That's right, the health minister of France wants to look into whether or not France should allow sleeping on the job because people aren't getting enough sleep these days.
That might be a plus for France since 20% to 30% of accidents caused on French highways are caused due to sleepiness.
Now, I wish that bastard Tony Clement were that cool...
Remember those awesome hover cars you'd find on Futurama such as the Thundercooperfalconbird? Well, that idea is slowly becoming a possibility.
A group/company called Urban Aeronautics, based in Israel is working on a flying car! Yes, so these flying cars will be closer to reality now! This truly kicks ass.
Would you trust a robot to park your car? Well, that's what New Yorkers will be confronted with when the first robotic car garage in that city opens up in Chinatown.
There's already another one in the U.S. that has dropped a couple of cars and trapped a few. I wouldn't trust robots, yet.
A school in Rhode Island has banned talking during the lunch hour. However, there's no harsh (or any at all) penalty for breaking that rule... so that makes the rule... ...POINTLESS!
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty is demanding Canada's banks explain why they charge fees to customers for using automated bank machines.
All these years, I thought I knew why... but that was before I knew the banks were making a profit of $19 billion. Now, I've gotten used to the fact that I won't be charged a fee if I use a CIBC or President's Choice Financial machine, which happens to be virtually everywhere.
But, wouldn't it be nice to use a machine from some other crappy bank like the credit unions out there and not be charged a fee ranging from $1.00 to $2.00? I think so.
I generally find excessive text messaging annoying. Why the hell would you spend three minutes typing something you could say in five seconds? However, one Finnish man has taken the most annoying of technologies and turned it into an art form.
Publishing house Tammi has just released Hannu Luntiala's The Last Messages, the fictional account of a Finnish information technology exec who quits his life to travel through India and Europe, but remains connected with his family and friends through text messages.
As Luntiala puts it, "I believe that, at the end of the day, a text message may reveal much more about a person than you would initially think."
If this at all tickles your fancy, then you'll be happy to hear that the publishers are thinking about releasing the 332 page novel in other languages.
Michael Jackson is back in the United States after over a year in self-imposed exile in Bahrain, France and Ireland following his acquittal in a high-profile child molestation trial that ended in June 2005.
The former King of Pop is planning a few "fan appreciation events" in Japan in March, one of which will charge $3,300 for the opportunity to meet him in person.
Dude, I'd pay $3,300 NOT to meet him!
"I can confirm that he is in the United States," spokeswoman Raymone K. Bain said. "We don't give out information regarding our client's whereabouts because of safety, and this is just an ongoing policy."
The safety of children, of course.
The funniest part is that Jacko called into his own press conference to read a statement about his plans to visit Japan and allowed only one question. Here is that transcript:
Well, back during the loser ages of 1947 to 1977, if you lived in Canada but celebrated your 24th birthday outside of Canada, you automatically lost your citizenship.
People are starting to slowly find that out now as everyone is applying for a passport so they can enter the United States.
The Fox Network is suing YouTube to reveal the identity of a poster to the site, who uploaded full versions of episodes of Fox's The Simpsons and 24.
The "24" episodes appeared on YouTube before their Jan. 14 premiere on Fox. Fox became aware that the episodes were on YouTube on Jan. 8, according to the subpoena.
Whether or not Google, the owner of YouTube, has complied with the subpoena, isn't known, but the user accused of the bad, bad uploading, ECOtotal, appears to have had his account suspended.
It'd be scary to be that dude, eh? With the legal forces of an entire TV network breathing down your neck, I'll bet it's tough to sleep!
"The average person can get benefit from doing work around the house," says workout guru Kathy Smith. "But you are not going to sculpt your hamstrings by vacuuming. You are not going to define your arms by dusting."
Hoping that all those exercise charts that include housework as a moderate workout mean you can swap your household chores for those daily trips to the gym? Despite what you may have heard, housework is not the path to killer abs and buns of steel, according to workout guru Kathy Smith.
Damn it Kathy Smith! You suck! In fact, someone should go shoot her in the face.
Cineplex has launched a rewards program! Hell yes bitch... now watching a movie at a theatre owned by one of Canada's monopoly movie companies has benefits. When you sign for up for the rewards program, you get 2,000 points, which is enough for two free movies!
Hell yeah, bitch! And this free movie can be seen anywhere a Famous Players, Galaxy Cinemas or Cineplex Odeon is found! See, Cineplex Entertainment LP isn't so evil. Ha!
Oh yeah, since they're partnering with ScotiaBank, they get to rename the Paramount theatres.
Did you know those dickheads in Hollywood that are responsible for the movies you watch are threatening to delay Canadian releases? Yeah, those bastards.
Why? Well, apparently, almost 50% of the world's pirated movies come from CANADA! YES, CANADA!
