Friday, June 04, 2010

Complete Index

Comedy

Non-Comedy


Comedy
Just because it's comedy doesn't mean it's funny ...


Ask Rob:
When you ask Rob for advice, you always get exactly what you deserve
Caring for a sick child
Am I worried that my blog will cost me a job or a relationship?
When is it ok for men to cry?
What to do if your co-worker stinks
Have a restless co-worker?
Making a favourable impression on women
Giving bad news
Helping your children succeed in sports
How to be funny
Product management and setting goals
Ask Michael Ironside


Baldness:
My preferred shampoo
It's my mother's fault I'm bald
My hair is doing nothing for me
Hallowe'en Costume ideas for bald men
I actually have hair in my dreams
I don't even own a comb
How to respond to a bald joke

Baldness - Handsome Bald Men
Franz, Lahey, Charlie Brown
Chairman Mao, Mr. Miagi, Gallagher
Mike Bullard, Skeletor


Canadian Cities:
Montreal
Trying to understand Montrealers
Ottawa, where I was born and raised
Toronto, centre of the Universe
Vancouver is the best


Cool Stuff
Ways to be cool
My favourite occupation: fireman!
Canada is cool
Reasons I love Bill Gates
I'm hoping to have a really cool death
Why I like White Ninja's absurd humour
I'm so proud of my 7-dollar shoes
I want to go to the moon (Language warning)
Using nuclear weapons in space
See my Crazy Theories for some zany semi-comedic ideas.


Dating
Rob's Dating Tips!

I've got this broken out into sections, keep reading for more
My first time
How the H1N1 outbreak reminded me of my first experiences with women
My preferred form of birth control
Why Christy should go out with me
Why Tamara should have gone out with me
My Lavalife Personal Ad
The time I accidentally dated a dude
Rejection can really sting sometimes
I'm so lonely
A reality show about writing love letters
Wedding rings - the ultimate symbol of one's devotion
Video clip of a guy letting a foul ball hit his date
The downside of dating someone who is careful with her money
How I use my love life to explain hockey
My mother's Advice on dating
Why do human females complain?
Being attracted to an older woman with kids
See Dating for some non-comedy articles on dating

Dating - Impressing Women
How to make a favourable impression on women
How to talk to women
Impressing women on a date

Dating - Ending relationships
What it feels like to be dumped
The worst place to end a relationship
Calling your ex-girlfriend
Seeing an ex-girlfriend
Giving up on women
I actually only need a photo girlfriend

Dating - Differences between men and women
What I've learned about women
Things women do that annoy men
In school men aren't taught very much about women
A rather chauvinist list of differences between the sexes
One of the key differences between men and women
A rather inappropriate difference between men and women

Dating - Elisha Cuthbert
Meeting Elisha Cuthbert
Should Elisha Cuthbert date me or Dion Phaneuf?
Why Elisha Cuthbert should have dated me instead of Dion Phaneuf

Dating - Last Stories
Here are some unrelated posts with stories about dating at the end
The last story in this post is about dating a vegan
The last story shows how my father undermined my confidence with girls
The last story describes how I am with girls


Family:
See further below for fathers and childhood
My mother's attempts to teach me proper grammar
Our helpless mothers
Some pictures of truly bad parents
The unwritten rules of brotherhood
Convincing my brother that he was adopted
My brother's dinner invitation
How to discipline brothers who won't play Lego without fighting
What would I name my children?
Being passive aggressive with your mother
I wish I had listened to my mother
My mother is a bite expert
Drunks and babies have a lot in common
Also see Family Holidays

Family - Fathers:
Common things all fathers say
What my father used to always say
My father's position on spanking
Places to which my father threatened to knock me
Getting something for my father's birthday
My father's position on child safety
My father wasn't very over-protective
Video of when I roasted my father
Depictions of Dads on TV are unrealistic


Family - My childhood:
Why thermometers made me cry
Making kids games more interesting for adults
Polka Dot Door made me very angry
Boy did I hate Romper Room
The cheese stands alone???
A childhood habit I'm glad I outgrew
My jolly jumper
Wooden spoons, annoying baby sitters, and brothers coming together
The joke about Humpty Dumpty that Ricky Gervais stole
Tony's son taught me some great comebacks
What did a couple of boys name their Lego fort?


