impudent strumpet

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Monday, May 31, 2010

Eddie braindump

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I just got back from seeing Eddie Izzard again!! This isn't at all cohesive, but I want to write stuff down before I forget. I know at o...
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Sunday, May 30, 2010

Things They Should Invent: shyness drugs

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From today's Miss Conduct : Two of my co-workers are expecting. One of the women is friendly to everyone. The other will walk by me with...
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Saturday, May 29, 2010

How to fix your computer freezing after the latest ZoneAlarm upgrade

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After the latest ZoneAlarm update (I got it on Friday, May 28), my computer started slowing and freezing. I'm running Windows XP on a f...
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So what's going on in Scandinavia?

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I've seen a number of articles lately (like this ) saying that the situation in Greece demonstrates that the European model of socialism...
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Friday, May 28, 2010

Music for a relaxed and groovy Friday

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Latest musical discovery, via @TravelMaus :
Thursday, May 27, 2010

More information please: sound cannon edition

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Toronto police have purchased four, long-range acoustic devices (LRAD) — often referred to as sound guns or sound cannons — for the upcoming...
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Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Things They Should Invent: do not disturb signs for dogs

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Some people like it when random people pay attention to their dog while walking down the street. Others don't - maybe it interferes wit...
Sunday, May 23, 2010

Band bunny

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Someone should come up with a band that dresses like a 60s girl group (shift dresses, heels, pearls) but plays really aggressive hardcore pu...
Saturday, May 22, 2010

How to give career guidance to students

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From an otherwise-unrelated article : Unemployment’s on the rise, you need a skill,” a weathered old guidance counsellor says to an androgyn...
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This is new?

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Today's Globe and Mail included an article deploring the fact that there are people trying to get you to sign up for credit cards in TTC...
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In this blog's ongoing tradition of taking credit for everything...

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After thoroughly enjoying Google Pacman on my speaker-less work computer, I came home to realize it has sound. This is inconvenient since I...
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Thursday, May 20, 2010

This is not an episode of Scooby Doo!

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The OED Word of the Day was Holy Ghost. In the Catholicism of my era, we called it the Holy Spirit. I have seen Holy Ghost in older school...
Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Things They Should Study: the impact of gender imbalance on future generations

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A while back, I read a book called Singled Out: How Two Million Women Survived without Men After the First World War by Virginia Nicholson....
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Monday, May 17, 2010

Things They Should Invent: non-rude way for businesses to tell customers that they're not quite the target audience

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Buying a condo is way too hard and stressful to do myself, and everyone advises me that what I really need is a good real estate agent. (Wh...
Sunday, May 16, 2010

Search Strings of the Day

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1. Where to buy a Victoria's Secret bra 2. If you aren't gay then why aren't you married? 3. Stripper problems and how to solve ...
Saturday, May 15, 2010

Open Letter to Disappointed Mother in the May 6 Dear Prudence column

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Dear Prudence , I have two daughters, ages 11 and 14. It has been my desire to instill in them empathy, compassion, and an eye for supportin...

Today's inspiration

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In honour of what is apparently an impending 90s revival (and can I just say: yes please!), Style Notebook is asking people about their favo...
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Friday, May 14, 2010

More information please: what exactly does "sexual assault" mean?

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We're being warned about a man connected with a series of sexual assaults on the Yonge subway line : Okay, I ride the Yonge subway line,...
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Thursday, May 13, 2010

Things They Should Invent: subsidize use of Cancon in TV/movie soundtracks

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Most of the rules to promote Canadian music and other performing arts industries fall in the category of requiring people to use Canadian co...
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