impudent strumpet

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

Wednesday, February 28, 2007

The problem with Little Mosque

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The problem with Little Mosque is that none of the characters can say no. Right now Yassir's mother wants him to take a second wife, an...
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Monday, February 26, 2007

Enough about the dresses, what about the hair?

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I was really surprised at the number of actresses wearing their hair long and straight for the Oscars. My hair is like that naturally, so I...
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Sunday, February 25, 2007

Nonarbitrary goals are the secret to happiness

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I've previously postulated that pessimism is the secret to happiness. I think another secret to happiness is not to make your goals too ...
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Saturday, February 24, 2007

"A two-liter bottle of soda"

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Peejee told Davan's father that Davan drinks "a two-liter bottle of soda" every day. "A two-liter bottle of soda" ??...
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Thursday, February 22, 2007

The effect of expectations on comprehension

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Disclaimer 1: This post is about linguistics. It does veer perilously close to politics because a point of linguistic research reminded me ...
Tuesday, February 20, 2007

Fun with the English language

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Read the following two sentences and absorb the meaning by gut reaction only: 1. He was making an effort to speak French. 2. He was making...
Sunday, February 18, 2007

Brilliant Ideas That Will Never Work: your own apartment as coming-of-age ritual

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In today's Toronto Star, there was an article suggesting that Canada needs a coming-of-age ritual to make youth feel like responsible an...
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Couples living apart

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One thing I've noticed lately when enjoying my guilty pleasure of reading advice columns and online responses is that there are a lot of...
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Saturday, February 17, 2007

Tattoos

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I wonder if anyone IRL has gotten a tattoo of the Dark Mark? There's no reason for a Muggle to perceive it as a cool thing to have a ta...

"You will someday"

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Most childfree people have, at one time or another, had the following exchange: Childfree: "No, I'm not having children, I'm ch...
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Friday, February 16, 2007

The 10th anniversary of the relationship that has had the greatest effect on my life

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Ten years ago, I got my very own internet access for the first time. (Yes, I'm saying the internet has had a greater effect on my life ...
Thursday, February 15, 2007

I wish I could write back to Dear Abby's correspondents

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In today's Dear Abby, readers give advice in reply to a previous letter from a young woman who was receiving unwanted attention from her...
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Silly things Harry Kim says in "The Haunting of Deck Twelve"

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1. To a mess hall full of people, when an emergency begins to occur: "I want everyone to report to their stations until we figure out...
Wednesday, February 14, 2007

Just saying no

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When we think of why being a grownup rocks, we tend to think of things we can do even though our parents don't want us to. But another ...

Injustice!

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A 5-year-old girl fended for herself for days while home alone with the body of her mother, who apparently succumbed to bacterial meningiti...
Tuesday, February 13, 2007

How to keep Google Groups from freezing in IE 6

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Ever since Google Groups updated, it's been freezing for me in IE 6 (and malheureusement I don't have the option of using another br...

Petition

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A petition against female genital mutiliation. Available in French only. (Pétition contre les mutilations génitales féminines). Pour celles ...
Monday, February 12, 2007

Fitting into culture

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I've recently noticed a convergence of commentary on how it's important for immigrants to make an effort to fit into the culture of ...
Sunday, February 11, 2007

Beware of AutoCorrect

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The word I am attempting to type: succinct The typo I accidentally make: succincg Word's AutoCorrect of said typo: sucking The result: a...
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I collect languages, give away free ideas, and construct precision analogies.
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