Food - Eating in
My favourite Christmas traditional food
Licorice Racism
I'm not after your breakfast cereal, so relax
I actually wrote a letter to my moudly bread. With a poem.
It's impossible to look tense while eating an apple
My mother is a bite expert
Amazing deal at Safeway!
My Bubblegum quotes
Salad sucks
What do I think of Pepsi Max?
Making toast
Eating vegetables in Oklahoma?
Who took the last piece? That would be me
The last story in this post is about vegans
I'm a jerk in grocery stores
See Recipes for some of my (non-comedic) recipes

Food - Eating Out
I love the ribs at Toby Keith's
McDonald's Coupons - I don't get it
If I could interview the Hamburglar
A real puzzler last time I got soup.
Why you should boycott Jimmy John's
The Double Down, the ultimate American dish!
A new meal I invented called blunch
Dining in a pitch-dark restaurant

Food - Losing Weight
Reasons why we should envy fat people
My cat certainly doesn't mind being fat
Ways to quickly drop a few pounds
Why WeightWatchers doesn't work with men
Why Jenny Craig doesn't work
The downside of losing weight: fashion
See Losing Weight for a non-comedic look at weight loss.


History:
Famous Quotes, finished
My two favourite famous Romans
Interesting facts about Queen Victoria
Gandhi and Passive Aggressiveness
Gandhi's wrong about the world going blind.
Hannibal and his use of elephants
Was my friend Napoleon in a previous life?
What if human history had parents that went away for the 20th century


Holidays:
Thanksgiving: For what am I thankful?
Sucker Punch Day
Nothing's Day
Mother's Day
Really bad Mother's Day gifts
Mather's Day
Smother's Day
Father's Day
Valentine's Day
No Pants Day (yes it's real!)
Hallowe'en Costume ideas for bald men
Other assorted Hallowe'en stories
Thanksgiving
My Birthday (Ok that's not a holiday, but it should be)
What did I get my cats for Christmas
New Year's Resolutions
New Year's Resolutions - submitted to me by others


Inappropriate Humour:
Sorry, Mom (not that she's too crazy about any of my other jokes)
My father's advice when I hit puberty
Things to which my ass has been compared
Pretty offensive jokes, but thankfully brief
Zombie fart!
Things I've had up my nose
Picking your nose
Ten odours you will smell on public transit
One of the biggest disadvantages of being a guy
Rather inappropriate ways I would annoy Sister Ryan in catechism
Having no clean underwear
Plugging someone else's toilet
A painful evening for Tyler Cannon
Fart jokes. Hooray!
A very humble but inappropriate final request

Inappropriate Pranks
Fart Balloons!
Anti-Rob Spray and how I got revenge
A very inappropriate prank on a cat owner
Pretty much the best April Fool's Day prank ever
I memorized his mother's phone number for a reason
Pulling a practical joke on someone with a Chinese tattoo

Inappropriate pictures of animals
I have no idea why you'd want to visit any of these pages. Seriously!
A dog and a duck
A short pig and a goat
A cow with its head stuck in a fence
Three deers
Cats


Interviews - Politicians:
Stephen Harper!
My second crack at Stephen Harper
Michael Ignatieff
Gilles Duceppe
Jack Layton
Stephane Dion
See Politics for comedic, and Politics for non-comedic posts about Politics.

Interviews - Celebrities:
Jim Ross
Meeting Toby Keith
Weizenbaum's Eliza
Also see Elisha Cuthbert


Being a Jerk
Pretty much my entire site is about being a jerk, but these are especially egregious
Also check out Inappropriate Pranks, Ask Rob and, tellingly enough, Work

Being a Jerk - Losing Friends
Having friends means driving them to the airport and helping them move. Here's how to lose a few
Use qualifiers when complimenting people
Use the word actually when complimenting people, too
Can you annoy people who are into yoga?
The last thing to say to someone in the hospital
Annoying someone interested in time travel Video Version
Sabotaging neighbours and refusing to help friends
Making fun of someone who is ugly
When is it ok to spit in someone's face?
A great new way to annoy people, thanks to Obama! Video Version
How to make friends on your hockey team
Giving a reference
Being a jerk in other countries
Losing a Facebook friend
Alienating people at dinner parties
Annoying a salad-eater
How I've been mentored to be a jerk
Teaching kids to be passive aggressive with their mothers
Should we invite Rebecca to lunch?
Ways you can be a jerk by saying the wrong things
I'm a jerk in grocery stores
Scrums, chin-ups and free lottery tickets
Mischief while dining at a pitch-dark restaurant

