“A mean pit bull is a dog that has been turned mean, by selective breeding, by being cross-bred with a bigger, human-aggressive breed like German shepherds or Rottweilers, or by being conditioned in such a way that it begins to express hostility to human beings. A pit bull is dangerous to people, then, not to […]
“I’m back in a city I love.” Jerome Williams, affectionally known as Junk Yard Dog, on returning to the Toronto Raptors.
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“The truth is, most people don’t know the real odds of such an exercise, so they can’t fake data convincingly.’” Mathematician Dr. Theodore P. Hill, on identifying students who faked the results of 200 coin tosses
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“Matt’s an asshole. He’s not a nice guy. That’s the one thing people pretend not to see because technically in the Frank Miller run, Matt was a raging asshole.” Brian Michael Bendis, on Daredevil’s alter-ego, Matt Murdock
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“Indonesia, the Philippines and India dominate the world’s coconut industry. As much as 2 million metric tonnes of the oil, used in cosmetics, confectionary and health foods, are exported each year.” Gavin Evans, Bloomberg News
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“I started with the font drawing software Macromedia Fontographer, trying to make the capitals in a similar form as the lettering used in DC, Marvel and all other company’s comic books. The ‘Dark Knight Returns’, a Batman book, was one of the books I referenced often.” Vincent Connare, on the secret origin of the Comic […]
“One subzero night in 1998 during my first semester of college I could not escape Maine’s winter bite. While watching Late Night with Conan O’Brien I decided I needed to tear a hole in my sleeping bag so I could keep my upper body warm as I channel surfed during the commercial breaks. During Christmas […]
“In many ways the decline of the United Church flies in the face of common sense. How can their numbers be dropping when they seem to be the only major Christian denomination in lockstep with the attitudes and ideals of Canadians? … The United Church has remained synchronized to society’s evolution. Among religious groups it […]
“But, for example, when the Excel product manager got up on stage at MacWorld several years ago and said, ‘We’ve found that 85% of our customers use Excel just to make lists and outlines,’ we said, ‘Shoot, that’ll be our next product. We can do a GOOD job of making lists and outlines, and sell […]
“Tapas is the new sushi.” Amy Pataki, Toronto Star
Tags: food, lifestyle