Mars One

Mars One is a private spaceflight company that wants to establish a permanent facility on Mars. How? With the power of reality TV, that’s how. At $25 a pop, 20,000 people have applied for the project and sent in their audition tapes. Yes, that’s right: 20,000 people paid money to … Read More

Video: Seeing Eye People for Texters

Lots of people are distracted by smartphones while crossing streets and whatnot. In fact, science pegs the number at one in three people. So, Improv Everywhere, the same people responsible for the no-pants subway ride, arranged some seeing eye people for texters. Then, they actually started offering the service to … Read More

Hit the Road, Get Free Gas and Cash

Why wait until the summer? Explorer’s Edge, the regional tourism organization for Algonquin Park, the Almaguin Highlands, Muskoka, Parry Sound, and Loring-Restoule has launched a program to encourage people to visit now, rather than wait for cottage season. The deal is this: book before April 19 and stay for two … Read More

What Life is Like in America, By North Korea

Know what’s odd? We were in Buffalo over the weekend, and we didn’t see dilapidated tent cities, coffee made from snow, or the widespread eating of pigeons. Even if the buffalo wings are made of pigeon, we’d argue that delicious buffalo sauce kills all germs and tastes good doing it. … Read More

April Fool’s PSA: Fake Babies Coming Your Way

Does your significant other have money to burn, a mischievous streak, and a reason to make you squirm? If so, be on the lookout for the infamous fake baby prank. Our crack team of investigators (and by that we mean Eugene, our accounts manager) have discovered Fake A Baby, possibly … Read More

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