Meet Shannon Gerard. Highlight of Grimsby's 27th annual Wayzgoose. Cross Adrian Tomine with Jane Siberry, and you're pretty much there.

Whatever Dude... From 2001 to 2003, the internets' early Cenozoic, there was a fantastic time vacuum called 'Whatever-Dude'... more inside

Don't trash the 'stache? There was a lot of talk about NDP Leader Jack Layton's moustache in the last Canadian election and the one before, about facial hair in politics as it relates to perceptions of trustworthiness and authenticity, blah blah blah. But what about facial hair as it relates to a woman? more inside

E-Closure allows people to post their breakup conversations anonymously online, for 'closure', rather than, say, 'revenge'. more inside

Archaeologists dig for pyramid in Bosnia.

Tangpagne. Good for if you're an exceptionally cheap drunk and/or convict.

From The Truth Makes for Strange Fiction Dept.: A new graphic novel called The Five Fists of Science has Twain and Tesla trying to save the world from Edison and J.P. Morgan -- a bizarro mix of truth and fiction, where the truth does most of the bizarring. (pdf preview available here, on a wonky connection.) Edison and Tesla, mano a mano! Tesla and Edison, battling for our future, in the past! Think that's scary, kids? AwROOOOoooOOOOooOO!

Curious George the trickster. We've done the monkey census, we've done the self-post filter -- but a larger question remains: what's your special talent? What party trick can you perform that would amaze and astound us, your fellow simians? more inside

Count me out. The 2006 Census for Canada will happen in a couple of weeks, and all Canadians are asked to give minimal cooperation. Pourquoi? Seems as though data collection has been farmed out to the subsidiary of an American corporation (and not a particularly nice one at that). Add one Patriot Act, and the U.S. gov't can find out lots of nifty information about you and yours. Info they don't already have, I mean. Now, start workin' on your tinfoil touque!

16th C. Spanish ship found thanks to Hurricane Ivan. Another storm has exposed formerly-unknown parts of Louisbourg.

"History is different in them places, you know." An interview with Billy Bragg, ostensibly about his new box set, but really about girls and politics. Mostly politics. more inside

Simpsons not yet unprofitable, two more seasons ordered.

He wanted twenty-two bucks for it, but I talked him down to seventeen...

"Uh, does he know what happens to Supernovas?" So you didn't win the chance to be INXS' new vocalist, and record a dud album. Fear not -- now you can compete to sing with Tommy Lee's new band. (Maybe even share the same bus toilet as him...)

A beef with St. Paddy's? Some Catholic bishops are lifting the no-meat-on-Friday rule, to allow for the consumption of Corned Beef on St. Paddy's Day (although it's debatable whether Corned Beef is actually 'meat', rather than 'meat product'). Aah, if only they'd done this in time to save the teeth-curling splendour of the Shamrock Shake.

The blonde in Blondie no longer blonde. And there's a whole bunch of infighting amongst the new inductees of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, as usual. Full marks to the Pistols for staying true to, well, to something, anyway. more inside

Curious George the hard-up. OK. It's been a while. I'm done with school, and meeting girls at work isn't an option, night classes and continuing ed. courses have yielded nothing, friends aren't coming through on setups, and the local watering holes are all fished out. Time to bow to the inevitable, and trawl the internets. more inside

Nacho Libre Jack Black is one of those actors who is excruciatingly annoying if in the wrong role (Orange County), or stupidly-hilarious if in the right one (School of Rock). Enter "Nacho Libre" -- Jack plays a priest who becomes a Mexican wrestler in order to save the orphanage. more inside

McCartney visits ice floes. Unfortunately, not abandoned there. By appearing on Larry King to defend the seal hunt, Newfoundland Premier Danny Williams a) gives Macca the attention he was after all along, and b) legitimizes a celebrity's opinion as having authority of any kind whatsoever simply by virtue of his fame. Way to go, Danny-boy.

A Short Musical. Martin Short, SCTV Alum, cameo king, Tony Award winner and general Hollywood pissant, has come up with a musical based on his own life story (which is, basically, Marty biting at the teat that suckles him). more inside