impudent strumpet

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Friday, July 31, 2009

Eddie Izzard once again raises the bar for both awesomeness and lunacy

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In January, Eddie Izzard raised the bar for human awesomeness everywhere . Now he's just outdone himself. He is running over 1,000 mile...
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Brilliant Ideas That Will Never Work: childfree ring

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This idea started here and was enhanced by this . Childfree people don't want to be in a relationship with non-childfree people, and vi...
Thursday, July 30, 2009

Why doesn't breast milk go bad?

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Serious question. I know it's the natural way to store and dispense milk, but at the same time it's milk that's being kept at 3...
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Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Good thing I don't have to drive anywhere

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Me two weeks ago: "I have an idea! I'll add some vodka to all this lemonade I'm making!" Me a week and a half ago: ...
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Awwwww of the day

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This dog has a guide dog!
Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Things They Should Study: do linguistic innovation and fashion trends diffuse along the same paths?

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My only basis for this hypothesis is a very small sample of empirical evidence. If I pick up fashion ideas from someone, I also pick up wor...

What I would write if I were a journalist

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If I had access journalist-calibre resources and research skills, I would do a search of as many media sources as humanly possible to find e...
Sunday, July 26, 2009

I can't stop listening to this song

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Take Your Mama - Scissor Sisters
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I'm having a relativity crisis

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I did my first practicum seven years ago. That's a quarter of my life! When I did my practicum, I was 21 years old. Seven years befor...
Friday, July 24, 2009

Things They Should Study: is there a correlation between childhood stuffed animals and materialism?

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When I was in Grade 5, our teacher played John Lennon's Imagine for us. I listened to the song, following along the lyrics sheet, brief...
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Like red but not quite

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I own very few pink clothes. In fact, apart from subtle pink eyeshadow (which really is the best neutral for green eyes) I have very few pi...
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Pseudo-Kosher

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Whenever I have cow milk and goat milk in the fridge at the same time, one of them goes bad way before it should. I'm pretty sure it...
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Currently pissing me off

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A good part of my politics are based on the thought "What if [bad thing] happens?" I want mechanisms to be in place so that I, an...
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Thursday, July 23, 2009

Anyone know the Sims 3 food icons?

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One of my Sims (dude on the right) wants to make Kate Pistachio's (lady on the left) favourite meal. The internet tells me that you fin...
Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Are we also not wearing enough hats?

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I find it presumptuous and just...weird to say that the IUD is being underused in Canada and is "due for a comeback" just because...
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Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Things They Should Invent: extreme public service

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I've always thought strikes are ill-advised in situations where there isn't a competitor. If Stelco goes on strike you can buy stee...

This blew my mind several different ways

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From City of Toronto Strike blog (but not terribly related to the strike so you can go ahead and keep reading even if you don't like wh...
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Monday, July 20, 2009

Sometimes I just want to curl up and cry

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I just want to be able to walk down my own street without hearing anti-labour rhetoric that's so hateful it would be modded out of newsp...
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Sunday, July 19, 2009

Things They Should Study: how does commercial sodium content compare with the amount of salt people use when left to their own devices?

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Commercial canned soups tend to have an unhealthily high sodium content. Sodium-free or genuinely low-sodium soups tend to be rather bland a...
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