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Backwards

bt — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 18:18:09 +0000

“Well, see you later. I’m off to buy sheets.”
“You’re going to carry out unnecessary commerce on a Sunday?”
“Oh, no, it’s necessary. I gave up shopping for Lent.”

Public Health Paranoia

bt — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 19:42:48 +0000

Ontario hasn’t recovered from SARS. Witness the girl who rubbed with alcohol and put on gloves before weighing me a kilo of fusilli. I should have asked: “If I promise to sterilize the pasta in boiling water before eating it, … Continue reading →

Positive Feedback Collapse

bt — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 22:16:32 +0000

You know you’re pretty close to a manual restart when the last line under Program Manager’s applications tab is ‘Program Manager – (Not Responding)’.

Malpractice

bt — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 01:35:10 +0000

From a study investigating risk factors for retained foreign bodies after surgery:

“The increased risk associated with increased body-mass index probably reflects the amount of room there is in a patient in which to lose a sponge or instrument.”

Coffee Experiment

bt — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 21:15:08 +0000

If you start working at a froofy coffee joint that offers such far-fetched, not really coffeelike abominations as the half-caf-skim-milk-almond-roca-mocha,-oh-and-could-you-put-it-over-ice-with-one-of-those-non-sugar-sweeteners-please, you might start wondering how you can modify your own morning joe at home. As they say in the north, fly … Continue reading →

Don’t leave those kids alone

bt — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 16:30:16 +0000

Here’s a sign from the nearby office supplies store:

“Unattended children will be given an espresso and a free puppy.”

Thank you…

bt — Wed, 31 May 2006 01:01:41 +0000

…Nail in Coffin, for the picture. But did you have to use the one from my weaker years?

Irony is also:

bt — Sun, 19 Mar 2006 08:23:41 +0000

Although you can shoot heroin and cocaine at Vancouver’s “Safe injection site,” there’s a sign on the wall banning smoking. After all, cigarettes are bad for you.

Irony is:

bt — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 04:21:56 +0000

A firefighter taking a break from fighting a blazing fire, taking off his face mask, and lighting up a smoke.

Shock media

bt — Thu, 02 Feb 2006 07:14:20 +0000

As more evidence that King 5 News of Seattle only reports bad news, here are the main stories this evening: An avalanche, bomb sniffing dogs, a terrible winter storm, a tree into a building, and puppies.
That smuggle drugs.