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Articles by Uncle Sharky

Editorial opinion
The long Canadian winter must have been brutal this year because the programming executives at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) came out of their development igloo with a nutty little plan to have viewers help create a series that will be shown in the fall of 2004. The idea, named "The Greatest Canadian" for reasons to be revealed later in this sentence, allows viewers to nominate people they think are the Greatest Canadians in history. The CBC will then create a ten part, animated boxing tournament to be shown in the fall. The combatants will be the top 10 vote getters and this will allow us all to see who really would be the Greatest Canadian if they could all fight each other.
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or, "I'd also like to kiss Suzy Kolber"
I don't know about you, but I've been in the condition Joe Namath was in last month when he, in front of a national TV audience, sloppily told ESPN reporter Suzy Kolber twice that he'd like to kiss her. I mean, not often (or not often enough depending on how you look at it) but I can take comfort in knowing that I've been buzzed just like one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time.
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The weather is finally nice, go inside and see a movie!
Well, Spring is finally coming on strong and so are the Hollywood hits. The artless machine is pumping out art faster than you can say "sweatshop" and since you don't really want to sweat, why not sit in a chilly theatre being entertained? Why not? Here are a few reasons why not.
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Evel's Story
Evel's Story

It's about time Hollywood produced another piece of work, including the appropriate marketing hype, to tell the story of Robert Craig "Evel" Knievel.
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2002 Year in Preview
As we approach "Oscar Season" I can feel my household becoming tense and giddy all at once, so I thought I should review the best movies of 2002 that I didn't see and submit to you, loyal reader, my Top 10 Movies I Haven't Seen for 2002.
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The best of our first
US Press hit the IP circuit in late July, 2002, at which time we were nothing more than a poorly named site with a few articles...
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About your sticker
As I was driving home from work today I saw a little sticker on the SUV in front of me. At a red light, I pulled up close to read it. In block letters it said,
Abuse An Animal, Go To Jail

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Buy This Book! The Semi-Complete Guide to Sort of Being a Gentleman
An intriguing treatise written by Gentleman Brock from Studio8.net. It is semi guaranteed to change your life.
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