Long weekends: A time for fun and relaxation, celebration and remembrance. But after a 27 year old woman was killed in front of her child and fiance by a powerful exploding firework, perhaps it's time to consider just how legal fireworks shouldn't be.

So, she's a socialite, a celebrity, a model, actress, singer (if you don't mind going deaf temporarily)...yada yada yada - but WHO? cares? Frankly, I'm so tired of hearing about her "traumatic jail saga" that I'm at the point of throwing a book at the tv!

The other night I was clearly disturbed, perturbed, and grossed out when I was at the local Silvercity theaters to see the new movie 1408. No, the movie didn't freak me out and leave me with nightmares - quite honestly, I really didn't care for the movie.

Do you know any surgeons with a name like "Dr. Cutright", or have a neighbour with a name such as "Iona Braa"? I think everyone could contribute at least one hilarious name here...who hasn't met someone whose name has left you laughing?

According to new research from the Vanier Institute for the Family, kids are getting into trouble lately because there are more problem children today than 50 years ago. What's to blame - a larger population or the environment that kids are exposed to?

After all the controversy the new DOVE campaign is receiving for using naked 50+ yr old women in their ads, I have to ask: Would you rather see these women and rate them as beautiful?

Did you or do you know someone who has had an "anything but normal" wedding? How many of you on DJ have a weird or outrageous wedding story to tell? Did you get married on a plane, or in a haunted house? Do tell...