impudent strumpet

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Monday, May 29, 2006

Things They Should Invent: don't consider others overpaid

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The TTC strike has raised the usual complaints about TTC workers being overpaid. Personally I don't think they are, but that's not ...

Not as bad as it could be

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I wasn't closely following the news yesterday, and I woke up this morning at the latest hour possible because the heat was making it dif...
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Sunday, May 28, 2006

Brilliant Ideas that will Never Work: mandatory Nationstates for all politicans

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Everyone in the world who is or wants to be a politican should be required to have a Nationstate that they run in accordance with their own...

Moping

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Sometimes people complain that other people are "moping around". Seems a strange thing to complain about if you think about it. M...
Saturday, May 27, 2006

I don't like where For Better or For Worse is going

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The latest arc in FBOFW has Liz uncertain about living in the North and wanting to move back down south into a nice suburban existence (it ...

Razors

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It seems they no longer make blades for my razor (which I guess is to be expected, since I've been using the same one for almost 15 year...
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Wednesday, May 24, 2006

Pope joke

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An old joke: The Pope and one of his top cardinals were taking a long train ride one day. The Pope was doing a crossword puzzle, and the car...
Monday, May 22, 2006

My very most favourite Sesame Street ever!

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One two three, FOUR five, six seven eight, NINE ten, eleven twelve! I was well into my twenties before I realized this was supposed to be pi...
Saturday, May 20, 2006

Half-Formed Theory: Child social development

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Let's think for a moment about the social life of children. Think back to your school days, and remember what it was like to have a bun...
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Pet Peeve of the Moment: "You'll survive"/"You survived"

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Sometimes people trivialize other people's concerns about an upcoming situation, or their baggage about a past situation, by saying ...
Friday, May 19, 2006

Analogy for natalist culture

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Suppose you're in decent, functional, serviceable physical condition. You have full use of both your arms and both your legs, and your ...
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Wednesday, May 17, 2006

Things They Should Invent: Uppercase Numbers

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When I'm IMing, I'm use capital letters to show emphasis and stress. For example: "OMG, I SO want to do THAT!" Also when ...
Tuesday, May 16, 2006

Census

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The current census raises many issues about privacy and equality and other important things. But I didn't notice. I was too excited abou...
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Sunday, May 14, 2006

"What if?" of the moment

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What if you were offered a sufficient salary for life - enough that you never have to worry about money - on the condition that you never co...
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All statements can be interpreted as accurate, except "silver". Silver? WTF?

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Your Birthdate: December 22 You tend to be understated and under appreciated. You have a hidden force to do amazing things, doing them your ...
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Rules

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The following rules are effective immediately: 1. Anyone who says anything to the effect of "Wassa matter, you scared?" in a poli...
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Saturday, May 13, 2006

Movie scene bunny, free for the taking

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In big movie musicals, people often burst into song in a busy city street, and dance through the street in perfectly choreographed precision...
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Friday, May 12, 2006

Thoughts for today

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1. The deli where I buy my breakfast was giving out candies to its female customers for Mother's Day. They offered me one, and I said ...
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Monday, May 08, 2006

Signs I've been working too hard

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Last night I dreamed that I was charged with a violation of the Official Languages Act because the brand name on my running shoes was in Eng...
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