impudent strumpet

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

Friday, March 31, 2006

Open letter to the 12-year-old boys playing some game that involves running back and forth across the subway platform

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I don't care that you're having fun - more people should have fun in subway stations! I don't care that you're making noise ...
Thursday, March 30, 2006

Why I love Vulcans

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So I'm watching Voyager (Yes, I've been on a Star Trek kick lately. What's the point of being a grownup if you can't enjoy ...
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Wednesday, March 29, 2006

Is this really how you give birth?

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The newspaper showed a picture of this statue of Britney Spears, apparently in the process of giving birth. Now, I've never given birth ...
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Tuesday, March 28, 2006

Why proofreaders are important

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I am going to type, letter for letter, the text of the ad for The Rick Mercer Report that appears on page A4 of today's Globe and Mail. ...
Monday, March 27, 2006

Best facial expression ever!

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I've been trying for the past five minutes to make my face do this. I don't think my face bends that way.
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Saturday, March 25, 2006

Random thought

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An article about the rescued Christian Peacemaker hostages mentioned that a) during the time they were kidnapped, they had little to know in...

Pet peeve of the moment: gratuitous PDFing

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It is perfectly reasonable to make a PDF when it is essential that you preserve the physical appearance of the document, like if it's a ...
Thursday, March 23, 2006

Weird dream

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Last night I dreamed I was on a group tour in Poland. I stopped in a store to buy a book about North American aboriginal people (I don'...
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Wednesday, March 22, 2006

How to get an abortion in South Dakota

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They are setting up an abortion clinic on the Pine Ridge Sioux Reservation. Here's how to make a donation This has been a public service...
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Silly plot holes

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I'm watching a particularly stupid episode of Voyager, where they're all trapped in a Holodeck simulation of WWII France. Anyway, i...
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Tuesday, March 21, 2006

I don't think I'm in for a good day today

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I have long, oily hair. This means that while the ends of my hair can occasionally do with a bit of conditioner to help detangle them, the ...
Monday, March 20, 2006

Birth order science by mutual commiseration

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I've been asking around in my social circle, and have come to a scientific hypothesis, backed by empirical anecdotal evidence. In two-ch...
Sunday, March 19, 2006

Things They Should Invent: Don't feel thankful!

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I don't think we should feel thankful for things that we consider basic human rights or basic elements of our standard of living. I thi...
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Things they DID invent!

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I've always said someone needs to invent a way to search for a song you have in your head, especially when you don't know the lyrics...

It's just clothing!

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A pet peeve of mine is when people assume that Western Muslim women are oppressed when they choose to wear a chador, hijab, or burqa. Yes, ...
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Thursday, March 16, 2006

Anyone out there know US military uniform regulations?

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Whenever US military people are on TV game shows, they wear their uniform. Are they required to do this, or are they just doing it by choic...
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Backbench

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Has anyone noticed that the comic Backbench in the Globe and Mail has been really funny looking this week? I can't tell what the artist...
Wednesday, March 15, 2006

Even Miss Manners approves of not answering your phone!

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Yesterday's Cary Tennis column generated huge numbers of comments. Basically, the letter-writer's friend asked if he could come ov...
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Bitter Fruit by Achmat Dangor

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This book was very difficult for me to read or enjoy because it was full of what I can best describe as unhappy sex. Woven throughout the st...
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