http://mike-nelson.ca Honours B.A. Media, Information & Technoculture and Political Science Sun, 18 Jul 2010 07:07:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The worst beverage in America has travelled north of the 44th parallel and found a home in Canada’s comfort cafe-- Tim Hortons. Cold Stone Creamery and their delicious belt busting ice cream desserts, along with their infamous milkshakes can now be found at 17 locations in the golden horseshoe. How bad is ... http://mike-nelson.ca/2010/07/the-worst-beverage-in-america-now-at-a-tim-hortons-near-you/ Famed documentarian Morgan Spurlock was apprehended yesterday atop of the Empire State Building in New York City, New York. He was caught trying to assemble and  hook up a giant circle in attempt to block out the sun for all of Manhattan. Officials say he was first approached by a security guard ... http://mike-nelson.ca/2010/01/documentarian-morgan-spurlock-loses-sanity-over-new-simpsons-documentary/ Give the gift of music. This phrase so overused during the holiday season has become more of cliche than a convincing pitch. Nevertheless this phrase certainly entered my consciousness when unwrapping my prized holiday gift--A Crosley CR49 Stack-O-Matic Traveler Turntable. [caption id="attachment_163" align="alignright" width="150" caption="Crosley CR49 Stack-O-Matic Traveler Turntable"][/caption] This is a brand ... http://mike-nelson.ca/2010/01/ditch-the-ipod-and-go-vinyl/ [caption id="attachment_138" align="alignright" width="150" caption="Tiger Woods sporting his new sponsor's hat"][/caption] The heated battle for Tigers Woods' new sponsor is over.   After the consulting firm Accenture dropped the golfing phenomenon, the rest of the sponsors were sure to follow.  The  watchmaker Tag Heuer  was on the fence as to what to do ... http://mike-nelson.ca/2009/12/139/ I just sat through the movie marathon called Transformers 2: Rise of the Fallen.  The two and a half hour film that just wouldn't end. After being disappointed by the first installment, I vowed to never again spend money on this film franchise.  That being said, I caught this film on ... http://mike-nelson.ca/2009/10/transformers-2-dont-waist-your-money/ If inspirational speeches can protect the earth from the dangers of an ever changing climate, the earth would be in pretty decent shape right now. It would have started to recover on April 22, 1970, the first time an Earth Day was observed.  It's recovery would have continued for 49 and ... http://mike-nelson.ca/2009/09/if-inspiration-could-solve-climate-change/ Nov. 4 2008 was a historical day that will forever be in the history books as the barrier breaking election, but why? At the time it looked to be the end of a heavily divided era in American politics.   Most of the world was thinking good riddance to bad leadership. ... http://mike-nelson.ca/2009/08/american-health-care-reform-america-not-ready-for-obama/ The American news media machine is often a forum for the loudest, angriest, and most narrow minded.   Those who are eager to shout their opinions regardless of any factual evidence overshadow any attempt at a rational and well thought out news broadcast attempt. Names like Bill O' Reilly, Glenn Beck, ... http://mike-nelson.ca/2009/06/to-hate-is-to-love-nancy-grace/ Like any good Canadian, I hate weather.  Not cold weather, hot weather, rainy weather, just weather. Always having to put up with all the conditions this planet has to offer is what bonds us as Canadians-- with the exception of the Vancouverites... Vancouverins.. Vancouvish... Vancouver dwellers.  However the winter rain and ... http://mike-nelson.ca/2009/06/short-time-for-shorts/ Get off the streets! Wear a mask ! Fear thy neighbour!  It's a pandemic! The World Health Organization announced yesterday the Swine flu is at a pandemic alert level of 5 out of 6.  This means at least two countries had cases of human-to-human contact.  A full blown pandemic is imminent according ... http://mike-nelson.ca/2009/04/lets-all-fear-the-swine/