Articles By: Adam J. Duncan

Hump Day Trivia IX

(Via jonthor6 on Flickr) “Right now a lot of people are still choosing to go to Toronto instead of shooting in New York City, something I haven’t done and something I hope I’ll never have to do. “ - Spike Lee 1. Apple has had no philanthropic activities in 14 years – a rarity for... More

Five Easy Clips Presents: Lucky Dube

Lucky-Dube If Bob Marley is to roots reggae what Buddy Holly was to rock n’ roll, who are John Lennon, Jimi Hendrix, and Mick Jagger? Some are fairly well agreed upon as masters of the genre: Burning Spear, Peter Tosh, Bunny Wailer, and Jimmy Cliff, of course… Who else? It’s all... More

Hump Day Trivia VIII

hemingway460 “It is not squalid like Birmingham, or cramped like Canton, or scattered like Edmonton, or sham like Berlin, or hellish like New York, or tiresome like Nice. It is all right. The only depressing thing is that it will always be what it is, only larger, and that no Canadian... More

Hump Day Trivia VII

Eco Proto “The huge advantage of Canada is its backwardness.” - Marshall McLuhan   1.  Grand Theft Auto and The Price is Right use the same font. 2.  We call the animal “turkey” because the English used to think it came from Turkey. The Turks call it Hindi for the same resason.  ... More

Five Easy Clips Presents: Buster Keaton

buster_keaton “It’s said that Chaplin wanted you to like him, but Keaton didn’t care. I think he cared, but was too proud to ask. “ -Roger Ebert Writer, actor, director, stuntman… today’s Five Easy Clips is about none other than Mr. Buster Keaton. If you have never seen a Buster Keaton... More

Hump Day Trivia VI

uhaul yeah “Indeed I have always found that the only thing in regard to Toronto which faraway people know for certain is that McGill University is in it.” - Stephen Leacock,  My Discovery of the West (1937) 1. In most of the world, people don’t pay for incoming calls or texts. 2.... More

Hump Day Trivia V

shark-attack-viral-videos-874233_1024_768 “Canada is a country built against any common, geographic, historic or cultural sense.” - Pierre Trudeau   1. The McBain clips in the Simpsons form a full movie.   2. In olden times sailors wore gold earrings so that if their body washed ashore the gold would pay for a... More