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From time to time when I was a kid, I'd be sitting there, reading a book, minding my own business, and some grownup would walk in and sa...

Sometimes when I tell people that I was bullied, and that "just ignor[ing] it" didn't make the bullying stop (at least not for...

In the news lately has been the Conservative government's desire to get rid of the $1.75 per vote subsidy, leaving only fundraising to p...

I just installed the latest Windows 7 service pack, and, after I rebooted, my computer gave me a message saying "Setting up personalize...

I first learned about the concept of noblesse oblige in sociolinguistics class, when we were studying U and Non-U . To give us some context,...

This train of thought has been festering for a while, but it started with this article about how there are fewer male students in veterinar...

Has anyone out there successfully burned an .avi file to a DVD so it can be played in a DVD player? If so, what exactly did you do? Window...

In some of the activities in Wii Fit, you can "challenge" your trainer to see who can do the most reps. Since your trainer is act...

From a Globe and Mail column , explaining why doctor's offices have to charge for telephone prescription renewal. OHIP doesn't cove...

Recently in the news, a number of Ontario Catholic school boards banned Gay-Straight Alliances in their schools. But I recently stumbled up...

I was surprised when reading Noam Chomsky's reaction to Bin Laden's death to learn that assassination is illegal under internationa...

This year, Reitmans Comfort Fit pants have a tag on them suggesting that you try wearing a size smaller than your regular size, "for a ...

In Local Motion , there are two stories of excessively NIMBY behaviour. In one case, a family put up a fence in their yard so the kids coul...

I've been watching Johnathan Haidt's TED talk on the moral roots of liberals and conservatives, and I realized that I actually have...

Sometimes elected representatives will vote against a measure when they approve of its general direction, but don't think it goes far en...

Click here for a projection of the 2011 election outcome made with the actual 2011 popular vote numbers. It predicts Conservative 166, NDP...

1. I can haz poll-by-poll data? I'd very much like a map like this for the 2011 results. I found the swing within my own riding les...

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