Calvin and Hobbes

When it comes to outdoor holiday decorations, not everyone is a fan of colourful lights and reindeer made out of firewood. A maverick thought he'd breathe new life into the tired lawn display this year, because he wanted to create "something vaguely #christmas-y but not cheesy." But not everyone shares his sense of humour.

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Is the world ready for a disabled pop star? Ready or not, Viktoria Modesta is here, and she's impossible to ignore. 

After being born with a damaged lower leg, Modesta finally underwent an amputation as a teen, but her missing limb has not held back her music career.

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Dec
22
2014

How A Crying Baby Turned this Flight into a Combat Zone

Crouching Tiger Moms, Hidden Dragon Baby

Travelling with an infant is tough. Many a parent—and passenger—has been driven to despair and tears and vodka from the sound of a wailing baby while soaring at 30,000 feet. Recently that 'situation' escalated into a full-blown brawl on an Air China flight. 

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Dec
22
2014

Sir Elton John, You Do Weddings Right

Proof that marriage is still a bloody big deal

Whoever thinks that marriage is dead need only look to Sir Elton John and David Furnish to know that is a simple falsehood. The long-term couple finally tied the knot formally, following a civil partnership nine years ago and a relationship lasting more than 20 years.

Appropriately the wedding merited a hashtag all its own on social media: #ShareTheLove. 

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timbits

Stop the presses! Some serious shit is going down, and Canadians are up in arms. No, PM Harper isn't singing again... Our beloved delicacy - the Timbit - is facing extinction, and it's nothing short of a travesty.

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Dec
18
2014

Health Canada is considered the country's leading health authority. So it's surprising that its latest anti-marijuana ad spouts controversial "facts" about the drug.

In a 30-second clip aired on YouTube and television, the campaign flashes messages on screen—among them, that pot causes decreased IQ—a message that some viewers claim is based on fear-mongering rather than hard, cold scientific fact.

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Dec
17
2014

WANTED: Elizabeth Gallagher; Mission Complete

because you never know where life will take you

Remember the Elizabeth Gallagher story? Well, it seems the guy on a quest to find a willing passenger (who happens to share the same name as his ex) for an around-the-world trip has found his lady luck. Or she has found him, rather.

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Dec
17
2014

Mom's Whitney Houston Lullaby Goes Viral

But is baby beside the point?

What's a mom to do when her baby wakes up in the middle of the night? Well, you comfort her and maybe sing a lullaby. And if you're Kimberly Henderson from South Carolina, you make sure press RECORD first, then you belt out Whitney Houston as though you're a contestant on Idol.

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Dec
17
2014
Child Drawing

Old Mother Hubbard had so much of her kid's artwork, she didn't know what to do... While we all have folders bursting with Popsicle stick-glued crafts, it's those original drawings that provide a real window into your family life.

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