I made this during the summer, and it generally runs during sports shows and Leaf games in Ontario. I call this character “Lazy, pessimistic construction worker.”

This is a fantastic video, that explains the one simple thing that can change your health dramatically. It has nothing to do with crunches or carbs.

Funny ’cause it’s true. I’ve met some of these people:

Ron Dempster in Beaverton, Oregon has heard that it’s best to water your lawn at night, but wonders when it’s best to mow your lawn. Of course Hammerstone and Skypunch have the answer.

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Lars Peter-Bjornson writes in from Toronto wondering why pasta that’s ready to be eaten sticks to the wall when you throw it. And is it pah-sta, or paw-sta?

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Steve and Tawny reach into the mailbag and grab a James from Kapuskasing’s letter. James has lady trouble, and wants to know how to get himself a wife. Steve and Tawny have the answer.

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A few weeks ago I decided to sell my bicycle. It was a really sweet ride, that I bought when I was living out in Calgary. I just wasn’t getting enough use out of it here, and I’ve moved to a place where I have to store it outside uncovered. And for occasional bicycling, BIXI came along this summer. I posted this ad on Craigslist.

This was the first response I got:

Thinking it was a sincere inquiry, I wrote back:

And what follows is our ongoing conversation:

I guess she’s a fan of CCR or Three Dog Night.

I then received this e-mail with very official looking shipping company graphics (click to enlarge):

Wow, that’s easy…I send all the money to you, before shipping my bicycle. More after the jump…

The Toronto Star had a writer in the audience for the recent Charlie Sheen Roast. Here’s his review:

The guest of honour endured a career’s worth of taunts during Saturday night’s taping of the Comedy Central Roast of Charlie Sheen, but he ended by telling the audience that none of it really mattered.

In his final remarks of the night, an apparently sober Sheen said it was only once the smoke cleared from his very public flame-out that he realized just how lucky he was. While left without a job, he still had the support of his loved ones.

“I know that my family will always be there for me,” he said. “I’m done with the ‘winning,’ because I’ve already won.”

Sheen has subjected himself to a lot of abuse over the years, but not much could have prepared him for the barrage of barbs he endured in the show taped at the Sony Studios in Los Angeles.

“How do you roast a meltdown?” asked comedian Jeff Ross, who came dressed as deposed Libyan despot Moammar Gadhafi. “Charlie’s meltdown was so bad, Al Gore’s making a documentary about it.”

Ross was one of 10 comedians and celebs who served as roasters of the former Two and a Half Men star.

Others included MC Seth MacFarlane of Family Guy fame, Star Trek hero William Shatner and boxing champion Mike Tyson, who performed some slightly unhinged slam poetry (“I didn’t do well in school, but I’m trying to do this s—,” he offered).

MacFarlane set the tone early, expressing disbelief that Sheen is still of this world. “This is a man,” he joked, “who’s living like his hearse is double-parked.” While the taping went off without a hitch, it was occasionally marred by petty insults about how fat, gay, or ugly the other roasters were, often at the expense of air-time for ribbing Sheen.

I was confused, and wrote to The Star:

I’ve been checking out the world of online dating recently. I had a few fairly brief online chats with this girl. A day or two later, I type the following:

The link is to some kind of dominant/submissive site…

Jamie Matthews from Mohawk, Wisconson writes in to say that he (or she) has noticed that he (or she) is getting strange ridges on his (her!?!) fingernails. Is it a medical emergency? Steve and Tawnie have the answer. Hint: Yes!

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