Katz And Lee – The New Simon And Garfunkel?

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Mar 042013
 

Peter Katz and Emma-Lee

We recently got a press release about a couple of musicians, Peter Katz and Emma-Lee, who are headed our way on April 24th. Now, normally we don’t announce bands, but having been around a couple of very talented people in my time, I realized who and what they were within 30 seconds into their video, “What’s Love Got To Do With It” (http://www.southernsouls.ca/peter-katz-emma-lee). Their inspired banjo and guitar duet recorded at the Toronto Zoo creates a dreamy jazz/bluegrass/folk musical mirage of Tina’s tune.

Peter’s style is folk/roots, and Emma-Lee leans toward soulful alternative country, but their fusion creates a tone and harmony that hasn’t been heard from a stage since Simon and Garfunkel. They are both well known in their own right, and are  Continue reading »

Crazy Lady Learns That There Is Such A Thing As Way Too Many Pixels

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Feb 252013
 

mealybug

Too much information is not always a good thing. Nor are too many pixels necessarily good for the soul. However, when you combine the two, you get Crazy Lady running around the house with a serious case of the heebie-geebies. Such was the way that my afternoon unfolded. So, let me tell you my tale. Not feeling well, I laid down on the couch ‘for a few minutes’ today, while the Flash Fairie floated around the house with her new camera, transforming reality into itty-bitty illuminated pixels. Now, we all know what to expect when kids playing suddenly get quiet, and I reckon that Pattie Pixella ain’t no exception to that rule.

To back-step in time for a moment, about once a year she, who makes UFOs seem normal, goes on an entomological expedition, involving an up close and personal examination of her potted photosynthesizing prisoners. It needs to be stated here, that while the Wild One has been known to burp, fart and giggle like a teenage boy, she has a reactionary revulsion for certain insects, Continue reading »

Watchdogs Say Ban Killer Robots Before It Is Too Late

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Feb 202013
 

Losing Humanity: The Case Against Killer RobotsHuman Rights Watch (www.hrw.org) has released a report that states that governments should pre-emptively ban fully autonomous weapons, because of the danger they pose to civilians in armed conflict. These futuristic weapons, sometimes called “killer robots,” will self-assess danger and risk, and can choose to fire on targets without human intervention. The 50-page report, “Losing Humanity: The Case Against Killer Robots”, outlines concerns about these fully autonomous weapons, which inherently lack the human attributes that provide legal, and non-legal, checks on the killing of civilians. In addition, the difficulties in holding anyone accountable for harm caused by the weapons, would weaken the law’s power. Steve Goose, Arms Division director at Human Rights Watch, said, “Giving machines the power to decide who lives and dies on the battlefield, would take technology too far. Human control of robotic warfare is essential to minimizing civilian deaths and injuries.”

“Losing Humanity” is the first major publication about fully autonomous weapons, ever published by Continue reading »

Dan Pearce, From Single Dad Laughing, Lists 20 Things That Ain’t None Of Your Business!

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Feb 192013
 

Here is a great read for everyone. Actually, not only is it a great read, it is a MUST read… especially for all you busy bodies out there!

Dan, from Single Dad Laughing,  hit’s the nail on the head with his blog post about 20 Things That Ain’t None Of Your Business!

1) GET YOUR NOSE OUT OF OTHER PEOPLE’S FOOD CHOICES.
I know. I know. You are the guru of healthy eating. You’ve studied the latest studies which prove a diet of pure chicken feet makes you lose weight. I know you are strong. And healthy. And that you never give into temptation. But sometimes I do. For some reason, the harder I try to get healthy, the more people think they have a say in what I put into my body. When I was fat, nobody said a dang thing. Go figure.

When it might be your business: You may officially question what I put into my body the day you see me start eating pickled pigs feet or mushrooms. I’m telling you right now, that’s when I’ll know I can’t be trusted to make my own food choices.

