All Entries in the "LDU Originals" Category

Double-Standards: 10 Reasons Why I Wish I Was a Woman

I’ve been told by some fairly reputable sources that we live in a patriarchy. Men rule the world and women clean up after them, or something like that – apparently, all women are environmentalists. It’s all very confusing to me, but everyone else seems to be in agreement that the rules of society and the [...]

Rating Women: The Binary Scale

For the next few weeks I’ll be running a Wednesday series called “Rating Women” that will detail some of the most scientific and ridiculous ways that one might go about quantifying the aesthetic appeal presented by members of the fairer sex. If you have any additional or unmentioned system or schema for categorizing both the [...]

5 THINGS NOT TO DO WHEN YOU GO BACK TO SCHOOL

New year, new start. So start smart. Here are some ways you can avoid starting your year off on the wrong foot (or with it in your mouth).
1) DON’T let history repeat itself

If you made some dumb decisions that led to some EVEN dumber mistakes last year, it’s simple — just don’t do the same. [...]

5 THINGS TO DO WHEN YOU GO BACK TO SCHOOL

It’s that time again. The sun is setting sooner. The weather is getting chillier. The leaves are starting to turn colour. It’s time to get back on campus, back in class and back to the grind. Here are some things you should put on your To-Do List to get you ready for the upcoming school [...]

The Wheel Wells- The Importance of the Close

This article demonstrates the importance of “the close” in hopes that many of you will be inspired to keep that good ol’ success ratio up. Wheel Well.
Always Close!

It is as cliché a statement in game as it is sales, but it is also just as effective.  When you get a chance to close, you have [...]

12 Ways To Protect Your Home Without An Alarm System

In this crazy high-tech world of ours, alarm systems can get pretty expensive. Why don’t you try a cheaper, more organic solution to home protection?
12 Ways to Protect Your Home Without An Alarm System
12) Get a dog.

Canine bodyguards are one of the oldest and most trusted forms of home protection. Whether their barks are [...]

Fitness Fridays: P90X – Day 36

Shoulders and Arms and Extreme Olympic Celebration
Deep Impact. Today, I had the most worthwhile, deserved, necessary, but devastating hangover of my life. Monday March 1st has become the unofficial National Hangover day. Greasy spoons from coast to coast were ladling lard, eggs, and sodium-laced pork product in numbers that would make an Alabaman grandma proud. [...]

Getting Diabetes: How To Grocery Shop

I followed a fat woman around the grocery store. Yes, I did that.

Celebrating 1 Year of Awesome: LionsDenU.com @ Riva TONIGHT!!!

Chug a beer, have sex with everyone. For many of us, this is a phrase that defines LDU. Hello, we printed t-shirts. It means something different to everyone, but for me it’s always best described the university experience. Not always in the literal sense of chugging beer and having sex, although whenever possible- do work, [...]

Fitness Fridays: P90X – Day 32

Kenpo-X
I would go to a Kenpo X party. Twister, Pictionary, Spin-the-Bottle, Flip-Cup, Midget-Lesbian-KY-Jelly Wrestling: none of this would be as fun as Kenpo. I love watching Kung-Fu films; we all do (or at least should if we consider ourselves good, respectable people). Kenpo X has all the glory, ass-kickery, and martial arts wizardry of a [...]

12 Ways To Deflect The Question: “Are You Staring At My Chest?”

Chances are you’ve already found yourself in this awkward situation at least once or twice in your life. You’re drunk and she’s hot.  She’s wearing a low cut top, showing off some quality knockers and you got trapped in her web of boobies. Are you a pervert? No. God no. In fact doctors, some female [...]

The Girls Can Hear Us LIVE In Toronto at The Piston (@TGCHU)

We recently featured The Girls Can Hear Us in a Music Monday feature, and they were recieved with rave reviews. This Saturday you can catch them LIVE in Toronto at The Piston (937 Bloor St) alongside Brains 4 Breakfast. We met up with Will last week and he hoooked up with some sick TGCHU merchandise! [...]

Fitness Fridays: P90X – Day 31

Back and Biceps

After this workout, I sat on my couch in silence, sweat dripping from my brow and crashing against my floorboards. Defeat? Dejection? Disgrace? None of these describe what I was feeling. My brain was empty, not a single, solitary thought in sight. Just a general numb physical sensation all over [...]

12 Summer Classes For Women

LDU has been asked by many past and presents students why the below classes aren’t currently part of the Lion’s Den curriculum.  Due to thee requests we have decided to offer the courses on a trial basis.  Please reply if you have any interest in the below 12 classes.

NOTE: DUE TO THE COMPLEXITY AND DIFFICULTY LEVEL
OF THEIR [...]

