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Tuesday, May 31, 2005
An open letter to Dell Canada
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Dear Dell, My first computer, which I love like most people love their first car, came from you. I've been using it for coming up on si...
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Monday, May 30, 2005
Speaking of strange fashion ideas...
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...there are a few gems in here! -Always wear a size smaller than your actual size - Destiny -When you walk in high heels ,don't walk on...
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Are celebrity stylists boycotting bras or something?
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What's up with celebrities not wearing bras in situations where a good bra would vastly improve their look? I can see not wearing a bra...
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Overheard
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1. "Mommy, why is that lady wearing black?" - from a small child (around five years old?) as I passed him and his mother walking ...
Debunking moral platitudes
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1. "You shouldn't use profanity because it isn't very creative." I've heard people say this to their children, and I...
Saturday, May 28, 2005
Consumer guilt redux
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My new computer is sitting in a saved cart on the Dell website, waiting for me to complete the order. Fortuitous upgrade synchronicity mean...
How faith works
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Can people who are religious make a conscious, deliberate decision to believe in something, and then they believe in it? I don't mean o...
Friday, May 27, 2005
I don't like wedding registries
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Circumstances led me to be looking at a couple of wedding registries lately. I cannot imagine making a wedding registry. I cannot imagine ...
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New rule for elopements!
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Whenever a couple elopes, they should make sure they have a bouquet. Then when they are leaving the venue where the wedding was conducted, ...
The Lesser Evil: Political Ethics in the Age of Terror by Michael Ignatieff
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I wasn't excessively impressed by this book. I wasn't UNimpressed, but did leave feeling rather indifferent. It's a very small...
Two unrelated etiquette questions
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1. Suppose you're walking down the sidewalk when you come up behind someone who is walking far too slowly, and for whatever reason you ...
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Wednesday, May 25, 2005
Brilliant Ideas that will Never Work: let's all write in library books
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I think whenever someone reading a library book has something useful and brief to say about the book while they are reading it, they should ...
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Things they should invent: cars with variable engine power/efficiency
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Someone I know owns a big horse, so she needs a big SUV to pull her horse-trailer. However, she isn't pulling her horse trailer at all ...
What the other 90% of the brain does
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They say you only use 10% of your brain. I'm pleased to announce that yesterday I located part of the 90% that I don't use. I was ...
Sunday, May 22, 2005
Huge Star Wars plot hole! (spoiler-free)
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This post mentions things that we know have to happen between Episode 2 and Episode 4, but spoiling details are not given. It also mentions ...
The Nine Planets by Edward Riche
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I did not enjoy this book. The main protagonist (who is also the first-person narrator) is a singularly unpleasant person, so I simply did ...
Saturday, May 21, 2005
Wherein Dear Abby does a huge disservice to all her readers
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A reader writes in to Dear Abby complaining that her fiancé is hiding gay porn around the house and hitting on her male friend. Dear Abby ...
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Thursday, May 19, 2005
More Star Wars ponderings (completely spoiler-free!)
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I wonder what Lucas's intentions gave Padmé and Anakin a five-year age difference? It's a hurdle to their relationship that was neve...
Budget passed
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Budget passed, no election, pass it on! I've never watched the H of C on TV before - it's really interesting!
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