Police find fugitive suspected in 3 ON murders

Police say they have in custody a man suspected of killing three people, including an elderly couple, in southwestern Ontario.

After an intense manhunt that lasted almost two weeks, the Ontario Provincial Police announced late Tuesday that they picked up 22-year-old Jesse Imeson near Ottawa, just before 9 p.m.

Get the full story from CTV here.

WANTED: UPDATE

Residents in small-town eastern Ontario worried a fugitive could be in their midst Tuesday after forensics teams began searching a wooded area in Renfrew, where a truck linked to three killings was discovered. The full story from CBC.ca is here.

Americans Moving North

Here's something you won't see often.... "The most educated immigrant group comes from the U.S..." CBC has the full story on Americans moving to Canada here.

Corrie Canuck Pub Night

Wednesday, August 1, 2007 at 7 pm
Auld Spot Pub
347 Danforth Avenue
Toronto, ON

Here is a map. It's just west of Chester Station for anyone using the TTC.

Click here for the post from Corrie Canuck.

Now, I say buy this book!

MIAMI -- A federal bankruptcy judge has awarded the rights of O.J. Simpson's canceled "If I Did It" book to the family of the late Ronald Goldman to satisfy a $38 million wrongful death judgment against the former football star. Get the full scoop from CTV.ca here.

Gourmet Gift Basket On Ebay.ca

Click the title or here to go to ebay.ca and bid on this item. Will ship worldwide.

Crazy Southpaws

The gene that likely makes people left-handed may slightly raise the risk of developing psychotic mental illnesses, according to an international study.
Led by the Wellcome Trust for Human Genetics at the University of Oxford, the study involves a team of 40 scientists from 20 research centres across the world, and was published online Tuesday in the scientific journal Molecular Psychiatry.

Get the full article from CBC.ca here.

Death Humour

Corrie Update for Epiosde #6418 July 30, 2007

Click the title for the link to the update.

Mad Men

Crazy Pot Smokers

Marijuana is one of the most commonly used drugs in the world. According to the 2007 UN World Drug Report, 16.8 per cent of Canadians aged 15 through 64, approximately five million people, smoked pot or used another marijuana product in 2006.

Read the full article at CBC here.

No emphysema diagnosis for pot heads?

A new study found that "chronic users of marijuana were less likely to be diagnosed with emphysema, a chronic and progressive disease of the lungs which leads to shortness of breath." Read the full story at the CBC here.

Green Party of Canada

The First Car I Ever Wanted

When I was a young lad, my brother and his friends would talk about the 'cool' cars and in typical little brother fashion, I quickly needed a car that I 'liked'. I began paying attention to car ads and I really liked the AMC Concord DL. I think it was the way the name sounded more than anything else, and it seemed luxurious to me. It seems really dorky now!



The following is from Wikipedia.org

The AMC Concord was a compact car made by the American Motors Corporation (AMC) starting in the 1978 model year and continuing to 1983. The Concord was intended to replace not only the similar AMC Hornet, but to some extent the aging midsize AMC Matador which would be discontinued after 1978. Offered in four-door sedan, two-door coupe (through 1982), three-door hatchback (through 1979) and four-door station wagon forms, AMC sought to give its, by this time venerable, compact car an image of luxury, class, and value.

Hit Tip #1 Loose Lips Sink Ships!

Here's a tip if you are thinking of knocking someone off. Don't be asking every Tom, Dick and Harry. This guy might as well have taken out an ad on Craigslist.

A gay Reno, Nev., man with six children has been accused of hiring a hit man to kill his wife so he could avoid a costly divorce and live with his boyfriend, the Salt Lake Tribune reported.

Police said James Gau, 50, has been searching for a hit man for several weeks, offering several people money to travel to her home in American Fork, Utah, and kill her.

"For some reason, people think they can tell multiple people of their plan to kill their spouses and that they're going to get away with it," police Sgt. Dave Evans told the Reno Gazette-Journal. "It's amazing."

The full article is here.

Amherst Island Pride

Amherst Island Pride

Mad Men Episode 2

America's Got Talent. Winner Announced Video

Yesterday I posted a clip of Bianca Ryan singing on the show 'Americas Got Talent'. Here is a clip of when she found out she won. Bianca is 11 years old and has an incredible talent.

Mad Men Trailer

God Is Not Great.

'God is not great, how religion poisons everything' author Christopher Hitchens interviewed on CBCs The Hour.

Updating ...the Daye...

If you are a regular visitor (do I have any of those?) you will have noticed some changes this week. I have been experimenting with photography a little and have attempted to create my own page header. You probably noticed a new one displayed now. It is a picture I took last night of my spice jars. Some other new (and I think exciting) things are the Poll of ...the Daye..., which I am using to guage what visitors would like to see more of at this site. The current poll is open until the end of July.

I have also created a sign up field where you can enter your email address and you will join ...the Daye... Google Group. Why, you may ask? Because, it was the easiest way I found to give readers an option to sign up and receive posts in their inbox. Using this feature, I create a list of people who will receive the postings when they are published. I will use it when I begin sending out the 'Word of ...the Daye...' and the 'Place of ...the Daye...' again, probably in September.

