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How to make tennis interesting

July 6, 2008 – 11:44 am

Like this!

By raincoaster | Also posted in Cthulhu, Culture, Humour, Olympics, Religion, Sports, Weird, advice, comics, humor, warlocks | Comments (5)

Whatever Works!

June 8, 2008 – 2:20 pm

Well, it’s practical. This has to be the cheapest method of governmental family planning assistance of which I’ve ever seen. Truly, this is brilliant.

By raincoaster | Also posted in Allegory, Culture, Dating, Family, Humour, Literary, Science, Sex, Singles, Weird, advice, fetish, government, humor, parenting, tasteless | Comments (30)

mo’ momo: so you feel like shit

June 7, 2008 – 6:17 am

See, this is why you shouldn’t mess with Canadians. Because not only did we popularize the concept of brutality in team sports (there’s no “I” in “ICU!” Oh, wait…Canadians say “I” will put “U” in intensive care, “C?”) but our motivational speakers don’t natter on about lathering your positive vibes over the pectorals of the [...]

By raincoaster | Also posted in Canada, Culture, Entertainment, Zeta Males, advice, philosophy, podcasts, profanity | Comments (0)

Flamewar Report from the Front Lines!

May 14, 2008 – 9:44 pm

Hello, and welcome to the WordPress.com forums. Have you read sulz’s excellent guide to asking for help in the forums? And have you read Andy’s explanation of the differences between WordPress types and which forum to choose? And have you ensured that you are sober, of at least the intellectual level of a three-year-old beagle, [...]

By raincoaster | Also posted in Blogging, Culture, Humour, advice, anarchy, computers, flamewar, geek, humor, profanity, rants, sad | Comments (76)

how to make a Dirty Martini REALLY dirty

May 6, 2008 – 1:55 pm

Another from Married to the Sea.
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By raincoaster | Also posted in Allegory, Crime, Humour, Lush Life, Sex, Weird, cocktails, drugs, gross, humor, sad, tasteless | Comments (7)

blog fodder made easy: how to write epics!

March 25, 2008 – 9:41 am

We’ve all been there: When you open the Write Post page, the void looks also into you.
Here is the quick and dirty version of how to feed your blog on a majah scale: with EPICS! Who doesn’t like epics? They’re epic! Epically epic!
First: you need a setting. Rip one off from an existing epic and [...]

By raincoaster | Also posted in Blogging, Books, Entertainment, Humour, Literary, Weird, advice, humor, writing | Comments (20)

Public Service Announcement: Safe Sex, Ugandan Style!

February 22, 2008 – 10:13 pm

stolen from nurse myra at the Gimcrack Hospital who stole it, obviously, from rotten.com
That last line’s a doozy, eh?
Let us now review, apropos of nothing in particular, the difference between Theory and Practice.

The distance between theory and practice is always so much smaller in theory than in practice.

Thank you. That concludes today’s Ugandan Discussion.
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By raincoaster | Also posted in Culture, Education, Family, Lush Life, Public Service Announcement, Sex, Weird, advice, death, marriage | Comments (14)

Lost Arts: How to Commit a Train Robbery

February 19, 2008 – 1:33 pm

Never let it be said that we at the ol’ raincoaster blog stood by passively and watched our proud Canadian heritage slip into oblivion unmourned, unrecorded, unblogged. Now that the last of The Grey Fox’s victims has been enveloped by the sweet embrace of the eternal, it is time to pause and reflect for a [...]

By raincoaster | Also posted in Canada, Crime, Culture, Historical, Humour, Lush Life, Police, Vancouver, YouTube, cowboys, humor | Comments (22)

crab stew

December 16, 2007 – 9:03 am

If they’re trying to use this enlightening ad to sell 42 Below, I’m thinking that the plan may have backfired. Click to enlarge, in case the details are fuzzy, as, indeed, they would be the next morning.

From the Clio Awards
. Be sure to click the NEXT button when you’re on the site: the second [...]

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DIY of the Day: Clone a Beatle!

December 13, 2007 – 7:00 am

Yes, ladies and gentlemen, for only $48,000 (plus shipping and handling) you, too, could clone your own morose, heroin-addicted musical icon.
A book enclosing a lock of John Lennon’s hair has been sold at auction for ÂŁ24,000.
It was part of a lot of items owned by Betty Glasow, former hairdresser to the Beatles…The inscription in the [...]

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