impudent strumpet

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Tuesday, June 30, 2009

I think smaller favours are bigger than bigger favours

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Several times on the internet I've seen parents say that the difference between parents and non-parents is that parents would risk their...
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Why power centres instead of malls?

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I read in Spacing (of all places) that they're replacing Centre Mall with a big-box power centre. This has me wondering why power centre...
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Sunday, June 28, 2009

Wherein I receive an education

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A conversation with someone who had a bit of a different upbringing than I did led me to the following realization: I am politically aware p...
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Delightful

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When Sim-Eve goes to serve hot beverages, the command is "serve delightful hot beverages." When she goes to take a bubble bath, t...

Things They Should Invent: internet karaoke server

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Imagine if, instead of being isolated local units, all karaoke machines were hooked up to the internet. Then there's a central database...
Saturday, June 27, 2009

Things They Should Study: the economic impact of rain on Pride

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It's supposed to rain tomorrow, so I'm sure as hell not going to the parade. And I'm sure I'm not the only one thinking that...

New Rule: maintain mental "last updated" metadata

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I was once in a conversation with a member of my parents' generation who had quite a number of very loud opinions on what constitutes re...
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Popes' names

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Popes' names translate. Emperor Popeatine is Benedict in English and BenoƮt in French. John Paul II was Jan Pawel in Polish. I wonder w...

Apartment listings: ur doin it wrong

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For the purposes of a blog post, I was trying to figure out how much a three-bedroom apartment goes for in Toronto. So I went to a rentals ...
Friday, June 26, 2009

The perfect mash for this week's twitter trends

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(Aside: why do the police at 2:20 have the word "POLICE" written on their shields in English instead of Farsi?) Shamelessly yoinke...

Everything you ever wanted to know about same-sex marriage in Toronto

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Presumably in honour of Pride, the Toronto Star's Map of the Week has all kinds of cool data about same-sex marriage in Toronto.

The argument for sterilization before marriage

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One of the barriers people face in getting sterilized is "But what if you get into a relationship with someone who wants kids?" A...
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Open Letter to Firefox

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Dear Firefox: Please let me have different Google accounts logged in in different browser windows. Internet Explorer lets me do that!
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Thursday, June 25, 2009

Umbrellas

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I recently switched to a larger purse, so I bought a larger umbrella. (Don't worry, it's not one of those huge ones that takes up t...
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Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Sexy tune

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Video is irrelevant, it's just the only way I could get a full embed. I couldn't find a video of it being performed, but I picture t...

Conspiracy theory of the moment

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Because I like making up conspiracy theories: What if the LCBO was never actually have labour relations problems, they just needed a sudden ...
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Why you need Anglophone translators, even for easy language combinations

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Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Analogy for why you might want a tubal even if your husband has a vasectomy

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When reading about the couple who was denied a tubal even though they had two children and their family was complete, one of the most frequ...
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Labour relations

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First two questions, then some worrying, and probably some other random stuff along the way because I'm not particularly organized today...
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