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Thursday, May 30, 2013

Analogy for why you don't need to give up your stuffed animals

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I previously blogged about how when I was a kid I thought I'd need to give up my very favourite stuffed toy just because none of the ad...
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Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Dr. Morgentaler

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When Dr. Morgentaler was awarded the Order of Canada, I wrote : What astounds me about Dr. Morgentaler is he had no particular reason to ...
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Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Help write the next New Rules: Natural Consequences Edition!

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I have a series of posts called New Rules: Natural Consequences Edition , in which I propose natural consequences rules for various behaviou...
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Monday, May 27, 2013

Living in the future

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Sometimes, when I'm walking down the street, I look around and imagine what a person from the past would think of what I'm seeing an...

Evoluent Mouse-Friendly Keyboard

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I was having some mousing-related ergonomic issues, so I went and bought the Evoluent Mouse-Friendly Keyboard . Ergonomically, it does the...
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Friday, May 24, 2013

How to study the impact of gender imbalance on future generations.

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I previously came up with the idea that they should study how gender imbalance (in this case, resulting from heavy wartime losses of the ma...
Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Things They Should Invent: multiple customizable email alerts

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I have visual and audible email alerts for both my personal and my work email.  In general I'd rather have the alerts than not, but what...
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Monday, May 20, 2013

Thoughts from advice columns

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My husband and I are preparing our wills . We have two adult children: a daughter who is more successful than we are, and a son, who has ...
Thursday, May 16, 2013

Talking to children

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Introducing myself to babies The first time I met my new baby cousin (technically my first cousin once removed - his mother is my cousin) ...
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Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Things They Should Invent: needs-based telecommunications technology funding for seniors

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As I've mentioned before, I'm watching my grandmothers age and deteriorate and become more dependent on their children and caregiver...
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Monday, May 13, 2013

A better way to schedule preventive medical care?

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Today my doctor told me that pap smears are no longer included in annual physicals.  This isn't the thing where pap smears are now once ...
Saturday, May 11, 2013

A tale of two Google searches

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1.  I had a song stuck in my head, but I didn't know the words.  It dated back to childhood, most likely from Sharon, Lois & Bram, a...
Monday, May 06, 2013

The many benefits of working from home

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- I go to bed later, wake up later, start work earlier, and finish work earlier.  I've had a minimum of seven hours' sleep every nig...
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Sunday, May 05, 2013

New Rules: Natural Consequences Edition IV

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(Previous editions can be found here .) Inspired by Sir Anthony Strallan on Downton Abbey and by the boyfriend of the first letter-writer ...
Saturday, May 04, 2013

Reversing the glass analogy

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In a common English figure of speech, someone who "thinks the glass is half full" is an optimist, and someone who "thinks the...
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Monday, April 29, 2013

Are children really unfamiliar with pregnancy?

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I was very surprised to see that some people thought the word "pregnant" shouldn't be used in an elementary school yearbook f...
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Sunday, April 28, 2013

Receiving welfare while on a terrorist watch list

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From Snopes, one of the accused Boston marathon bombers had apparently received welfare benefits while on a terrorist watch list I'm r...
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Thursday, April 25, 2013

Why not have books in solitary confinement?

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From a Toronto Star article about solitary confinement (emphasis mine): The woman she saw that day looked humiliated and defeated, Pate...
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Monday, April 22, 2013

Gambling and positive thinking

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The following is a quote from page 264 of The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg.  As usual, any ty...
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