impudent strumpet

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

Friday, November 03, 2006

I hate this

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I called the doctor again to nag about the HPV vaccine. The receptionist said I need to call the pharmacy, and wouldn't or couldn't...
Thursday, November 02, 2006

Things They Should Invent: translation drinking game

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You have to break stride and go back to insert an adjective, take a drink. Your English sentence is less than 60% the length of the original...
Wednesday, November 01, 2006

Things They Should Invent: indicate cellphone battery charge in hours

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My cellphone shows how full the battery is with a little picture of a battery containing four or five little bars. I have a pretty good batt...

Attention: Toronto District School Board students

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I have decided to do it. I am going to let Toronto District School Board students tell me how to vote for the position of Toronto District S...
Tuesday, October 31, 2006

Quebec as a nation

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Quebec wants to be recognized as a nation (or rather, une nation ), and certain parts of English Canada are freaking out about this. You kno...
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Sunday, October 29, 2006

Rush Limbaugh is just faking

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From the Toronto Star's Linwood Barclay: Now, I know this may offend those who suffer from this particular condition, and these individu...
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Saturday, October 28, 2006

The literary advantages of Hogwarts

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The advantage of the Harry Potter series being set in a school is that Harry is learning magic along with the reader, so the reader gets to ...
Wednesday, October 25, 2006

How to talk about veils without becoming a hypocrite or an asshole

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The fact that some people wear veils has suddenly become an issue of debate lately. I find this rather petty and unbecoming public debate, ...
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Monday, October 23, 2006

Names

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When people are trying to decide what to name their children, they get these books of names so they can look up the meaning of any names the...

Things you can't or won't give up

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I was reading this Ask Amy column, and one of the comments she made piqued my interest. Context: a lady wrote in about her husband's d...
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Sunday, October 22, 2006

Things I have dreamed recently

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1. I dreamed I was a diplomat in charge of brokering peace in North Korea. There were four "tourist hotels", and each of the fou...
Wednesday, October 18, 2006

Subway sociology

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On the subway home, there was a big puddle of liquid on one of the seats. It looked like someone had spilled a large double-double there. ...
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Monday, October 16, 2006

Here's my plan, someone tell me if it's illegal

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I want to give any TDSB students who stumble upon this blog a say in their school board trustee. My plan is to invite TDSB students to leav...
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Things They Should Invent: allow students to vote for school board trustees

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I've been debating whether or not I should vote for a school board trustee. I can convince myself that it's my duty, and I can also...
Sunday, October 15, 2006

The trials and tribulations of owning a Swiss army knife in a post 9/11 world

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I just noticed that my Swiss army knife is on my desk. My first thought was "I'd better put it away." But where do I put it?...
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Saturday, October 14, 2006

New Rules (advice-giving edition)

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1. People who don't have oily skin/hair aren't allowed to give skin/hair care advice to people who do have oily skin/hair, unless i...

Deep thoughts on politics

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From a purely superficial point of view, Michael Ignatieff looks like an evil version of Dalton McGuinty.
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Friday, October 13, 2006

YAY municipal politics!

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I'm very happy, because this time around there's a viable challenger for my city councillor. Last time around their wasn't. I...
Thursday, October 12, 2006

Snow!!!!

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It snowed today! Only a few flakes and it didn't stick, but it was in fact snow! A bit early this year, methinks.
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