impudent strumpet

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

Thursday, May 31, 2007

Nonviolence: Tenty-five Lessons from the History of a Dangerous Idea by Mark Kurlansky

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I highly recommend reading this book. It's not that big of a book (only 183 pages) but there's really a lot to think about in it. ...
Tuesday, May 29, 2007

When boys' voices change

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Bad day (Rogers sent me a bill for $200 when I was expecting a bill for $10ish, so I'm going to have to call and complain and sort stuff...
Monday, May 28, 2007

Good bras!

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La Senza has these awesome (like a thousand hotdogs!) bras this season! They have several improvements over previous seasons' t-shirt b...
Sunday, May 27, 2007

It must be weird to be a stand-up comic

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A while back, I thought of what I believe is a completely original joke. I could find no evidence on the internet that anyone had ever told...
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Sweat and socialism

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I should warn you that this post contains graphic descriptions of perspiration, my perspiration to be precise. It's rather a personal th...
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Saturday, May 26, 2007

How to make your Sims be uncouth

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If you have a male Sim who isn't too neat and isn't too shy, and he has to go to the bathroom, you can click on any bush on the prop...
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Thursday, May 24, 2007

Macroquestioning and microquestioning

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I question all the Big Things in life. Do I really want to own a house? Do I really want to drive a car? Do I actually believe in this re...
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Conan O'Brien is messing with my mind!

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Conan O'Brien's guests today: America Ferrera from Ugly Betty, Eddie Izzard, and an entomologist. For those of you keeping score at ...
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Wednesday, May 23, 2007

Things They Should Invent: tag other people's posts

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I'm watching a DVD that has been Youtubed in its entirety. It's divided into several parts, each titled and tagged with "DVD Na...

Marley & Me: Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog by John Grogan

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Animal books don't usually work on me (strange, I know, because I am an animal person), but this one did. It is adorable and hilarious ...
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Tuesday, May 22, 2007

Open Letter to the Comedy Network

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Dear Comedy Network: I'm really happy that you show Just For Laughs so often. But there's one thing you could do to really improve ...
Monday, May 21, 2007

Now recruiting for the Colour Coordination Cabal

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We in the Colour Coordination Cabal are attempting to take over and redefine global consciousness of what colours go together. If you'r...

The effect of parental age on parent/adult-child relationships

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When I was born, my parents were several years older than I am now. This means that I have no memory whatsoever of my parents ever being my...
Saturday, May 19, 2007

The Bishop

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I just noticed that in the cartoon intro to Monty Python's The Bishop sketch, the bishop moves diagonally. I love how, even though I...

Open Letter to Microsoft

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Dear Microsoft: Want to make PowerPoint more translation-friendly? Then please enable the overtype function. Sincerely, A disgruntled trans...
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Things They Should Invent: intermodal information on how to improve your environmental footprint

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We know that fluorescent lightbulbs are better than incandescent lightbulbs. But does that mean you should throw out your perfectly good in...
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Friday, May 18, 2007

Chansons

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The problem with songs in French is that they always cheat on their meter/rhyme schemes. "Oh Canada/Terre-UH de nos aieux" "A...
Sunday, May 13, 2007

Helpful Hints: choreograph your recipes

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I was reading a recipe for roast chicken , which is an unfamiliar process to me because I'm vegetarian. I don't think I could follow...
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Cake or death

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I've been watching a lot of Eddie Izzard on Youtube, and everything has been absolutely hilarious except the "Cake or Death." ...
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