impudent strumpet

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

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Beauty products are not the enemy

›
This surprises me. First of all, I'm surprised at the assumption that media and advertising are key in making people feel dissatisfied w...
1 comment:
Monday, March 30, 2009

Blast from the past

›
Latest iTunes rediscovery: 1. Those girls got pipes! Not just vocally, but in their arms as well! I didn't know women did weight trai...

Things They Should Invent: standard nonaggressive nonjudgemental way of asking other people in the subway to give up their seat for a third party

›
Sometimes you're on the subway and you see someone standing who should probably have a seat (elderly, disabled, pregnant, etc.) but you ...
2 comments:

Lookit! Lookit!

›
Baby otters!
2 comments:

Conspiracy theory anyone?

›
Theory: our government's real motivation in embarrassing us internationally by banning George Galloway from the country is to ultimately...
Sunday, March 29, 2009

Things They Should Invent: don't say no, name your price instead

›
Some US-based online retailers won't ship to Canada. At all. Period. It occurs to me that there must be some amount of money that woul...
1 comment:

OMG PUPPY SQUEE!

›
Dude walks into my building walking the most adorable dog ever. Big puppy, floppy ears, white with brown spots including a spot over one ey...
3 comments:

Penalties

›
I've been receiving a lot of political propoganda lately assuring me that longer jail sentences have been introduced, so my children wil...
1 comment:

Random thoughts from childhood

›
1. When I was a kid, a lot of the grownups around me assumed that if I was into something, that must necessarily be because it's trendy...
2 comments:
Saturday, March 28, 2009

Things They Should Invent: hair removal method for hairs that aren't there

›
Every method of hair removal will only remove hairs that are there. So why's this a problem you're asking? Let me give you an exam...
2 comments:

More information please (Ontario budget edition)

›
1. What exactly is to be gained by harmonizing the sales taxes? Media coverage implies that there is some widely-known benefit to doing t...
1 comment:
Friday, March 27, 2009

This is surprisingly perky for a song about adultery and murder

›
Wake Up Call - Maroon 5
Thursday, March 26, 2009

Things They Should Invent Words For

›
We need a word for when you're absolutely sure you have some factoid on good authority and you know for certain that somewhere out there...
5 comments:

Weird tax benefit decision

›
Check out the table here. Single individuals get $300. Single parents and couples get $1000. Semantically and syntactically, that means al...
7 comments:

How to make a harmonized sales tax as painless as possible

›
When they harmonize the sales taxes , people are going to notice. Things that were previously taxed at 5% are suddenly going to be taxed at...

A Toronto moment

›
The lady next to me on the subway is wearing exactly the same scarf as me. Mine is intricately and decoratively folded and knotted in my ve...
2 comments:
Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Interjurisdictional driver's licences

›
Suppose you're a teenager growing up in the place in the world with the lowest driving age. You start going through the licencing proce...
3 comments:
Monday, March 23, 2009

Things They Should Invent: Sing To Your Headphones Day

›
In the spirit of Talk Like A Pirate Day, on Sing To Your Headphones Day everyone gets to walk around singing out loud to whatever music is p...

xkcd imitates life

›
1. I always have these dreams. (Click on the link - I tried to embed but it's too wide.) I've even blogged about them. They alw...
‹
›
Home
View web version

About Me

My photo
impudent strumpet
I collect languages, give away free ideas, and construct precision analogies.
View my complete profile
Powered by Blogger.