Being a Jerk - How it can be Useful:
Why being a jerk can be useful, and how to do it
Why being a jerk is sometimes funny
Getting rid of door-to-door solicitors
Getting your neighbours to move
Extorting my board game opponents
Ripping off your dinner companions


Junk Mail:
Sarcastically replying to Junk Mail can sometimes be amusing
Ten things God won't ask us when we die
Payami Jodat buying his way into Heaven
A letter from my old friend Tahaila Van Kleef
Rebecca Williams giving me her dead husband's money
Barati Parinaz likes eggplant
ABSA Bank is lucky to have John Jasper
Winning the British lottery, and eBay security concerns
Steve Burbon crapped himself


Me!:
Technically I suppose everything on this blog is about me
Rob hits the stage!
90 Seconds with Rob
I have now infected twitter with my nonsense.
"Best Of" I Don't Make the Rules, 2003-2011
Why did Rob once grow a moustache?
Am I fatty gay?
Getting Booed
A Choose Your Own Adventure ... about me!
What do expect if you fought me
A day in the life of Rob Vollman
What is my calling?
Things you didn't know about me
Do I speak any German?
See some non-comedic stuff About Me.


Money:
Some investment alternatives to BRIC funds
How to get rid of credit card debt
Hyperinflation in Zimbabwe
See some non-comedic writing on finances


Movies:
Scroll down for Transformers, Star Wars and Twilight
Back to the Future Podcast
The best 80s villains
Enter the Dragon
People that hated Avatar
Netflix Recommendations for me
Men who stare at Goatse
Eat, Pray, Poop
Karate Kirk
How Rocky 4 could have been improved
Best of the Best, parts 1-4
Sixth Sense
Leslie Nielson
Michael Ironside
Films about Revenge
What I learned from Avatar
Bird on a Wire and Ford Fairlane
The Prince and Me script changes
How Charlton Heston saved my soul
Get Carter
Every Chris Rock movie (they're all the same>
Why I'd make a great movie henchman
Ten Quick Reviews
See Star Trek and some non-comedic Movie Reviews


Movies - Star Wars
It really sucked sitting next to Darth Vader on the plane
Names for Darths
What Darth Vader would be like if he were more like me

Movies - Transformers
The most unrealistic part of Transformers
Transformers 2
Which Transformer was responsible for the 2008 Economic Crisis


Movies - Twilight and Vampires:
Why I don't want to be a vampire
Twilight - Vampires are actually predators
Vampires are gross
What happens when you reverse the genders in Twilight


Music:
Michael Jackson's Beat It
How long does it take Lionel Richie to go to the bathroom?
Analysing the lyrics to "I'm Too Sexy"
Why I would want to be a famous musician
Forget Bruce Cockburn, what if I had a rocket launcher instead?
Welcome to the Jungle and Parental Advisories
Sometimes I like a little Kenny G
Why you should think twice
Kicking Ass, by Fry and Laurie


In the News:
These serious issues are no laughing matters
I was trying to be supportive to Libyan protesters
The H1N1 outbreak
Thailand's Red Shirt Rebellion
The BP Oil Spill
Stop the Keystone XL Pipeline
Hyperinflation in Zimbabwe
Using Ethanol as a fuel substitute
The 2008 Economic Crisis was caused by Sup-Optimus Prime Loans
Russians invade Georgia
The latest US Invasion