Loblaw Companies Limited, the crazy bastards that own the Real Canadian Superstore are cutting 800 to 1,000 jobs at its company headquarters. Crazy, eh?
Loblaw is a great company, firing employees because they're bored (hypothetically speaking).
AT&T is expected to announce "AT&T Unity" this Friday. Unity is a new service plan that allows the company's cellular and landline customers to call each other free of charge.
According to Mark A. Winther, an analyst from the tech consultation firm IDC, "It's taking the emphasis away from price and putting it on the value of being part of the community."
That's swell. If only humanity could follow AT&T's lead.
A state judge has ordered O.J. Simpson to limit his spending to "ordinary and necessary living expenses" after the family of murder victim Ron Goldman raised concerns the former football star was shopping another book deal.
Three thieves stole about 14 devices that they thought were cellular phones. But what the morons didn't know was that they were GPS (Global Positioning System) devices.
Ohio really must hate South Park. The good people of Marysville, Ohio want to rename a park that people have come to call "South Park," because associations with the show have become "inappropriate." Ohio has foisted such legends on our mythology as the Kent State Massacre and Drew Carey, and they're concerned about the inappropriate nature of a park called "South Park."
Isn't there something else these people could be doing? Oh, and they want to call the place "Greenwood Park," which, for my money, brings up "inappropriate" memories of ultra Right Wing country superstar Lee Greenwood, whose "God Bless The U.S.A." song still makes me vomit in my mouth.
One new hit and one old hit are among the earliest shows on television to get renewals for next season. NBC's smash hit Heroes, in a move that will surprise absolutely no one, has been renewed, as well as CBS' perennial reality powerhouse Survivor. Though has Lost a bit of its luster over the years, it still draws a lot of viewers.
NBC has also announced that they will be renewing Thursday night comedy staples The Officeand My Name Is Earl, as well as the 851st show in the Law and Order franchise, Special Victims Unit.
This is the season that television networks conventionally announce who's coming and going for next season, so stay tuned to the Huy's HomeTurf!!!@Home Newsfeed to find out whether or not your favorite show will be cancelled by April. Hear me, Lost fans?
Remember that episode of The Simpsons when they decided to move Springfield because Homer Simpson was a terrible sanitation comissioner? Well, I never thought something awesome like that would happen in reality.
But, it is happening... because the town of Kiruna in Sweden is moving half of the town to a new location because the the foundations are cracking!
Today, CIBC has revealed it is contacting hundreds of thousands of customers to notify them that it has lost a file containing their personal information.
And I thought CIBC could be trusted... shame on them.
Normally, we here at Huy's HomeTurf!!!@Home would take a story such as the following and attempt, at times in vain, to rub a little snark into it and mine us some comedy gold. In this case, however, we can't possibly come up with anything more hilarious than what the Associated Press has already given us in their opening sentence:
"An escaped chimpanzee at the Little Rock Zoo raided a kitchen cupboard and did a little cleaning with a toilet brush before sedatives knocked her out on top of a refrigerator."
A crazy nine-year-old named Semaj Booker somehow boarded two flights without a ticket from Seattle to Texas. Currently, he is juvenile custody in San Antonio, Texas, just short of where he wants to be, Dallas, Texas... which happens to be the home of Blockbuster Inc.
Apparently, the litle son-of-a-bitch has a history of stealing cars and running away too. He should be put in prison... and not just juvenile prison.
The "Victoria Bridge" here in Saskatoon doesn't have an official name... and City Council plans to give it a name sometime this year... along with putting a bunch of lights on the bridge.
Cancer-related deaths in the United States have decreased for the second year in a row. This proves that the money being invested into cancer research and Medicare is paying off!
The "Doomsday Clock" has been moved forward and apparently, according to a bunch of chicken-fuckers from "a trans-Atlantic group of prominent scientists" on Wednesday warned that the world has nudged closer to a nuclear apocalypse and environmental disaster and then they moved their "clock" two minutes closer to midnight.
American Idol Finalists are liars! We've been listening to them do press for five seasons now and every time someone tries to get a little dirt about what goes on in that mansion it's always, "No, I would never sleep with her. She's like my little sister" or "No late night sexy escapades for this little lady. I just sit around at the mansion, do a little reading and then it's right off to bed with a glass of warm milk."
Nonsense. The real skinny is, Katharine McPhee snuck out all the time for a little one on one with her boyfriend, Ryan Starr spied on the next door neighbor with the most fabulous ass this side of Vida Guerra, Jennifer Lopez and Scott Savol constantly went out to see if he could scare up some trim with his newfound fame at Hooters.
