Destroy Everything You Touch”
• Teenage Fanclub . “It’s All In My Mind”

Oh, and the Most Serene Republic disc? Sweet. I’m liking it, probably enough to buy it. Still waiting to go through albums by Jason Collett, Tracy Bonham, Foo Fighters and Copeland. Sigh. I need an assistant.

Ding dong, the lockout is dead. I may actually start caring about hockey again some day. Looking back, I’m surprised by how little I missed it. Maybe that should tell them something.

[via CBC: NHL, NHLPA agree to tentative deal]

Wow, this is amazing. Bus Monster shows you, using Google Maps, where each bus is along a particular route, in pretty much real time. Man…when will the TTC get this?!?

[via Scoble]

From Yahoo! News: Anti-same-sex marriage group lobbies Queen to halt Bill C-38

Mr. Mainse,

You’re not the moral authority you think you are. Furthermore, neither is the God you profess to speak for, nor is the Queen. Society is moving on. Black folks are free. Women can vote. Gay people can get married.

Wake up.