Poetry:
This Poem Sucks
Ode to Toilette
Mouldy Bread

The poems below are actually somehow serious
In and Out
Sun rise


Politics:
A primer on politics
Everything you need to know about the 2011 election
Quotes from the 2011 Canadian Federal Election.
The 2011 Election - Why?
The rise of the NDP in 2011
2011 Canadian Election: Week One Leader Roundtable
Pros of Cons of top 2011 campaign promises
2011 Canadian Election: Leader Roundtable
Issues that matter most to Canadians
What went wrong for the Liberals in 2011?
Why the Liberals didn't back the 2007 budget
Top Ten Things Stephane Dion wants to tax
Helping you choose your favourite party leader in 2008
Examining the lesser-known political parties
What the motion of non-confidence should have looked like in 2005
I can explain the coalition crisis of 2009
Alberta votes 2012!
On the Alberta 2012 Campaign Trail
The Alberta 2012 Ballot Question
Boycott Alberta, that'll help the environment!
Occupy Edmonton's Reasonable Demands
Why you should vote for McCain
Debating the weaponization of space
See my Interviews and also see some non-comedic posts on Politics


Profesional Wrestling:
Interview with Jim Ross
Wrestling in the 80s
Reasonable Roddy Piper and Nurture Boy Ric Flair
Good News Brown and the Penultimate Warrior
The Rock
The Million Dollar Man Ted DiBiase
George "the Animal" Steele
Jake "the Snake" Roberts
Brutus "the Barber" Beefcake
Experiencing things from the perspective of a Jabroni
Making hockey more like pro wrestling
Wrestlemania IX: Bret vs Yokozuna


Sports:
Go further down for baseball and hockey
Life should have refs
If I were the sports guy giving highlights ...
How did Materazzi provoke Zidane
The world's most awesome soccer player
The classiest fan move in sports: the Popcorn Hat
How coaches solve medical problems
Patrick Chan is unappreciated
Check a non-comedic look at Sports


Sports - Baseball:
Baseball is extremely boring.
Jered Weaver disappointed with Fantasy League move
Cheating in sports
What music I would use as a baseball player


Sports - Hockey:
Look further down for the Calgary Flames
Funny comments people have posted on my articles
More ferocious team names
Montreal Canadiens turn 100
New York Rangers fans are great
Quotes from the 2011 Vancouver Riots
The goalie is always a fat kid Video Version
Remember Cooperalls? Yeesh!
How Nabokov reminds me of my love life
Pat Quinn and kittens
Things refs have said to me
How to make friends on your hockey team
The greatest Canadian invention, and the goalie mask
What men talk about in the locker room
What you should do when your score 4 goals in a game
The worst goalie mask designs
Making hockey more like pro wrestling
My mother is terrible at hockey pools
Craig Anderson's a bit of a pervert
Tongue-in-cheek inference that hockey is fixed
Remember Dome Hockey?
Floor hockey is for losers
See some non-comedic material on the NHL

Sports - Hockey - Calgary Flames
Who's to blame for the Calgary Flames missing the playoffs?
April Fool's Day joke on Mike Keenan
Oilers vs the Flames
The Flames toughened up
There was some controversy when the Flames first toughened up
See some stuff on Dion Phaneuf's girlfriend Elisha Cuthbert


Star Trek:
Inappropriate things to say to Sir Patrick Stewart
The real reason Riker is called Number One
Thailand's Red Shirt Rebellion
Seeing things from a Red Shirt's perspective
My top ten favourite episodes
City on the Edge of Forever
Karate Kirk
Gay Klingons
I wouldn't be able to resist the Vulcan neck pinch
Spock's viewscreen is still too advanced
My favourite Star Trek moment
I don't like my chances against the Gorn
Debating Captain Kirk


TV Shows:
Highway to Heaven
The Cosby Show
What Sesame Street taught me about mental illness
The current state of TV in 2010
Three great new sitcom ideas
Stop reading over my shoulder!
Calling people Cylons in performance appraisals
Kids today have never heard of our favourite shows
What "the Bachelor" would be like if it were me
A more realistic portrayal of bachelors
What happens when you flip channels too often
Ask Michael Ironside
The A-Team Formula
I saw my friend on TV
Skeletor wrote a (rather crappy) guest blog for me once
Depictions of Dads on TV are unrealistic
There are days that I feel like Gonzo
Also see Star Trek


Video Games:
Everything you need to know about Double Dragon
How to kill your partner in Double Dragon
How to improve Duck Hunt
My most impressive video game accomplishment
Mortal Kombat and the 2008 US Election
My informal poll to choose between PS3 and XBOX360 had an interesting result
I always destroyed the Spy Hunter weapons van
When you play Nintendo with your brother it's a guaranteed fight
Nintendo Ice Hockey always ended in a pounding from my brother
Remember Dome Hockey?


