Dropping A Water Balloon At 3000 feet per second!

There is something about high-speed photography that always gets to me. You don’t really learn all that much from watching this film clip… but it sure is interesting and, more importantly, fun! Footscray City College Science Students use the Photron high-speed camera to shoot balloons at 3000 frames per second. I don’t know about you [...]

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May the Fourth… Be With You!

Today is Star Wars Day, for obvious reasons. [1] Here are a couple of Star Wars related photos that have tickled me over the past year or so. For me, Imperial Stormtroopers are a constant source of fun! I love nerd humour! Yoda is also good for a few laughs. We’ve all seen Star Wars [...]

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Star Wars Invades Famous Works of Art....and The Office

Reblogged from Geektroverted: Star Wars characters invade these famous works of art and a bonus picture of The Office reimagining the painting “A Sunday Afternoon”. On the eve of Star Wars Day (May the Fourth Be With You), fun by Geektroverted!

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Life After Z Day (Post Apocalypse Zombie Tweets)

A few weeks ago, I broke down and got a Twitter account. One of the things I’m following on Twitter is a series of tweets called Life After Z Day. The premise is elegantly simple. The Upcoming Zombie Apocalypse has smacked us in the face like a bloody severed hand. Despite things hitting the fan [...]

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Exhibit Two and The Upcoming Zombie Apocalypse

The other day, I received a series of text messages from my son, Exhibit Two, asking some questions about preparing for The Upcoming Zombie Apocalypse. Me being a ‘Noted Zombie Expert’ (in addition to his dear old Daddio), it was only natural that he come to me. I put this question to him… a question I [...]

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Pizza Cones!

When I first saw a photo of this little treat the other day, I said, “WOW!” A pizza cone. What a stroke of genius! Pizza dough, formed into the shape of a cone and filled with pizza toppings! This is the best thing since the calzone… basically a pizza turnover! While not nearly in the [...]

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Loonies I Have Lunched With (Part 3): Rendezvous at Sadie’s Diner & Juice Bar

If I ever need to set up a quick, informal yet special rendezvous with someone near and dear to me, I choose Sadie’s Diner & Juice Bar in downtown Toronto. Sadie’s is on the northwest corner of Portland and Adelaide streets. One block east of Bathurst and two blocks south of Queen Street West. My [...]

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Loonies I Have Lunched With (Part 2): Finger Eleven at Mossimo’s

Until last year, I had never heard of the band Finger Eleven. There is a song they did (Paralyzer) that does, however, sound familiar to me. But the name ‘Finger Eleven’ did not become burned into my memory until one lovely Sunday afternoon when my dear friends Ray, JM and JM’s son were enjoying a [...]

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The Oldest Rock Art in the New World

A carving of a stick figure discovered by archaeologists in a cave in Brazil is believed to be the earliest example of rock art in the Americas and could shed new light on when the New World was first settled. (No, not THAT kind of rock art!) The team of archaeologists from the University of [...]

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Loonies I Have Lunched With (Part 1): Souvlaki Headrest

Many years ago, when I worked at a law office in downtown Toronto, I had a friend with whom I would love to lunch. I am using the word lunch here as a verb because when it came to my friend, lunch was not just a noun. It was definitely not a thing. With him, [...]

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