Showing posts with label thoughts from the shower. Show all posts
Showing posts with label thoughts from the shower. Show all posts
Tuesday, March 24, 2026

"Women don't want you to solve their problems, they just want you to listen"

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This post is based on a common gender-based conventional wisdom, but I've been thinking about it and I think it applies to everyone of a...
Sunday, August 24, 2025

The first soil

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If you're going to grow some potted plants or a garden, you need soil.   Not dirt, soil.   It is possible that the soil in your yard mig...
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Monday, August 18, 2025

Steal This Idea: stealth crossover mystery

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Two or more TV shows (or other works of fiction) are set in the same location at the same time, with different, unaffiliated characters solv...
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Wednesday, September 11, 2024

The first arch

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There's a conspiracy theory that aliens taught humans to build pyramids, but I find that unlikely,  because making a big pile of rocks t...
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Monday, October 02, 2023

"And also" is the key to appreciating the little things in life

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I blogged previously about the idea of "and also" , which helps reconcile the fact that we live in a complex and imperfect world....
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Saturday, April 15, 2023

Advice for the Ask A Manager letter writer who found scales in the break room

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 A while back, Ask A Manager ran a letter where someone had placed scales in the break room next to the vending machines (#4 at the link). ...
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Monday, August 15, 2022

Defining the intersection of walkable and accessible

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I keep running up against the problem of not being able to find a good word for the overlap between "walkable" and "accessib...
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Saturday, June 11, 2022

Cause and effect

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In 2009, City of Toronto workers, including garbage collectors, went on strike because the employer was trying to take away their sick days ...
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Tuesday, January 18, 2022

Flaws in my antiracism education: educating us like children rather than future adults

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If I'm talking to one of the adults who was around when I was a kid and I mention one of my racism-related shortcomings, such as the fac...
Sunday, November 28, 2021

Hard work

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Conventional wisdom is that hard work is a virtue.  If you work hard, you will achieve success. I think we need to question the notion tha...
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Tuesday, October 26, 2021

What if we measured beauty standards in labour required to be unremarkable or credible?

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When we talk about beauty standards - and, especially, when we talk about beauty standards for women (so much of the beauty standard discour...
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Thursday, September 16, 2021

Things They Should Invent: "Browsing-Friendly" sign for small businesses

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When I have to do in-person shopping for clothes, I prefer to shop in a mall. That's because mall stores are more browsing-friendly - yo...
Tuesday, September 07, 2021

The mysterious missing verses of The Tottenham Toad

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Some snippets of a children's song popped into my head recently, starting with "The Tottingham Toad went hopping down the road......
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Sunday, September 05, 2021

Could an eBay-style bidding system help painlessly cool the real estate market?

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EBay uses an automatic bidding system. Every bidder enters their maximum bid, and the system automatically places incremental bids on each b...
Tuesday, June 29, 2021

Magic Words: "or . . . ?"

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A thing that exists in the world: well-intentioned people who have innocent questions that they want to ask for a good reason.   Another thi...