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I look forward to finally welcoming our Afghan colleagues to Canada. We've been worrying about them for years, so I'm very happy to...

(yoinked from Antonia Z )

I'm really enjoying the White House Photostream. I've never been huge on photography as an art, but looking at these pictures I...

Dear recycling people: Thank you for that very useful flier showing me, with pictures and detailed instructions, exactly what can and cannot...

(Content warning: graphic descriptions of worms. In case, like, you couldn't tell from the title.) When I was a kid, quite often after ...

1. Point to the train. One of the unorthodox tips for riding the TTC is to exaggerate your body language so the people behind you can se...

The bad: there was a prolonged internet outage in my area yesterday. The good: when I called Rogers tech support, I got an automated announc...

When I joined the do not call list some of my voicemail spam did drop off, so now a significant portion is taken off by that automated recor...

The Simpsons is pronouncing clique as "click". I've always pronounced it "cleeeek". How do you pronounce it?

I've blogged before about how annoying it is that they keep renaming Toronto theatres every time they get a new corporate sponsor. Here...

Grace, Too - The Tragically Hip

I love being able to see nuances that I couldn't see before. The word "proactive" means something to me. I see how the state...

1. Chocolate milk in coffee instead of regular milk. Good idea or bad idea? 2. Taking coffee into the shower in the morning, most likely ...

One of the most annoying things in fanfic is when an author starts an interesting and compelling story, then writes themselves into a corner...

When I was 10 years old, my parents came up with the idea that we should say grace before Sunday dinner, and that we should all take turns -...

(Non-overlap of second clip starts at 0:53) If you know how to get these clips to stop pretending they're widescreen and fucking up the ...

In honour of World Penguin Day:

I blogged previously that they should change the rules of organ donation so they don't require next-of-kin consent when they already ha...

Right now I am playing Insaniquarium and listening to Mahler while blue gunk soaks into my face.