impudent strumpet

A friend of mine is having a baby any minute now, so I was looking at baby clothes. So many of the things I saw were ridiculous! These inc...

(via @EddieIzzard )

I write to my elected representatives on a fairly regular basis, often expressing concern about possible outcomes of certain policy proposal...

Sometimes you hear of a business or employer cutting back on its employees' pensions (and sometimes governments cutting back citizens...

With the recent Ontario election, I was reminded of one of my bullies. His claim to fame within the panthenon of my bullies was calling me...

This post is a review of a feminine hygiene product. As such, it contains descriptions of menstruation. If you don't want to read that ...

The following picture was tweeted into my timeline. I don't know its origin, but I felt compelled to respond. If you can't read it,...

A common job interview question is "Why do you want this job?" And the true answer, "Because it's a job," is not ac...

1. The report from Three Ontario Votes (which I've mentioned before ) is now out . I'm disappointed they didn't do a full seat...

The following is a quote from John Lanchester's I.O.U.: Why Everyone Owes Everyone and No One Can Pay. As usual, any typos are my own: B...

Some people think that money, or accruing material objects, doesn't lead to happiness. My personal experience is that it my money and m...

With the low voter turnout in last week's provincial election in the news, I find myself thinking of my grandmother. My grandmother has ...

The time: early 80s. The place: the spare room in my parents' house. My father spent hours at the machine, staring lines and lines of ...

Since we just had a federal election in May, I'm not rewriting everything from scratch. The pertinent links are below. For how to use ...

Another election on a beautiful day, and another provincial election nursing a virus (which has mutated from a sore throat to a runny nose t...

Given the sudden dearth of Fruitopia in my environs, I decided to try the flavour of vitaminwater that looked like it was indicated for figh...

Normally, I drink water during the day and with meals. However, I'm currently nursing a sore throat (likely viral), so I find myself wa...

As I've blogged about before, one thing I really enjoy about the workplace as opposed to academia is that I don't have to come up wi...