http://www.chumptastic.org Tue, 13 Apr 2010 17:09:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en as i tend to do every few years, i enjoy revisiting sites of questionable business models to see how things have made out. so, when i was in peterborough a few weeks ago, i was sad to see that my favourite hair salon/computer shop had made the following sad ... http://www.chumptastic.org/2010/04/13/computer-store-no-more/ ok seriously, who thinks it's appropriate to whittle (yes, carve wood) on the ttc? his seat was covered nicely in shavings. an awesome treat for the next passenger. http://www.chumptastic.org/2010/01/11/the-whittler/ every year this gets a little less relevant, but here are some of my favourite albums and songs of the year. shockingly, 15 of 20 albums, and 20 of 25 songs are canadian. i await your criticism. favouritest albums 1. rural alberta advantage - hometowns 2. think about life - family 3. ... http://www.chumptastic.org/2009/12/30/favouritest-music-of-2009/ thanks to emily for sending me this: apparently chumptastic is too hilarious for some work places. it strikes me that, for a site that gets at most 20 visitors a day, adding chumptastic to a content filter might not be worth the effort. this sign would be even better if it ... http://www.chumptastic.org/2009/10/08/random-photo-funnies/ time to be jealous, kids. i'm google famous: apparently the google streetview car drove by me as i was leaving work. close up: awesome. http://www.chumptastic.org/2009/10/07/google-streetview-and-me/ i've realized this week how many (crappy) photos have accumulated on my blackberry over the last several months. i guess it's time to start sharing them with the world! let's start with this threatening looking sign from my building management: as was the case with this sign, i'm interested in finding ... http://www.chumptastic.org/2009/09/29/photo-roundup-6/ here's a roundup of the movies i saw this year at the toronto international film festival, as originally posted to twitter: the trotsky: jay baruchel + colm feore + communism + student uprising + malajube + canadian. fantastic. #tiff the white ribbon: black and white, pre-ww1 germany, every character scary and disturbing, ... http://www.chumptastic.org/2009/09/19/tiff-09-twitter-style/ at around midnight last night, i heard a loud screech of car brakes, followed by an even louder crashing sound. i looked out my window to see that a car had smashed into a house behind my building. yes, a house. this house wasn't located at the ... http://www.chumptastic.org/2009/08/01/who-drives-into-a-house/ it appears as though whoever was in charge of today's toronto star "throws" (at least it appears that's what the technical term is) fell asleep at the switch: i especially like the first one. http://www.chumptastic.org/2009/06/20/toronto-star-header-fun/ when i first moved into my building, i asked a few people (the management office, the superintendent, a random cleaner) how to recycle. each of them told me to just throw it down the garbage chute. this was a less than satisfying answer to me, and, to make ... http://www.chumptastic.org/2009/06/03/environmentally-friendly/