Devastating BP Oil Spill Pics and the Mushroom Solution

It’s been 3 months since the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico creating a huge oil gusher that released between 35 000-65 000 barrels of crude oil per day. Over this time, we’ve learned a lot. We’ve learned that putting a giant ‘top hat’ over a gushing well-head doesn’t work; that putting an [...]

Fitness Fridays: P90X – Day 29

Chest, Shoulders, Triceps, and Ab Ripper X
Last week was a recovery week, which gave us the weekend off. Most people that are willing to put themselves through this gauntlet of ridiculous abuse would take the time to eat well and look after their body. I, for a daunting number of mostly negative reasons, am not [...]

Facebook Recommended Pages Are Becoming Far Too Vague

Shits gettin’ ridiculous.

Melissa Smich: Toronto’s Favourite Virgin [Video]

Now, Melissa may or may not be on the road to 30-year-old-virgin status, we’re pretty sure she’s not, but we’re willing to take her word for it until further evidence presents itself. However, a few months ago, we taught our good friend Smichm how to take over the Twitteverse with mind control made easy. She [...]

Nate’s Rant: Mel Gibson is a Racist, Woman Abusing, SuperDouche [Audio]

[Ed. This is a rant]
The “Mel Gibson Racist” story has  been floating around for a bit, and to be honest the first time I heard about it I didn’t believe it. Now we’ve all heard about Mel’s verbal diarrhea under the influence of alcohol and his documented tyrades against the Jews, but more recently Gibson [...]

Wanna Be Famous?: Jersey Shore, meet Toronto’s Lake Shore

Whether you love or hate reality television, you cannot deny its success. Shows like the Real World, Big Brother, and Jersey Shore are so successful because of the captivating drama that ensues when you put a group of strangers together under one roof.
Toronto is getting its own version of reality TV with a show called [...]

Fitness Fridays: P90X – Day 24

Yoga X
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Time to unpack some emotional baggage; come along and help if you would like. With this work-out program and this blog, I’ve been forced to monitor ‘how I’m feeling’ and, sometimes, push deeper than simply what the emotion is and down into ‘why’ I am feeling that certain thing. I know that sounds gayer [...]

Twitterverse: #GhettoCrayonColors [Black People Love Twitter]

I’ve been meaning to do this for a while now, so this is as good a place to start as any. Every once and a while a trending topic on Twitter whose origins are rooted in the “urban community” will catch my eye and lead myself and millions of others to literally roll on the [...]

Dream Team: Montreal Canadiens

If you were given the power to assemble the ultimate line-up choosing from any player that ever skated for your favorite team, who would you pick? And, how?
The ‘how’ is relatively simple. You obviously want the players with the most skill and talent, but you can’t choose Orr to play for Chicago or Gretzky for [...]

Jess Casey vs The Streets of #G20 [Patrick Estebar Shoot]

After watching the G20 protests in Toronto on Twitter, CP24, and of course Youtube I really got tired of hearing about the whole thing. Then on Sunday it hit me: Let’s break the monotony by doing a mini-shoot downtown. So I put the bat signal up and assembled a coalition of the willing (Jess Casey [...]

Sandra Kirilovic on Elena Semikina, Miss Universe Canada 2010 [Gallery]

On June 14th Elena Semikina was crowned Miss Universe 2010… I mean Miss Universe Canada 2010. The 26 year old Toronto native grew up in Russia. And if I know Donald Trump- hot, Russian accent, 6’2, blonde… yup she’s bound to get noticed. I know, a beauty pageant based on beauty… shocking. Needless to say [...]

Double-Standards: Talking to My Mom About Sex (Part 2)

I’ve done a lot of stupid things when under the influence of my favorite guardian, Al Cohol. Granted, he has given me the courage to talk to girls, dance, and sometimes even rap; and I thank him for this everyday. But, he has also gotten me thrown in jail and convinced me that making a [...]

Fitness Fridays: P90X – Day 23

 
Shoulders and Arms and Kenpo X
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Mornings are different now. I wake up feeling great, energized, and with an overwhelming sense of purpose. I don’t really know what this purpose is considering my days consist of an hour of working out, twenty minutes of writing, and 10-13 hours of Olympic watching. I spent an hour-and-a-half watching [...]

TIME Thursdays: K-OS Kraziness Edition [June 17 Gallery]

We had a wikked time jamming with K-OS this night! His set was INSANE and Torona`s finest we`re out rockin it real hard! K-OS killed it! Keep it locked for more updates on Time Thursday`s summer series. Images of course by James Drobik!

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5 Ways G20 Sucks For Toronto

I don’t usually engage in this type of stuff, because it’s really not what I do, however this G20 thing is impossible to ignore, and while other websites take a more activistic-journaly approach, I instead opt for the observational-talk-shittery approach. With that said I give you 5 ways I feel the G20 sucks for Toronto. [...]

