The contradiction in me...

Well, let's see here. I've been collecting bits and pieces of stuff over the past few weeks to include on here, just 'cause as Colette and I were discussing over leftover St. Patrick's Day dinner last night, I love the absurdity of it all. And without going into gory details about my Monday, there is more than enough to go around! :)

First off, a wonderful piece written by Heather Mallick, a CBC columnist, about the "stupification of America" after watching Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? - a show which I know nothing at all about, and hadn't even heard of until today. Personally I like going up against 5th graders, they're really no competition at all - just ask my boss' two boys who foolishly took on Jeff Porter and I in badminton a few years ago. We crushed 'em.

Anyway, the link is here.

So from that to this - I now have to admit to watching Cheaters with a similar morbid fascination to witnessing a car accident. Dane Cook (who has the most annoying website ever, by the way) described this phenomenon in his bit about watching some poor bastard get hit by a car. It's become an evening ritual for me now, come home from work and watch that back-to-back with Cops. Seriously, I used to be smart - what happened?

Then there's this little gem I discovered on YouTube. I caught a little story on CBC about the mayor of Oshawa, Ontario losing a bet with Stephen Colbert that at some point involved showing footage of something called a Teddy Bear Toss. Brilliant! Watch the video (which is of a similar event in Calgary) - and revel in the evil laughter of whomever was filming it.

Finally, articles from The Onion that tickled my fancy:
Family Feud Continues Years After Game-Show Appearance
Hungover Couple Unaware They Broke Up Last Night

Enjoy it, everyone. :)