Another new feature is ...the Dave... Videos, which displays four thumbnails of David's video creations, which are all available on his You Tube page. When you click the thumbnail the video opens and plays at the top of the page, so I've tried to keep the thumbs near the top also.

Others features include the Toronto weather gadget on the right side of the screen, the fish at the bottom, which you can feed by clicking your mouse and the photo album, which is where I will display my photos that I am not too embarrased to share. I've also added a counter and links to other sites that I like.

I hope you like the changes, and will sign up for my list, participate in the polls and keep visiting. ~Mark

Pumpcast News

America's Got Talent Winner: 11 Yr. old Bianca Ryan

 

Davids Scotland Trailer

Turtles Picnic

Three turtles, Joe, Steve, and Poncho, decide to go on a picnic. Joe packs the picnic basket with cookies, bottled sodas, and sandwiches. The trouble is, the picnic site is 10 miles away, so the turtles take 10 whole days to get there.
By the time they do arrive, everyone's whipped and hungry. Joe takes the stuff out of the basket, one by one. He takes out the sodas and realizes that they forgot to bring a bottle opener. Joe & Steve beg Poncho to turn back home and retrieve it, but Poncho flatly refuses, knowing that they'll eat everything by the time he gets back.

Somehow, after about two hours, the turtles manage to convince Poncho to go, swearing on their great-grand turtles' graves that they won't touch the food. So, Poncho sets off down the road, slow and steady.

Twenty days pass, but no Poncho. Joe and Steve are hungry and puzzled, but a promise is a promise. Another day passes, and still no Poncho, but a promise is a promise. After three more days pass without Poncho in sight, Steve starts getting restless. "I NEED FOOD!" he says with a hint of dementia in his voice.

"NO!" Joe retorts. "We promised."

Five more days pass. Joe realizes that Poncho probably skipped out to the Burger King down the road, so the two turtles weakly lift the lid, get a sandwich, and open their mouths to eat. But then, right at that instant, Poncho pops out behind a rock.

"Just for that, I'm not going."

dictatress (dik-TAY-tres) noun

dictatress (dik-TAY-tres) noun

A female dictator.

[From Latin dictator, from dictare (to dictate), frequentative of dicere
(to say). Ultimately from the Indo-European root deik- (to show, to pronounce
solemnly) that is also the source of other words such as judge, verdict,
vendetta, revenge, indicate, dictate, and paradigm.]

"America ... might become dictatress of the world. She would be no
longer the ruler of her own spirit."
John Quincy Adams; Address; Jul 4, 1821; quoted in The Yale Book of
Quotations.

Pronunciation:
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Emily July 2007

 

 

 

 

Patrick July 9, 2007 Toronto, ON

 

Darren & Emily

 

Darrens Crappy Pix

 

AGO Italy Contest

Click the link above and you can enter 'A Taste Of Italy' contest at the Art Gallery of Ontario website.

The Victoria and Albert Museum: Medieval and Renaissance Treasures from the Victoria and Albert Museum
Now On View: June 23 to October 7, 2007 at the AGO

Word of the Daye

ses*qui*pe*da*li*an
Pronunciation [ses-kwi-pi-dey-lee-uhn, -deyl-yuhn]
1.
given to using long words.
2.
(of a word) containing many syllables. -noun

Black's arrogance was reflected in his sesquipedalian language, the contempt in which he held so many people, his lavish lifestyle, and the willing surrender of his Canadian citizenship for a British title.

( Toronto Star)

Tressant Supreme

House Divided: Hate Thy Father

In an era of bitter divorce battles, parents often use children as hammers to bash each other, manipulating not only the legal system but also their children's affections. Can a broken parent-child bond be restored?

By:Mark Teich

Click the title link for the full article.

Judge rules Canada's pot possession laws unconstitutional

A Toronto judge has ruled that Canada's pot possession laws are unconstitutional after a man argued the country's medicinal marijuana regulations are flawed.

The 29-year-old Toronto resident had been charged with possession of about 3.5 grams or roughly $45 dollars worth of marijuana.

Click here or the title for the full story.

Bloor Street East at Sherbourne St. July 12, 2007

Bloor & Sherbourne St. 1907

This photograph shows the END of Bloor Street at Sherbourne Street in Toronto in 1907. This is essentially outside of my front door. Of course now, Bloor Street continues with the addition of the Bloor Street Viaduct in the early part of the 20th century.

BBC Apologizes To Queen Elizabeth II

This undated image shows Queen Elizabeth II after Annie Leibovitz suggested she remove her crown. (AP / BBC)

Honest Ed Dies

Why Dads Shouldn't Buy Baby Clothes

Family Pic

David, Patrick, Mark July 2007

Patrick July 2007

Lady Emily

Lady Emily June 2007

Shirley Bassey

I bought the new Shirley Bassey album today on itunes.