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Former Rolling Stones bass player Bill Wyman has a line of metal detectors. Good to see he’s been keeping himself busy during his downtime.

At least it’s not Comic Sans: The Movie.

A few weeks ago I wrote a post about a BBC documentary about the Freed Phelps’ family. Anyway, here’s the documentary in its entirety.

I’m currently registered for two separate 10km runs within the next few months. The first is the Underwear Affair in which you have the option of running in your underwear. It’s on June 9th and runs take place in Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, and Montreal. Just so you know, I’ll be wearing my regular running outfit so don’t sign up just to see me in my gonch. If running for cancer research isn’t an incentive enough, other people may be wearing next to nothing. Also, I’ve committed to raising a minimum $300.00 so contact me if you want to help me meet or exceed that goal.

The second run is the HBC Run For Canada which also benefits cancer research but it doesn’t have people running in their underwear. It takes place on July 1st in a variety of cities across Canada. I ran it two years ago and other than the mosquitos eating me alive pre-race is was fun – though not nearly as fun as the post-race nap.

If anyone is interested in running either races or training with me, I’ll allow you provided you are in worse physical condition than me and promise not to beat me in either race. I take this shit seriously, you know?

Just short of tongue-kissing, Stephane Dion and Elizabeth May announce that they will not be running candidates in each others riding. Andrew Coyne has the scoop.

The excellent blog World of Kane has a nice pictorial of stewardess outfits from the 1960′s. Makes me wonder how I deal with the shapeless bullshit that flight attendants wear today.

Dudes: Be nice to the ladies. We’re one step closer to being redundant.

Ariel Sharon’s condition improves slightly. Also, he’s 79?! Why doesn’t he leave politics for the sprightly 60 year olds.

Andrew Sullivan seems to get the whole Don Imus bullshit going on right now.

The EU grows a pair and says no to aiding the Palestinian unity government but plays it safe by bypassing the government and providing aid directly.

Since then, the EU has redirected its funding, which reached 700 million euros in 2006, through a special mechanism to help the neediest people while bypassing the government to avoid contact with Hamas — which is considers a terrorist organization.

At the Brussels press conference, Ferrero-Waldner said this temporary mechanism would continue but offered Fayyad technical assistance to get his finance ministry in order.

She also repeated the international demands that the Palestinian government renounce violence, formally recognize Israel’s right to exist and abide by former agreements. Ferrero-Waldner said until that happened the EU would only deal with what it considered to be Western-friendly members of the new Palestinian Fatah-Hamas unity government, which took power in March this year.

Via Yourish.com