Work:
Long story short: I'm a real ass
Forgetting my pants
Popping people's balloons
Why did I give Mark the nickname Shakespeare?
Leave your desktop locked around me.
Don't quote the Employee Code of Conduct to me
Why I'm not invited to the office Christmas party.
What to do if your co-worker stinks
How a language issue got me in trouble with a client
Never take my advice at work
Calling people Cylons in performance appraisals
How my behaviour at work gets me free lottery tickets
If I won the lottery, would I come to work?
Yes, I typed 55378008 into your calculator
Hopping off elevators when a pregnant woman gets on
Why I like my automated picture frame
Why I was making toast
A prank with post-it notes
I'm sorry Keith
I'm sorry Charles
Caught with my pants down
How Saturday morning cartoons prepare you for bad project managers
Casual Friday became Go See HR Friday
How do I pick my password?
Also see Being a Jerk for stories outside work, and some non-comedy writing about Work


The Rest:

Not everything fits into neat little buckets
I'm an expert at avoiding hugs - here's how
Thoughts on Turning 35
Entertaining yourself in boring situations
Go on a Beard Strike!
How cold is it in Canada?
Jughead's Crown
How do I pronounce this guy's name?
Why I won't re-arrange your face.
A sign that school is back in session
A funny picture that summed up my day
What happens as you grow old
An assortment of jokes about vegans, english people, shaving and poker
Our pets must think we're crazy
This blog is worth 9 dollars
Drunk people seem to regress in age
Mosquitoes took over
Definition of the word Hindsight
The Commodore Conspiracy
The stupid things people say when you're tired
How Father Reggie said goodbye to me in 1989

Cars
Pulled over by a cop
Buying a car with all the bells and whistles

Charities
Run for The Cure
My favourite charity
Some charities should be avoided

Famous Comedians
Rodney Dangerfield's jokes
Mitch Hedberg's jokes
Terrible stand-up comedians

Greek Philosophers
Greek wisdom
Socrates and how little they thought of women

Health Care
Going for my annual physical
My dental hygienist is NUTS


Links to other sites featuring my work:
A list of my clever Facebook status updates
More funny Facebook statuses (statusii?)
And yet more!
Winning an unexpected award
My answers weren't well-received on Yahoo


Non-Comedy


Crazy Theories
Most people keep things like this to themselves
You never improve on age 13
Breaking a bad habit by speaking German
Bumper stickers and pizza bread
Reasons why I find nuclear weapons interesting
I disproved time travel
How we can prove or disprove God's existence
I'm like an M&M
Three steps to happiness
A new tax system!
How to fall asleep


Dating
The infamous story of Catherine Miller
Why people get into relationships
How to tell if someone likes you
Should the man always pay?
Two ladies hitting on me at work
One time I was lucky enough to sit next to a total babe
Getting past the candy coating
I chose to iron rather than go on a date
Being rejected: the PFO
See the lighter side of Dating


Energy and the Environment
The correct approach to global warming
Kyoto at any Kyost?
Separate Oil and State
Does the Oil Sands boycott make sense?
Why oil is good, and how to take advantage
Natural Gas as an energy alternative
Trying to strike a balance on the oil sands
Tired of people slamming oil and gas companies
Stephane Dion an environmental Liberal? He's neither!
Ben Stein challenges what it means to be brave in America
See more on Politics or read more Rants


Finances:
What is money, and how can you get ahead?
Money is freedom, and it's all about momentum
Some advice on how to invest in the stock market
My little experiment on how to pick stocks
A new tax system!
Communism vs Capitalism
See the lighter side of Money

I used to teach others how I manage my finances
My 2005 financials, part 1
My 2005 financials, part 2
My 2006 financials concluded the cost of living went up 3.2%
2007 Financials, and why doing this is important


In my day ...
Young people that don't know our celebrities
People who think they're rebels when they're actually conformists
Back in my day things were a lot different
Four things that changed very quickly
Growing old
How things might look in the future
See some Rants unrelated to kids today.


