impudent strumpet

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

Thursday, November 29, 2007

Things They Should Invent: free valet parking for hospital emergency rooms

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I've been to the ER once, as a child with a non-critical but still ER-worthy problem. We had to park in an underground parking garage. ...
Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Things They Should Invent: earbud-holder earrings

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So you're going about your everyday life, listening to music to maintain your happy place and drown out the sounds of that homeless guy ...
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Tuesday, November 27, 2007

Materialism and self-esteem in kids

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So apparently, low self-esteem causes materialism in children, and parents are supposed to counter this by complimenting their children to ...
Monday, November 26, 2007

iPod does pathetic fallacy

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The snow is beautiful. It's those big fat wet flakes that can't help but fall gracefully, sticking to everyone's hair and cloth...
Sunday, November 25, 2007

Computers and their attempts to read my mind

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I needed to upgrade my French-English dictionary, so I went to amazon.ca and typed in "Collins-Robert". The first result? Joseph...

The Emperor's Children by Claire Messud

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This book is a story of Gen. Xers in New York in the dot-com bust. The plot is there, it's a story, it does its job, there's nothin...

Brilliant Ideas That Will Never Work: ugly glasses protest for better insurance

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Optical coverage in the health insurance of absolutely everyone whose insurance details I know is insufficient. Every insurance plan I'...
Thursday, November 22, 2007

Downtime at work

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When I get home from work, I'm tired. My brain is like a computer that badly needs to be rebooted, with all kinds of extra little file f...
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Monday, November 19, 2007

Things They DID Invent: Songza!

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A few months ago, I proposed "Youtune" as an audio equivalent of Youtube. Turns out Songza does this. Their catalogue is not a...
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Don't run a reader poll when you aren't giving the readers enough information

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Boys, 8 and 9, charged with raping an 11-year-old girl. Obviously this raises one major logistical question, and a series of smaller ones. Y...
Sunday, November 18, 2007

Vitamin D + acne update

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Further to my hypothesis about Vitamin D's effect on my skin : I've just gone through a full cycle without the Vitamin D, and my ski...
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Fashion tips for people with narrow shoulders

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If you have narrow shoulders, don't buy a purse with flat shiny straps. The straps will slip off your shoulders far more readily than r...
Saturday, November 17, 2007

If you're in the market for nailpolish

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Right now, PharmaPlus has Rimmel nailpolish on for $1.99, plus like five bonus air miles each. I don't remember if I've blogged thi...
Friday, November 16, 2007

For the lack of an interpreter, a life was lost

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A translated transcript of the Dziekanski video. I'm glad the G&M did this, because I'm too squeamish to watch a person die. I ...
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Thursday, November 15, 2007

Coolest thing ever of the moment

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I'm not too fond of marching bands, but as a band geek and a gamer I can't help but think this is awesome (like at least 100,000 hot...
Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Sightings

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Seen in the hallway: the neighbour dog who's been WOOFing at me every time I step out into the hall. Turns out its a tiny little schnau...
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Tuesday, November 13, 2007

Dancing through the streets

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Evening rush hour. It's dark out, which we're still getting used to since it's only a week into standard time. I'm standing...
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Monday, November 12, 2007

The weirdest thing about In Flanders Fields

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The last two lines, my bolding: We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders Fields Though. Though implies an expected cause and eff...
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One drink a day for women and two for men

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I keep seeing that people limit their drinking to one drink a day for women and two for men. What I really want to know is whether this gen...
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