Licentiousness, womanizing and perversion are all fine. In fact, they're better than that, they're great, but lying is just unacceptable. Shame on you American Idol Finalists! Next time you feel you want to spy on a naked woman or sexually exploit some chick with silicon knockers that would make Pam Anderson's look minuscule, go ahead, but at least have the decency to be honest about it and possibly send the pictures and the videos to me.
Is it illegal to use someone else's Internet access? Well, here in Canada, it probably is... but I don't think anyone has been convicted and/or charged of a "crime" like that.
But in Singapore, doing so will lead to probation, if you're lucky.
A police officer in Florida is being celebrated and ridiculed at the same time because he went out of his way to save a homeless woman's shopping cart full of crap.
Now, this is wrong. Police officers are supposed to be jerks with their big-shot baton sticks or they're supposed to be lazy... by eating donuts at the station all the time. Damn it damn it damn it!
Oh crap, Nelly Furtado is coming to Saskatoon! Yeah, that's right bitch! Furtado will be in Saskatoon in March or April to host the 2007 Juno Awards, which happens to be hosted in Saskatoon this year.
However, despite the fact that I say Nelly Furtado is a terrible person, I really enjoy listening to her music no matter how "stupid" or nonsensical it sounds.
Where was the hamburger "born?" Well, that's unknown. Currently, the owners of a restaurant in New Haven, Connecticut say the hamburger was invented in Connecticut while a Texas state legislator claims that Athens, Texas is the original home of the freakishly-awesome hamburger.
Damn those silly Americans... now, this is the kind of thing that should be on my nonsensical television network if I ever have one.
Internet DVD rental service Netflix announced a plan that could potentially revolutionize how you watch movies. Where other services (Unbox, Xbox Live, iTunes) are offering flicks for download to your PC, Netflix is going to be offering movies that stream to your computer, so no waiting for downloads, no burning to DVD in order to watch, just instant movies.
Netflix has teamed with NBC Universal, Sony Pictures, MGM, 20th Century Fox, Paramount Pictures, Warner Brothers, Lion’s Gate and New Line Cinema to bring its subscribers the streams. Best of all, existing Netflix customers are going to be able to view 18 hours of movies a month for free.
The service is starting with only 1,000 titles. Look for the service to be rolled out over the next six months.
Lycos, one of the worst search engines in the history of the world is suing Blockbuster, Netflix and TiVo over each Company's use of "recommendation technology." For instance, you know how a lot of online rental services such as Blockbuster Total Access, Netflix and Zip.ca here in Canada suggest movies that you might like based on what you've selected in the past? Well, if you do, that's what Lycos is suing for.
Holy crap! SaskTel is upgrading its networks in Saskatoon and Regina!
ALL HAIL THE FRENCH... Health Minister.
Remember those awesome hover cars you'd find on Futurama such as the Thundercooperfalconbird? Well, that idea is slowly becoming a possibility.
Ozzy's daughter Kelly Osbourne has been talking to the press about wanting to pose nude for Playboy, but apparently Hugh Hefner says that's a no-go.
Would you trust a robot to park your car? Well, that's what New Yorkers will be confronted with when the first robotic car garage in that city opens up in Chinatown.
Some 84-year-old guy has won $254 million, punk. Yes, that much.
Swearing in Shanghai, China could get you into big trouble, bitch. Yeah, that's right.
A school in Rhode Island has banned talking during the lunch hour. However, there's no harsh (or any at all) penalty for breaking that rule... so that makes the rule...
Remember that story I posted about question ATM fees a few minutes ago? Well, Jack Layton wants to ban those fees, punk!
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty is demanding Canada's banks explain why they charge fees to customers for using automated bank machines.
I generally find excessive text messaging annoying. Why the hell would you spend three minutes typing something you could say in five seconds? However, one Finnish man has taken the most annoying of technologies and turned it into an art form.
Michael Jackson is back in the United States after over a year in self-imposed exile in Bahrain, France and Ireland following his acquittal in a high-profile child molestation trial that ended in June 2005.
Well, back during the loser ages of 1947 to 1977, if you lived in Canada but celebrated your 24th birthday outside of Canada, you automatically lost your citizenship.
A stereotypical Martin Luther King Jr. Day party in Texas has caused a bunch of trouble at a college in Texas.
The Fox Network is suing YouTube to reveal the identity of a poster to the site, who uploaded full versions of episodes of Fox's The Simpsons and 24.
"The average person can get benefit from doing work around the house," says workout guru Kathy Smith. "But you are not going to sculpt your hamstrings by vacuuming. You are not going to define your arms by dusting."
Cineplex has launched a rewards program! Hell yes bitch... now watching a movie at a theatre owned by one of Canada's monopoly movie companies has benefits. When you sign for up for the rewards program, you get 2,000 points, which is enough for two free movies!
Did you know those dickheads in Hollywood that are responsible for the movies you watch are threatening to delay Canadian releases? Yeah, those bastards.