Losing Weight:
My doctor told me to lose weight
Advice on how to lose weight
My take on being overweight
The key to a diet is balance
Eating when abroad
Weight loss is overrated anyway
See the lighter side of Food and weight loss.


Media Bias:
Back in 2004 I really had an issue with the media bias in the Globe and Mail
The Iraq war
The bias is 80%
A tricky one about freedom of the press
Was Sheila Copps treated fairly
The death penalty
Janet Jackson and the Superbowl
Don Cherry's comments
For whom would you vote
Intolerance and merging the right
Women's sports
Same-sex marriage
Dealing with the Bloc Quebecois
See more on Politics


Movies:

Movies I liked:
Rocky was all about proving something to yourself
Cast Away is actually about depression
My script for Karate Kid 5
Ghostworld wasn't bad

Movies I disliked:
Day After Tomorrow is just left-wing rich-hating nonsense
Million Dollar Baby was a Million Dollar Crap
They ruined Darth Vader with Episode 3
Invention of Lying (and some stuff about the Smurfs)
See the lighter side of Movies


NHL:
Keep scrolling for stuff about the Calgary Flames
Best team in NHL history
Worst team in NHL history
The 1976-77 Canadiens against the 1992-93 Sharks
Team Canada has incredible depth
In 2008 an Oiler fan was beaten up in Calgary
There's no one more irritating than Montreal Canadiens fans
I can't believe CBC lost the Hockey Night in Canada theme song
Todd Bertuzzi's reinstatement
It's not ice hockey, and floor hockey is for losers
See other Sports and also the lighter side of Hockey

NHL - Improving the Rules
How I would improve the NHL's rules
A proposal for a new penalty
I hated the shoot-out from day one

NHL - Calgary Flames
Mostly historical analysis
Odd patterns in the fate of Flames defensemen
I predicted the Flames would struggle in 2005-06
Using advanced stats to analyse the Flames in 2006
Which Flames to pick in your 2006 playoff pool
The Flames had a lot of 1st-round drafted players in 2006
Comparing Chuck Kobasew to Brian Gionta
Proving Chuck Kobasew was the best Flames mid-season 2005-06
Making a pretty decent team out of Flames castaways
Calgary Flames Jumbotron videos really suck
How I'd improve the terrible Jumbotron videos we get in Calgary
Top pet peeve? Scoreboard officiating

NHL - 2004 Stanley Cup (was fixed)
The 2004 Stanley Cup might have been fixed
My letter from/to Gary Bettman about the 2004 Stanley Cup
Fixing the Stanley Cup

NHL - Predictions
My 2009-10 Predictions
My 2007-08 Predictions
My 2006-07 Playoff Predictions
2005-06 Playoff Predictions, Eastern Conference
2005-06 Playoff Predictions, Western Conference
The consensus 2005-06 Playoff picks
My 2nd round 2005-06 Playoff Predictions


Personal Growth:
I don't make the rules ... what are the rules anyway?
What faith means to me
Worshipping false Gods
Epicurus and the pursuit of happiness
Exploring loneliness
People as reflections of ourselves
Defining our natural state
Gerard Neirenberg's comments on stress and age on creativity
Is being judgmental really such a bad thing?
Ten essentially random life lessons
Why you should think long term
Never give up
Great advice on how to listen
When speaking, start with your point rather than build up to it
Gratitude is really rare these days
Avoid having excuses
Choose to handle bad situations with a good attitude
Go big or go home

Personal Growth - Eating Meat
The ethics of eating meat
Equating not drinking with not eating meat

Personal Growth - Laughter
Why laughter is important
How laughter can help you cope with tough times

Personal Growth - Star Trek
I admire Spock
Would Star Trek transporters include our soul

Personal Growth - Stephen Covey
A collection of Stephen Covey quotes
Abundance vs Scarcity
Law of the Harvest


Pets:
Pictures of my cats, and their names
Brutus and Lilly sitting together in boxes
More pictures of my furry companions
Lilly lying on her back
Brutus hiding in boxes
Tired of seeing their pictures? Too bad
Pictures of my first cat Mischa
Things Brutus thinks are actually cat beds
I want a baby giraffe