Dream-Team: The Toronto Maple Leafs

Who would you pick to fill the starting line-up for your favorite team if you could choose from any player that ever played for them? Better yet, who would you pick for every franchise?
Welcome to my new life goal: assemble a historically-sensitive and statistically-sound list of the the best possible starting line-up for every franchise [...]

McLovin’s Birthday Bash At TIME THIS THURSDAY! [Video]

Remember that TIME I told you that TIME Thursdays were going to be off-the-charts-insane? Well if you don’t know, now you know ninja! This week we’re bringing Christopher Mintz-Plasse aka MCLOVIN to TIME THIS THURSDAY for his 21st birthday party. No big deal! Not sure who Christopher Mintz-Plasse is? Have you been living under a [...]

G20: An in Depth Anal-ysis

Touted by many, as an all you can protest buffet

5 Signs You’re Dating A Future Fat

So a one night stand has turned into a one month stand. You’ve met a few of her friends, you let her do your laundry one too many times, and now she’s beginning to take her own ultimatums seriously. No matter how Well we Wheel, we will all come across the same fork in the [...]

Fitness Fridays: P90X – Day 18

 
Day 18 (catch-up day): Ab Ripper X, Shoulders and Arms, and Yoga X
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I was speaking with someone today that did not know me, but had read this thing. It became apparent that some people – considering all they know about me is that I workout and would probably make a great life partner – think [...]

#FollowFriday: Twitter Makes Following the World Cup Easy!

Twitter is awesome, we know this, but sometimes it can get very easy to get lost in all of the hashtags and at-signs, with so many people talking all at once. Enter the World Cup- pandemonium ensues. New Twitter users and old alike are madly tweeting scores and updates, and complaining about annoying bee noises [...]

Lauren O’Nizzle… O’Neil: VVIP for the Much Music Video Awards

So what has Lauren O’Nizzle/O’Neil been up to since we last featured her crying on the interweb? A better question might be what HASN’T she been up to? Now a recent UWO grad, you can check out her latest article published TODAY FOR THE TORONTO STAR on nerds and consumer culture, but more interestingly (at [...]

Double-Standards: Talking to My Mom About Sex

Equality. I do not know what it means, but I do know it is something women say a lot like “I need money”, “why should we split dinner?”, or “I am cold, give me your jacket”. I am not sure they know what it means either. With all the confusion swirling around the issue, I [...]

TIME Thursdays: Mikey Dato Massacre [June 10 Gallery]

We’re getting all geared up for a massive week at TIME as we have K-OS DJing for our epic NXNE event! This is of course on the precursor to MCLOVIN’S BIRTHDAY PARTY which we’ll be throwing next Thursday!
Last week’s pictures are below and hopefully they give you a taste of things to come, because you’d [...]

Moses Znaimer’s Idea City Conferece [Toronto]

For the next 3 days (June 16, 17, 18) the 50 greatest minds in the world will converge on Toronto to share ideas and potentially change the world. Sounds a little cliche I realize, but the possibilities for personal and global enlightenment cannot be denied.
Check out the presenter list below, and if you’re interested REGISTER [...]

10 Predictions For Miss Universe Canada 2010′s Top 20

Elena Semikina Wins Miss Universe Canada 2010 [Gallery]
So nobody else in Canada cared about this thing besides us until Tiffany Munroe started smack-talking African children, and of course nobody in ze uniwerse cared about this pageant until Sophie Froment said “No, I won’t get naked on tape before the pageant… Yeah, I got naked on [...]

Rick McGhie at the Steam Whistle Brewery in TORONTO [June 18]

[Ed. I'm super stoked that Rick is playing in Toronto this week! I think it would be awesome if we had a massive crew roll out to this event. Let's mobilize the troops on this one! Get your tickets ASAP and spread the word! Rick has been a major part of our lives 4 years [...]

2010 FIFA World Cup Drinking Game

I know there are a couple variations of FIFA World Cup Drinking Games out there right now, but most of them are not realistic. Chances are you would be going back and forth to the bathroom by halftime for having too many drinks instead of enjoying the game with your buddies.
Please note the author of [...]

Time Thursdays: Grand Opening feat. The 89ers [June 3 Gallery]

Time Thursdays has finally launched and our opening was an night of epic proportions. The music was absolutely insane as guests The 89ers rocked a massive set and our resident LRS came through huge to close out the night. As awesome as this nigh was (check out the photos below courtesy James Drobik), we’re just [...]

Fitness Fridays: P90X – Day 15 & 16

Chest and Back and Ab Ripper X 

I hate this routine more than I hate period blood. It’s a bloody mess and a total confidence-shatterer. Any feelings of strength, manliness, or sexiness you have built throughout the week are viciously squeezed out of you like a meal on a Caribbean vacation. (Wow, period blood and mind-blowing [...]