impudent strumpet

Plans that either come to naught or half a page of scribbled lines

Tuesday, November 29, 2005

How to Vote

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In honour of the upcoming election, a review. 1. Of the parties running candidates in your riding, decide which one has the best platform t...
Monday, November 28, 2005

Thoughts on the eve of the government falling

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As a voter, I don't feel that it's necessary to make the government fall right now. The decision to make the government fall today ...
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Sunday, November 27, 2005

Pain

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If you go to a doctor with a complaint of pain, the doctor asks you to rate it on a scale of one to ten, with ten being the worst pain you...
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Saturday, November 26, 2005

Things that rock!

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1. Cover Girl TruBlend Powder Foundation. I know I'm probably too old to be wearing Cover Girl, but this makeup works as advertised an...
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Friday, November 25, 2005

How to make people paranoid

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If you're ever near people having a conversation in another language, stare at them as though you're following along. If they look i...
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Thursday, November 24, 2005

Free political advice!

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One piece of political advice for each party that runs in my riding. In alphabetical order: Conservatives: You seem to be trying to promot...
Tuesday, November 22, 2005

Advice

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I've said this before, but I think it bears repeating. IF you own a business or are in charge of a public space or institution, and IF y...
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How to build the perfect website for an eyewear store

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Eyewear is a tricky business. It's expensive, serves both fashion and medical purposes, and has to be worn on one's face at all time...
Sunday, November 20, 2005

Open letter to white supremacists

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While searching to see what the blogosphere had to say about the Cardinal McGuigan incident, I noticed that some white supremacists were cit...
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Bullying Roundup

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The thing that really shocks, outrages, and confuses me about the Cardinal McGuigan case is something mentioned by a CBC radio reporter at ...
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Wednesday, November 16, 2005

A Poll: Mental Arithmetic

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When is the last time you had to do any kind of math (or arithmetic, for the purists) in a situation where you didn't have the option of...
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Sunday, November 13, 2005

Maybe I'm becoming a synaesthete?

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It has just occurred to me that the word umami is onomatapoeic. I don't think tastes are supposed to be onomotapoeic.
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Does enfranchisement come from the inside or the outside?

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Conventional wisdom has it that people need to be employed and/or productive to feel enfranchised (in the broadest sense of the word). Appar...
Friday, November 11, 2005

Computer tip of the day

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From last week's Monday Morning Manager: Computer sharpener: In Windows XP you can dramatically improve the sharpness of text by right c...

How to make me turn into a big gooey pile of mush

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The comics strip Mutts is doing a series about a doggie who is rescued from Hurricane Katrina. I'm not a huge fan of Mutts - I'll r...
Monday, November 07, 2005

You know you're getting old when you don't remember how the adolescent mind works

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Last Sunday's Zits demonstrates an unfortunate trend I've seen in this comic strip: Jeremy as blaming his parents for not ensuring ...
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Sunday, November 06, 2005

Mashup Bunny: Everybody Raise a Glass to the Paperback Writer

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I was listening to the Beatles and chatting online, when the song Master of the House from Les Mis was mentioned in my online conversation. ...
Friday, November 04, 2005

Paris is Burning (what an original headline)

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Apparently there have been riots in the banlieux of Paris for like 8 straight days. Serious question: Why haven't the rioters gotten ti...
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Kangaroo Springs Shiraz

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I like this more than most shirazes, because it's more cream and berries and less tannic. It's sort of softer, instead of screaming...
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I collect languages, give away free ideas, and construct precision analogies.
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