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Gainer the Gopher was riding high on a swell of public support.  But now allegations have surfaced that he has been hiding his true species.
Globe and Mail columnist Allan Maki wrote an exposé that reveals Gainer may be a Richardson’s ground squirrel, or some other species.
"The irony here is that while the Stampeders are worried […]

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Alberta has a well-publicized anti-rat campaign.  Now the premier has joined in on the gopher eradication efforts of the Calgary Stampeders.
No wonder Calgary is worried about the Roughriders mascot, Gainer the Gopher. This video from James Whittingham envisages Gainer’s revenge at McMahon Stadium. (Whittingham’s was the first blog I ever visited.)  Update:  James re-did the […]

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When you scan a headline like this in The Onion, you know it’s either a hilarious exagerration of the truth, or American foreign policy (read: credibility) has sunk to a new low.
If it’s humour, everyone’s getting in on the joke:

Talking Torture and Using Germany as an Illustration - Atlantic Review
Senate Passes Torture Bill and Bush […]

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Faked photos of war! Viral campaigns that dupe thousands of YouTube fans!  Where will it end?
I’ve been sitting on this scandal for a while, but since the story surfaced that Lonelygirl15 is a fake and is somehow involved with Creative Artists Agency, I’ll reveal another possible case of CAA trying to go viral on YouTube.
On […]

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Colin McKay no doubt used a very scientific technique for developing this graph:
Blogging During the Dog Days of Summer

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  kk Naked on top of the freaking Great Wall of China    Originally uploaded by Robert Scales.
Vancouver web geek and photographer Kris Krug tries out a new kind of Naked Conversation, on the Great Wall of China.  I’m sure there are rules about this sort of thing.  Something about using […]

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Richard Eriksson has launched the latest social networking site.
The foot fetishists of the world, having tried 43 Things, 43 Places and whatever other variation on 43 the Robot Co-op came up with, can now visit 43 Thongs.
This parody site looks and feels like 43 Things, but thankfully doesn’t take the joke too far. I tried […]

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First they’re pimping for votes on Podcast Alley, now the power PR podcasters Shel Holtz and Neville Hobson have everyone and their dog pushing their listener survey.
Why will Einstein promote them, but not me?
News item: research shows 1% of online U.S. families regularly download podcasts.
Create your own weird visuals on this site (thanks to Ike […]

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Yesterday, I was just a nobody.
Today, thanks to the solidarity of other PR blogging nobodies out there, I’m part of a movement.
Inspired by Andrea "Nobody" Weckerle and with the creative spark of Ike "Nobody" Pigott, the official Nobody Club has been established.
Being a group of obnoxious blogging evangelists and communications pros, we will no […]

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I always keep my eye out for startling news on April 1.  For a few years I couldn’t figure out why so many shocking stories broke on this day.  Then I realized, it’s the start of the fiscal year for many companies!
This year’s crop:
Josh Hallett does some sleuthing to uncover a new venture by previous […]

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After years of receiving dubious e-mails from various government figures, relatives of royalty, and lawyers with lofty connections in Nigeria, I’ve received a legitimate business offer from a very nice woman in the Netherlands.
It seems Maryann Jacob recently discovered a metal box with $15 million in U.S. currency, and wants my help in stealing it […]

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