Pet Peeves:
People who borrow gum
Taking too long at a stop sign
There's one thing that can really ruin a game of golf
People have no elevator courtesy
See my Rants

Pet Peeves - Collections:
Wedding gifts, busybodies, Bono and stuck-up women
A collection of rants about smoking by-laws, Saddam Hussein, and perfection
Cell phones, smoking and Bush-bashing

Pet Peeves - Kids names
Trains and parents who spell their kids' names wrong
Parents should give their kids normal names

Pet Peeves - Wasting Money to be Fashionable:
Some people waste their money to be fashionable
Like those who wear toques in the summer


Politics:
Scroll down for specific topics
See some articles on Energy and the Environment, Media Bias, and the lighter side of Politics and Political Interviews

Politics - General:
The 21st Century Sucks
Censorship Sucks
Why I dislike charismatic leaders
Reminding you why Trudeau was awesome
An incident with Peter Mackay demonstrated the double standard in our media
Tim Horton's interfering in the affairs of other nations
I hate when people use government to force their will on others
And here's a good reason why
The Live-8 concert was all about forcing their will on others
John Ibbitson said Canada is run by old men
Terry Shiavo and euthanasia
Anti-semitism has moved to the left
Why First Nations should try to emulate Isreal
Belinda Stronach and crossing the floor
I'm a big fan of Sheila Fraser and Bev Oda
I'm not a big fan of Dr. Hedy Fry and her racism
Also wasn't a big fan of Michaelle Jean as governor-general
Weighing votes by how much someone paid in taxes
See some articles on Energy and the Environment, Media Bias, and the lighter side of Politics and Political Interviews

Politics - American:
I agree with Tony Blair's take on anti-Americanism
Al Gore has the nerve to call one of us ultra-conservative
Barack Obama's misleading way of funding health care
Ben Stein challenges what it means to be brave in America
It doesn't matter who you elect President, but here's who I'd pick

Politics - Canadian Federal Elections:
Predictions for the 2011 Canadian federal election.
How to predict the results of a Canadian federal election
What a Liberal breakthrough in Alberta would look like
What a Tory breakthrough in Quebec would look like
Popular vote by party, 1968-2004
Prediction for the 2004 Canadian election
My prediction in 2004 was really close

Politics - 2006 Canadian Federal Election:
Predictions for the 2006 Canadian federal election
A prediction several months in advance
Rex Murphy's rant on Gomery
The defining issues
Week 1: GST and Team Quebec
Was anyone's prediction better than mine in 2006?
The Liberal approach to cutting taxes
Bloc Quebecois were the big losers in 2006
I was glad to see Paul Martin go
Why I voted Conservative in 2006
Why I felt foolish for voting Conservative in 2006

Politics - Economy:
Comparing Canada to a friend that's bad with money
A new law that could prevent the government from wasting our money
New to Alberta? Try things our way first
What I thought of Alberta's spending in 2005
We're screwing the next generation over with our debt
Empoverishing ourselves with the bailouts and stimulus
Gas prices and fiscal policy

Politics - Leadership Races:
Listing the top candidates in the 2006 Liberal leadership race
I wasn't keen on Stephane Dion when he was first elected leader
Recap of the 2003 Tory Leadership Convention

Politics - Municipal:
How the reycling program is an example of why people dislike Liberals
Taxing cats in Calgary was a bad idea
Interesting ideas from the 2007 Calgary municipal election

Politics - Remembrance Day:
At first I was quite angry with the White Poppy pushers
Then I realised that the White Poppies aren't as offensive as I thought


Rants:
There are rants throughout my site, but here are some of the best/worst
See Pet Peeves, Politics for politically-themed rants, and NHL for hockey-themed rants.
Scroll down for rants in specific areas

Rants - General:
Why I hate gifts
I hate University, too
Soviet symbols are offensive
People asking for a break
Three cases where I couldn't get a break
Roman Catholic mass is really boring
For some reason old ladies really annoy me
"I believe" has grammatical errors
A correct depiction of alcohol in a commercial
My childhood toys really blew
20 things wrong with the Battlestar Galactica Finale
I'm skeptical of the United Way
Don't be so insensitive to the homeless
Debunking atheist advertisements
Debunking atheist advertisements, Part II
Getting stuck with terrible airplane seating
I hate air travel
Negative ads
Letting a friendship end a little more naturally
The A-bombs weren't war crimes
Why we should eat seeds, and why I dislike teddy bears
Why I buy my loved ones inappropriate gifts on purpose