Read all 20 at http://www.danoah.com/2013/02/20-things-that-aint-none-of-your-business.html.

Don’t forget to take a look around while you are there,  and stop by his Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/SingleDadLaughing.

Hear Ye, Hear Ye – Combat Kitchenware!

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Feb 192013
 

Combat Kitchenware - frying pans

Noble knights would be royal jesters to equip the lady of the castles with Combat Kitchenware, frying pans with weapon handles. The last thing that men need to do, is encourage lasses to use cooking appliances as behavioral modification devices. That said, because all men like to pretend that they’re a knight, and most are also excellent cooks, why not motivate them to slay the evil Continue reading »

Random Quickies #9 – Random Jokes, Questions and Quotes

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Feb 192013
 

Random Jokes, Questions & Quotes

»  Politicians refuse to listen to their conscience. They don’t want to follow advice from a total stranger.

»  Will’s advice for wooing women… When ya want your man to ‘play’ with ya, wear yerself one of them thar full length black nightgowns, with lots of buttons sewed all over it. It’ll be tight and annoying, but, yer going look just like his remote control.

»  Bronco Nagurski, one of the strongest running backs in all of football history, was accidentally discovered in the 1920s. A professional football scout spotted a Continue reading »

RayRay Lights Up Crazy Lady’s Life

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Feb 172013
 

love affair on-line
I reckon that I ain’t a jealous fella, but every once in while I’ll make an exception. Case in point; a mysterious male internet ‘friend’ of Crazy Lady’s, called “RayRay”. I first heard his dastardly name mentioned in January, but it was in passing, so like anyone with reproductive organs attached externally, I paid no attention. But I should have, because soon RayRay began to haunt my dreams. By the beginning of February, Mrs. Greenjeans began talking about how she was itching to ‘get out of the house’ and ‘play’. This was when RayRay moved into our lives. I started hearing his moniker mentioned far too often, and soon, I started putting ‘RayRay’, ‘getting out’ and ‘playing’ together. It wasn’t long before I was almost 100% certain, RayRay was out to ruin my day and take my love away.

It took me a spell to figure out how the lovebirds met each other, and why all their Continue reading »

British Columbia’s Multi-Billion Dollar Blunder

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Feb 162013
 

The scandal-filled second term of British Columbia’s New Democrat government set the stage for the BC Liberals to finally win an election in 2001, with the biggest political landslide in BC history, 77 of 79 seats.

The BC Liberal battlecry, “Unite The Right’, was chanted as Gordon Campbell became the seventh BC premier in ten years, the first BC Liberal premier in almost 50 years, the only BC premier to ever be busted for drunk driving while in office, and the only Canadian premier in office to ever be arrested for drunk driving in a foreign country.

Campbell claimed he’d reduce BC’s huge debt, so soon his axe, lovingly called ‘fiscal austerity’, began swinging. Social services were slashed, deregulation became widespread and he sold off government assets like he was Continue reading »

The Un-Knitting Machine – Cycling Until You’re Undone

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Feb 122013
 

One of the world’s weirdest home dust collectors we’ve found, is ‘The Un-Knitting Machine’. Oh sure, it’s eco-friendly on a number of levels, and is brilliant at what it does, but, how many homes in the world do you think are currently seeking an unknitting machine?

The device utilizes parts of a bicycle to unravel old unused wool clothes, in order for the yarn to be re-fashioned into something else. The Un-Knitting Machine not only upcycles both bikes and clothing, it uses human pedal power to do the task. Kingston University design student, Imogen Hedges, is the creator of the unusual invention, and was inspired to build the unknitting machine after discovering that some local charity shops had to devote hours to unraveling home-knitted clothing.

Essentially, the unknitter simply attaches the loose end, and then pushes the pedals to unravel the wool. The wool simultaneously passes through steam (from a kettle) to straighten it before being collected onto a spindle. The wool yarn can then be sold. Great idea, but, with an itty bitty market.

Unknitting Machine

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