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It's a common collocation. But is anyone questioning it? The media doesn't strike me as especially elite. Some of them are (I was...

So what was the government's ostensible/official reason for proroguing? I know that conventional wisdom is that they want to avoid an i...

Queen vs. Joan Jett, with 50 Cent popping in:

I suppose, objectively speaking, I can't quite call them ugly. They were bold. They were rectangular. They were trendy, in both the p...

Props to Lenscrafters, specifically their Fairview Mall location, for allowing me to easily and effortlessly return a pair of glasses (in ke...

As I do every year, I read every birthday horoscope I could find. Like 80% of them suggested that a lifestyle change would be happening in ...

Star : This year, you want to transform your daily life. Your vision might not coincide with what really happens. Examine your long-term des...

Idea of the moment: Sonnet 29 being half-screamed, half-wept by a Beatles-movie-style fangirl trying to corner her idol at the stage door.

Why does the Canadian military in Afghanistan have detainees in the first place? Most of the media coverage I've seen doesn't expla...

Eve Dallas crosses paths with Dexter Morgan, who, it turns out, killed Eve's mother (for perfectly valid, Code of Harry reasons). Dexter...

I get into the elevator. I press the number for my floor. A UPS lady is standing in there for some reason, and when she notices the number ...

1. Equip all food drives to collect money as well as cans Food drives are inconvenient for me. Apart from my 72-hour kit, I tend not to ha...

At an environmental presentation last year, I sat next to an investment banker who was initially skeptical when I explained that New Yorkers...

Public health officials are being accused of overinflating the flu threat get rid of extra vaccine doses, with the thinking that the flu th...

I enjoyed this sequence of songs my ipod gave me on the way home today.

Please answer in the comments, anonymous comments welcome: Someone you encounter in everyday life (but aren't necessarily friends with) ...

A controversial ad under consideration for use on the TTC was being reviewed today, and the TTC's committee decided to reject it. I am v...

David Eddie: I recently moved into a house that is shared by five people. Four of the housemates have been friends for years and have lived...