Recent content by Ransom

But did anyone else see Hook in the theatre and get blown away by Robin Williams's tiny MicroTAC flip phone?

We can thank Trudeau Jr. for that. Justin is nowhere near the statesman his father was.

Why would we want the Left Coast? We've already got legal weed.

We will not be. We like the States and all--we wouldn't have the longest undefended border in the world otherwise, to say nothing of importing all your entertainment. We're joined together at the hip. We're very much like you, but it's been part of the Canadian identity for decades--if not...

Ah. Apparently you missed all the high-school girls trying to look like poodles.

At least she thought ahead and had her hair up under the hat.

Where were you during the 80s?

You're just saying that because you hate drinking flowers.

This one? Don't know about psychedelic colours. The models aren't even proper hippies. (This is the edition my dad still has on his bookshelf.)

See, I would have stayed seated both times. Don't ask me to sing along, and don't ask me to stand up and be recognized.

I would have thought lemonade-sippin and beer-sippin were polar opposites. But I like beer and make lemonade with lavender in it, so what do I know.

I said nothing about "in this thread." At the time of Moses, the Middle Assyrian Empire was on its way to becoming the dominant power in the region, and Moses married a Cushite. Obviously those nations were known to his audience. As for Havilah, Moses knew there were gold and gemstones there...

At the Liberal Party leadership convention today, Mark Carney won by a landslide, meaning that he is slated to become our next prime minister once he's sworn in. Carney is a former governor of the Bank of Canada and Bank of England. He has never been elected to office--a first in Canadian...

I'd have to punt on that question. It's beyond my knowledge. Maybe someone else can pick up on it.

Keep in mind that there's a kind of arms race between some of these IFB guys. They're literally trying to be holier than thou. So one pastor forbids women to wear jeans, but permits culottes, since they're baggy and not too revealing. The next guy bans those, too, on the technicality that...