impudent strumpet

Me in January 2009. Bob Rae today.

A while back, I came up with the idea of interviewing bullies and other mean people to get inside their head and find out what they're ...

This story of a blogger's experience in the ER got tweeted into my twitter feed, and what struck me reading it is that, because he arri...

I'm not on the Ontario voter list this election. I'm never on the Ontario voter list. Every single Ontario election since I was 18...

Whenever I'm looking into natural remedies for various things, I keep running up against the problem that clinical testing simply hasn...

People talk about Catholic school funding as though everyone is paying for it out of their own taxes. Most recent example I've seen is ...

Check out Three Ontario Votes . You go and cast an imaginary ballot under three different electoral systems, and after the election they...

I was pleased to see that CPSO is considering guidelines that are more open-minded about alternative medicine, but I'm concerned at the...

Every computer I've ever owned myself has been a Dell. Up until this past week, my experience with them has been consistent: I get 4ish...

Currently experiencing technical difficulties. Blogging will resume once they've been resolved. Expect a review of the Dell XPS 15 and...

I always get really annoyed by people who stand in front of empty seats on the subway, blocking access to those seats for others who might w...

Stomach acid is one of the most acidic things there is, but it doesn't harm the stomach because the stomach lining is strong enough to w...

Inspired by the impromptu memorial to Jack Layton , I think chalk should be available in all concrete-intensive public spaces at all times, ...

Warning: this will make you ovulate

The first symptom of what turned out to be GERD was a feeling of food being stuck on the back of my throat, which, over the next few days, q...

A couple of weeks ago, I ended up crying on the phone to my mother about all the things upsetting me about my GERD diagnosis. I don't o...

I recently ordered something from Overstock.com. I was a bit hesitant because they ship by DHL (with which I've had bad experiences in t...

Put in your earbuds and walk down the street at your normal brisk, businesslike pace. Whenever you see someone panhandling or fundraising o...

The time: just days after my 16th birthday. The place: driving school. The driving school has three teachers. Two are fat and one is th...