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New: 1. The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith (a.k.a. J.K. Rowling) 2. Death Comes to Pemberley by P.D. James 3.  Team of Rivals:...

We need a word and natural consequences for that thing where people assume that the goal/motivation behind a particular action of yours is d...

In the drug store, I saw a body wash that prominently announced "Carcinogen Free" on the label. The brand name is "Attitude...

Once upon a time, Eddie Izzard retweeted me .  It was the best thing that had ever happened to me on Twitter and I danced around like an idi...

Picture this: a loved one dies, so you donate a copy (or multiple copies) of their favourite book or books to the library.  The books get an...

Between my introversion and the fact that I've been extremely fortunate to land exactly where I want to in life, I'm content.  My li...

Some people dislike TV comedies that are filmed before a live studio audience, because they find the sound of audience laughter disruptive. ...

As I've blogged about before , I absolutely adore Icy Hot for muscle stiffness, but I've noticed something odd.  When I apply Icy Ho...

Something I see from time to time in advice columns is a situation where one partner is ready to get married, and the other partner isn'...

I've blogged before about my displeasure with media coverage of Toronto elections.  Apart from the length problem (I still maintain the...

So there are calls to boycott Firefox because its CEO has made anti-gay political donations. My question: does my using Firefox actually ...

When I read the last page of the last Harry Potter book, I was done.  I didn't need to visit the Potterverse any more.  That was the end...

New: 1. How the Light Gets In by Louise Penny 2. How the Dead Dream by Lydia Millet 3. American Savage by Dan Savage 4. A Tale for the ...

I was surprised to see the number of people who were promoting Earth Hour by live-tweeting it, i.e by tweeting during actual Earth Hour. T...

Hi Carolyn . I've written and re-written this entry. I can't stop compulsively eating at work (where a lot of unhealthy snacks ...

Both these questions are from this Savage Love column : I have a slowly terminal disease and don't have more than five or six years l...

My 35th birthday is coming up about a month from now. I don’t have much in the way of family and friends to celebrate with (we are new t...

Steve Paikin's blog post on the difficulties The Agenda has been experiencing with getting female guests has been getting a lot of atte...

In last week's Parks and Recreation, Ron Swanson spent a day renovating some office space that needed to be renovated (sending away the ...