impudent strumpet

I've written about upspeak before , but the comments on this Language Log post surprise me (not so much the commenters themselves, but ...

This analogy may not apply to everyone in the world's atheism, and it obviously won't work with everyone's gender identity. But...

You often see people singing with their mouth practically on the microphone. Is that really necessary? Why can't they make a microphon...

Today is the first day of Advent, and xmas decorations and carols have been infesting public space for a month already. So here's a musi...

When people become parents, they seem to lose the ability to identify with the child half of the parent-child relationship. Even when think...

1. In collective agreement negotiations, the two sides always come to the table with percentages in mind for the economic raise and then ne...

I have several packages of food, meds, etc. with the expiry day "MA 2009". Is this March or May? How do they expect us to know in...

My awesome supers have saved my ass quite a few times lately. The internet tells me that it's customary to tip or give a gift to your su...

I don't believe this for a second, but it makes a fun conspiracy theory: This confidence vote pissing match is really a stealth economic...

This morning I woke up to find I had no hot water and very little cold water. I called my super and asked what was up, he went and poked ar...

According to today's Globe and Mail, the City of Toronto wants to ban biodegradable plastic bags. Let me repeat that: ban biodegradabl...

1. People who are on Twitter and also have a blog (or LJ or something similar) should post their Twitter feed on their blog as a sidebar or...

Check out the third comment here. Judith Martin, who writes Miss Manners, likes Eddie Izzard and watches him on YouTube. Dear Internet: Can...

When I wake up in the morning, the first thing I think is "WTF?" and the second thing I think is "Gotta pee!" However, ...

1. I look like I know where I'm going. I was in a maze of an office building I've never been in before going to an office I'd ...

There is a fanfic writer who goes by Impudent Strumpet. I am not her, she is not me, don't blame her for anything I write here. I hard...

I can sing along with my background music while typing, even though the words I'm typing are completely different from the words I'm...

Funny warning signs

Someone writes into Dear Abby saying that parents should teach their teenage daughters how to politely decline a date. (Which I agree with,...