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Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Books read in April 2014

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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:...
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Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Things They Should Invent Words (and Natural Consequences) For

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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...
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Monday, April 28, 2014

Attitude Carcinogen Free Body Wash

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In the drug store, I saw a body wash that prominently announced "Carcinogen Free" on the label. The brand name is "Attitude...
Sunday, April 27, 2014

A new personal best on Twitter!

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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...
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Saturday, April 19, 2014

Things They Should Invent: memorial library books

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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...
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Friday, April 18, 2014

Analogy for why you won't regret not doing things you don't enjoy

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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...
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Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Filmed before a live studio audience

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Some people dislike TV comedies that are filmed before a live studio audience, because they find the sound of audience laughter disruptive. ...
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Sunday, April 13, 2014

The Icy Hot mystery

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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...
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Monday, April 07, 2014

Half-formed idea: standardized two-step marriage proposal

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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'...
Thursday, April 03, 2014

What if the media stopped covering election campaigning?

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I've blogged before about my displeasure with media coverage of Toronto elections.  Apart from the length problem (I still maintain the...
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Wednesday, April 02, 2014

Does Mozilla actually benefit from me using Firefox?

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So there are calls to boycott Firefox because its CEO has made anti-gay political donations. My question: does my using Firefox actually ...
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Tuesday, April 01, 2014

Thoughts on the How I Met Your Mother finale (contains allusions to spoilers)

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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...
Monday, March 31, 2014

Books read in March 2014

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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 ...

The folly of live-tweeting Earth Hour

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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...
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Sunday, March 30, 2014

Wherein I play Carolyn Hax

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Hi Carolyn . I've written and re-written this entry. I can't stop compulsively eating at work (where a lot of unhealthy snacks ...
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Saturday, March 29, 2014

Wherein I play Dan Savage

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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...
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Thursday, March 27, 2014

Answering advice columns with conspiracy theories

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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...
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Tuesday, March 18, 2014

The real problem with The Agenda's guest booking

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Steve Paikin's blog post on the difficulties The Agenda has been experiencing with getting female guests has been getting a lot of atte...
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Wednesday, March 12, 2014

So why does Ron Swanson work for the government anyway?

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In last week's Parks and Recreation, Ron Swanson spent a day renovating some office space that needed to be renovated (sending away the ...
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I collect languages, give away free ideas, and construct precision analogies.
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