impudent strumpet

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Thursday, May 31, 2012

Dear Blogger: stop redirecting me to a profile creation page when I'm logged into a non-Blogger google account

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I have more than one Google account. One of them I use for this blog, the others I use for other purposes. My other Google accounts don...
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Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Buying happiness: summer skirts and dresses

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I always feel frumpy and gross in shorts, so every hot day for my entire adult life I've been wearing skirts and dresses exclusively. T...
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Sunday, May 27, 2012

Analogy for my non-thankfulness philosophy

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I previously blogged my theory that we should not feel thankful for basic human rights or basic standard of living, instead feeling entitle...
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Friday, May 25, 2012

While The Men Watch is a flawed concept

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Recently in the news: something called While The Men Watch , which purports to be sports commentary for women who aren't into sports.Som...
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Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Opposition to a casino in one's own neighbourhood is a public space issue

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In the news today : a poll showing that people are more likely to oppose a casino if it's in their neighbourhood. The media is generally...
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Monday, May 21, 2012

Why does textspeak still exist?

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My cellphone is five years old, and it still has predictive text (T9). Today's phones are equipped with full keyboards and autocorrect,...
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Things They Should Invent: require advertisers to make good on any offers they spam you with

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From time to time I receive a flyer in my mailbox from my telecommunications provider, promoting a service I already use at a lower price th...
Sunday, May 20, 2012

Questions Downton Abbey needs to answer

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I'm finally caught up with Downton Abbey, and there are some things I'm wondering. 1. How is Ethel supporting herself? Ethel was f...
Friday, May 18, 2012

Why are we resistant to the idea that we might have privilege?

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Reading Scalzi's Lowest Difficulty Setting and the follow-up got me thinking. People are generally quite resistant to the idea that t...
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Plot hole in my childhood

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All too often, my parents dragged us along to do boring grownup stuff like shop for new windows for the house or pick out appliances. There...
Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Wherein visualization works for me for the only time in my life

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A few weeks ago, I saw an absolutely disgusting image on TV. It caused me to switch off the TV, curl up in a fetal position, and stim. I...
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Sunday, May 13, 2012

Recommendations

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I'm filling out a customer satisfaction for a grocery store, and it asks me how likely I am to recommend the store to family or friends....
Saturday, May 12, 2012

False goals

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One bit of conventional wisdom that has been omnipresent since I first heard of it in middle school Guidance class is that you should set go...
Friday, May 11, 2012

How does the Crown have access to people's mental health diagnoses?

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A series of cases occupying the country’s highest courts has cast a spotlight on Crown attempts to probe the personal backgrounds of pr...
Monday, May 07, 2012

False savings

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For consumable products that I use regularly, I tend to clip coupons and watch for sales. However, I've noticed that a lot of coupons (...
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Sunday, May 06, 2012

My child-self's problem with princesses

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Some people think the presence of princess characters in children's media are problematic, thinking that they might lead kids to value b...
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Friday, May 04, 2012

Teach me about the Canadian Forces drug plan

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Reading this article , the following description of a drug program the Canadian Forces is considering cutting struck me as odd: Within gov...
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Thursday, May 03, 2012

Things They Should Invent: give the collections of closed government libraries to Google

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Apparently they're closing government libraries .  Which is a problem in and of itself, but more distressing is that some of the collect...
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Tuesday, May 01, 2012

The Queen's hats

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When I was younger, I thought the Queen looked disproportionately frumpy, by which I mean that, even taking into account her age and the sty...
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