Monthly Archives: January 2014

New meaning for ‘low season’: Winnipeg was colder than Mars this week

That’s right, Winnipeg, a lovely place for much of the year, occasionally gets more inhospitable than a planet 78 million miles farther from the Sun (on average). This week temperatures dropped to -31 C (-24 F), with a windchill of roughly -40 to -50 C (-40 to -58 F). The…

Worst living statue ever breaks character to menace non-tipping tourist

Don’t stiff street performers. Especially a living statue in Rome. Seriously. Back in the early 90s, I did a little juggling on the street around Europe to earn extra cash, so I can tell you with complete authority that taking a photo or video of any street performer and not…

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