Rants - Customer Service
My worst experiences with customer support
Ryan dislikes Archos
Blaskin and Lane's commercial
Blaskin and Lane's response
My mailman sucks

Rants - Food
Creamed corn is really gross
Never order vegetarian pizza
And please don't put a lemon wedge in my drink
Someone stole my lunch
See the lighter side of Food

Rants - Misandry
Misandry in car commercials
Gender and language
Playing sports with women
Over-depictions of women on currency
Men and politics
Men are animals
Fathers are depicted negatively on TV

Rants - Music:
The two songs I hate most
My ex-girlfriend's favourite song made absolutely no sense
See the lighter side of Music


My Recipes:
Grilled Cheef is delicious
French Fry Soup! YUM
Pizza Burger. YUM YUM
Crazy Salad
Foods you can add to anything
See the lighter side of food


Sports:
An alternate approach to using starting pitchers in baseball
The CFL and the Saskatchewan Roughriders
Super Bowl 2006
Changing the lyrics to "I Try" after the Stamps' 2005 loss
Crying should result in forfeit
Is figure skating really a sport?
Check out my stuff on the NHL and the lighter side of Sports


Wargaming:
What are war games?
Advice on Diplomacy
Some Diplomacy scenarios
World Boardgaming Championships 2006
World Boardgaming Championships 2007


Work:
Some ideas on how to become more successful
How to apologise
How to ask for help
Having fun at work
The power of the world Unless
Worst employee ever
How to get great customer support
Finding free food at work
How to work in teams
All about useless meetings
How to play the political game at work
Avoid getting your back stabbed
Avoid making your customers feel stupid
IT is a dead end career, and we're treated terribly
Some of the places I've worked were way too cheap
See Work for the lighter side of Work


Others:
Not everything falls into nice little buckets
How your children can use Facebook safely
How to tease someone with respect
Trip to San Francisco
The Drake Equation, the Fermi Paradox, and aliens
Do one thing every day that frightens you
Dynamite Kid Tom Billington and his book
A couple of words I made up, and some neat quotes
My friend Crazy Pete
How shows can be improved by adding The Equalizer
Good laziness and bad laziness
Question of the Day: To what time would you travel?
My incorrect theory of what Google would do
What is reddit, and who uses it?
My thoughts on travelling to America
What kind of junk mail I get
I never learned to shave correctly
As a kid I rooted for the cartoon villains, and here's why
How a chocolate fountain is a good example of why I like kids

Others - Alcohol
In France they don't understand the concept of not drinking
Why I dislike alcohol
I admit how I gave Johnny an undeserved reputation as a big drinker

Others - Collections
Random observations on Dads, Mulroney and how Europe smells
Assorted ideas on a new coat, a new gym, and Steven Seagal
Red-heads on TV, ending relationships, and little league baseball

Others - Favourites Things
My ten favourite movie comedians
My ten favourite comedy movies
My favourite song
My favourite TV shows, in 2005
Meeting my favourite blogger!

Others - Francais
My favourite French phrases
Celui ci est en francais

Others - History
Brutus, the noblest Roman
Sisyphus
Russians and Americans have different understandings of the Cold War than Europeans
See the lighter side of History


About Me:
On the off-chance you'd like to know me a little better
My first publication
Why I blog
My baby picture
100 Things you don't know about me, part 1
100 Things you don't know about me, part 2
My three favourite things
Looking for gift ideas?
Those that don't know me see me as a very serious guy
I was a very stubborn child
My best feature
Here's what my dreams are like at night
What it's like living with OCD
Do I look better with a beard, or without?
What celebrities do I look like?
My first trip on a private jet
Googling myself in 2005
Interpreting some of my common body language
My summer job as a clown
What I do with my time off
I can sometimes be oblivious of my own appearance
See some more comedic stuff About Me

posted by Robert Vollman at Friday, June 04, 2010

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