”A lot of people say they hate Justin Bieber who haven’t even listened to my music. They just hate the idea of me.” - Justin Bieber 1. The last white man to run in the Olympics’ 100 meter finals was in 1980. 2. The original VHS copies of Rambo III... More
“I love sleep. My life has the tendency to fall apart when I’m awake, you know?” - Ernest Hemingway 1. The screenplay for the James Bond film “You Only Live Twice” was written by Roald Dahl. 2. Lauren Bush, Sr’s granddaughter and Jr’s niece, married Ralph Lauren’s son and is... More
“The greatest gift you can give another is the purity of your attention.” -Richard Moss 1. An orangutan tried to have sex with Julia Roberts on the set of the PBS production of In The Wild: Orangutan’s With Julia Roberts but was prevented by the film crew. 2. Seal had... More
“He who delights in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.” — Francis Bacon 1. Kim-Jong Il loved to surf the web, and called himself an “internet expert”. This series has yet to receive a hit from North Korea, unfortunately. 2. The boy from Jurassic Park also played... More
“We are all a little weird and life’s a little weird, and when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall in mutual weirdness and call it love.” ― Dr. Seuss 1. The Nova Scotia MLA for Truro-Bible Hill voiced Rogue in... More
“Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else’s opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.” - Oscar Wilde 1. Hendrix was first introduced to the wah wah pedal by Frank Zappa. 2. On the set of Psycho, Hitchcock would always refer to Anthony Perkins as... More
“Wise men speak because they have something to say. Fools speak because they have to say something.” -Plato (Can you think of a better quote to kick off a column devoted to trivia?) 1 - The scientific name for man-boobs is “Gynecomastia”. 2 - The modern-day custom of women shaving... More
“Reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated.” - Mark Twain…? 1 - Mark Twain never made the above quote. He said ”The report of my death is an exaggeration.” Apparently because of confusion between his near-dead cousin and himself. There were no premature obituaries, as the myth suggests. Good... More
“York is just emerging from the woods, but bids fair to be a flourishing town.” - John Bennett, the King’s Printer in Upper Canada (1801)[1] 1. When you were an embryo, the first thing that developed was your anus. 2. The actor who plays the male lead in The... More
“Canada and Mexico, as the saying goes, have one common problem between them.” - J.C.M. Ogelsby 1. The US government stopped funding programs to listen to radio signals from space in 1993, and nowadays much of the money for this project comes from Paul Allen. 2. In 1939 a... More
“Canada is either an idea or it does not exist. It is either an intellectual undertaking or it is little more than a resource-rich vacuum lying in the buffer zone just north of a great empire.” - John Ralston Saul, Reflections of a Siamese Twin 1. Until 1942, American... More
“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
”A lot of people say they hate Justin Bieber who haven’t even listened to my music. They just hate the idea of me.” - Justin Bieber 1. The last white man to run in the Olympics’ 100 meter finals was in 1980. 2. The original VHS copies of Rambo III... More
“I love sleep. My life has the tendency to fall apart when I’m awake, you know?” - Ernest Hemingway 1. The screenplay for the James Bond film “You Only Live Twice” was written by Roald Dahl. 2. Lauren Bush, Sr’s granddaughter and Jr’s niece, married Ralph Lauren’s son and is... More
“The greatest gift you can give another is the purity of your attention.” -Richard Moss 1. An orangutan tried to have sex with Julia Roberts on the set of the PBS production of In The Wild: Orangutan’s With Julia Roberts but was prevented by the film crew. 2. Seal had... More
“He who delights in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.” — Francis Bacon 1. Kim-Jong Il loved to surf the web, and called himself an “internet expert”. This series has yet to receive a hit from North Korea, unfortunately. 2. The boy from Jurassic Park also played... More
“We are all a little weird and life’s a little weird, and when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall in mutual weirdness and call it love.” ― Dr. Seuss 1. The Nova Scotia MLA for Truro-Bible Hill voiced Rogue in... More
“Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else’s opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.” - Oscar Wilde 1. Hendrix was first introduced to the wah wah pedal by Frank Zappa. 2. On the set of Psycho, Hitchcock would always refer to Anthony Perkins as... More
“Wise men speak because they have something to say. Fools speak because they have to say something.” -Plato (Can you think of a better quote to kick off a column devoted to trivia?) 1 - The scientific name for man-boobs is “Gynecomastia”. 2 - The modern-day custom of women shaving... More
“Reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated.” - Mark Twain…? 1 - Mark Twain never made the above quote. He said ”The report of my death is an exaggeration.” Apparently because of confusion between his near-dead cousin and himself. There were no premature obituaries, as the myth suggests. Good... More
“York is just emerging from the woods, but bids fair to be a flourishing town.” - John Bennett, the King’s Printer in Upper Canada (1801)[1] 1. When you were an embryo, the first thing that developed was your anus. 2. The actor who plays the male lead in The... More
“Canada and Mexico, as the saying goes, have one common problem between them.” - J.C.M. Ogelsby 1. The US government stopped funding programs to listen to radio signals from space in 1993, and nowadays much of the money for this project comes from Paul Allen. 2. In 1939 a... More
“Canada is either an idea or it does not exist. It is either an intellectual undertaking or it is little more than a resource-rich vacuum lying in the buffer zone just north of a great empire.” - John Ralston Saul, Reflections of a Siamese Twin 1. Until 1942, American... More
“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