According to a study, women are safer drivers while men have a 77% higher risk of getting killed in a car crash.
Loblaw Companies Limited, the crazy bastards that own the Real Canadian Superstore are cutting 800 to 1,000 jobs at its company headquarters. Crazy, eh?
Sega has announced they will stop producing GD-ROM games, which means the end of production for Dreamcast games! I am FREAKING happy about this!
AT&T is expected to announce "AT&T Unity" this Friday. Unity is a new service plan that allows the company's cellular and landline customers to call each other free of charge. 
A state judge has ordered O.J. Simpson to limit his spending to "ordinary and necessary living expenses" after the family of murder victim Ron Goldman raised concerns the former football star was shopping another book deal.
Three thieves stole about 14 devices that they thought were cellular phones. But what the morons didn't know was that they were GPS (Global Positioning System) devices.
Ohio really must hate South Park. The good people of Marysville, Ohio want to rename a park that people have come to call "South Park," because associations with the show have become "inappropriate." Ohio has foisted such legends on our mythology as the Kent State Massacre and Drew Carey, and they're concerned about the inappropriate nature of a park called "South Park."
One new hit and one old hit are among the earliest shows on television to get renewals for next season. NBC's smash hit Heroes, in a move that will surprise absolutely no one, has been renewed, as well as CBS' perennial reality powerhouse Survivor. Though has Lost a bit of its luster over the years, it still draws a lot of viewers.
Remember that episode of The Simpsons when they decided to move Springfield because Homer Simpson was a terrible sanitation comissioner? Well, I never thought something awesome like that would happen in reality.
Esther Reed is a woman that stole the identity of another woman and now she's wanted... for QUESTIONING.
Today, CIBC has revealed it is contacting hundreds of thousands of customers to notify them that it has lost a file containing their personal information.
Normally, we here at Huy's HomeTurf!!!@Home would take a story such as the following and attempt, at times in vain, to rub a little snark into it and mine us some comedy gold. In this case, however, we can't possibly come up with anything more hilarious than what the Associated Press has already given us in their opening sentence:
Borat is dead... yes, dead.
A crazy nine-year-old named Semaj Booker somehow boarded two flights without a ticket from Seattle to Texas. Currently, he is juvenile custody in San Antonio, Texas, just short of where he wants to be, Dallas, Texas... which happens to be the home of Blockbuster Inc.
The "Victoria Bridge" here in Saskatoon doesn't have an official name... and City Council plans to give it a name sometime this year... along with putting a bunch of lights on the bridge.
Cancer-related deaths in the United States have decreased for the second year in a row. This proves that the money being invested into cancer research and Medicare is paying off!
The "Doomsday Clock" has been moved forward and apparently, according to a bunch of chicken-fuckers from "a trans-Atlantic group of prominent scientists" on Wednesday warned that the world has nudged closer to a nuclear apocalypse and environmental disaster and then they moved their "clock" two minutes closer to midnight.
A man in British Columbia has found the two men that found him abandoned as a baby in 1978...
American Idol Finalists are liars! We've been listening to them do press for five seasons now and every time someone tries to get a little dirt about what goes on in that mansion it's always, "No, I would never sleep with her. She's like my little sister" or "No late night sexy escapades for this little lady. I just sit around at the mansion, do a little reading and then it's right off to bed with a glass of warm milk."
Is it illegal to use someone else's Internet access? Well, here in Canada, it probably is... but I don't think anyone has been convicted and/or charged of a "crime" like that.
A police officer in Florida is being celebrated and ridiculed at the same time because he went out of his way to save a homeless woman's shopping cart full of crap.
Oh crap, Nelly Furtado is coming to Saskatoon! Yeah, that's right bitch! Furtado will be in Saskatoon in March or April to host the 2007 Juno Awards, which happens to be hosted in Saskatoon this year.
Where was the hamburger "born?" Well, that's unknown. Currently, the owners of a restaurant in New Haven, Connecticut say the hamburger was invented in Connecticut while a Texas state legislator claims that Athens, Texas is the original home of the freakishly-awesome hamburger.
Internet DVD rental service Netflix announced a plan that could potentially revolutionize how you watch movies. Where other services (Unbox, Xbox Live, iTunes) are offering flicks for download to your PC, Netflix is going to be offering movies that stream to your computer, so no waiting for downloads, no burning to DVD in order to watch, just instant movies.
Lycos, one of the worst search engines in the history of the world is suing Blockbuster, Netflix and TiVo over each Company's use of "recommendation technology." For instance, you know how a lot of online rental services such as Blockbuster Total Access, Netflix and Zip.ca here in Canada suggest movies that you might like based on what you've selected in the past? Well, if you do, that's what Lycos is suing for.
