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Thursday, July 31, 2014

Books read in July 2014

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New: 1. Love and Forgetting: A husband and wife's journey through dementia by Julie Macfie Sobol & Ken Sobol 2. The Little Prince...
Monday, July 28, 2014

Journalism Wanted: why don't doctors who don't want to prescribe contraception join another field of medicine?

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There was recently a story in the news where a walk-in clinic doctor wouldn't prescribe birth control because he had moral objections t...
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Saturday, July 26, 2014

Things I'm sure they've invented a word for, but I can't think what it is

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I'm looking for a word or phrase to express the concept of going straight to boldly/almost-but-not-quite aggressively asserting your rig...
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Sunday, July 20, 2014

Jockey underwear seems to fit differently depending on where it was made

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I recently bought two packages of Jockey Elance French Cut panties, which is the closest I've been able to find to my late lamented old ...
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Wednesday, July 16, 2014

Things They Should Invent: follow-up online reviews, with automatic reminder emails

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Just over a year ago, I bought a paper shredder. (Brand name Rosewill, from Newegg.)  Just days after the one-year warranty expired, the shr...
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Sunday, July 13, 2014

Do police normally photograph the genitals of child pornography victims?

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There was recently a story in the news about a 17-year-old boy who sent sexually explicit photos to his 15-year-old girlfriend, and as a re...
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Saturday, July 05, 2014

How to illustrate articles about dying bees

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Lately, there have been quite a few articles in the media saying that bees are dying out because of pesticide use, with the general thesis t...
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Tuesday, July 01, 2014

Dementia brings back the monsters under the bed?

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I've been reading Love and Forgetting: A husband and wife's journey through dementia by Julie Macfie Sobol & Ken Sobol, which te...
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Monday, June 30, 2014

Books read in June 2014

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New: 1. The Master of All Desires by Judith Merkle Riley 2. Mary Poppins, She Wrote by Valerie Lawson 3. Life Below Stairs: Domestic Se...
Sunday, June 29, 2014

Open letter to "No Acronym Here" in this week's Savage Love

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From this week's Savage Love: My husband and I have been happy swingers for four years. Our issue? I'm pregnant. My husband had...
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Monday, June 23, 2014

How the library can improve its automatic return system

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I should be happy about my library's automatic return system, since it's yet another example of one of my inventions materializing ...
Sunday, June 15, 2014

My farmer's market dilemma

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There is a farmer's market in my neighbourhood.  I'm glad there is, because it's only a very recent development.  For most of th...
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Friday, June 13, 2014

Post-election round-up

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- Signs I saw in my own riding: 1 Liberal and 1 Conservative.  I also saw a few Kathleen Wynne signs in her riding (which is adjacent to min...
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Thursday, June 12, 2014

Voted

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An uncomfortably hot day - normal summer temperatures, but early enough in the summer that I'm not used to them yet -  but a quick and e...
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Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Saving for retirement ≠ pension

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I recently took the 2014 Ontario Vote Compass test.  I found it was useful for identifying areas where parties' platforms weren't w...
Saturday, June 07, 2014

Voters' Resources (Ontario 2014 edition)

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Getting Started Election Day is June 12! First, go to the Elections Ontario website website and to find out your electoral district , ...
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Tuesday, June 03, 2014

Things They Should Invent: list added sugar separately in nutritional information

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There has been a lot of news coverage lately about the health risks of added sugar, but the general consensus seems to be that naturally-occ...
Saturday, May 31, 2014

Books read in May 2014

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I had a very busy month and didn't get to read very much. New: 1. Treachery in Death by J.D. Robb 2. River of Stars by Guy Gavriel ...
Wednesday, May 28, 2014

How I inadvertently embarrassed a couple of goths

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The other day I saw a couple of goth kids.  They were very young (maybe 14) and clearly just beginners, but the look was definitely goth, wh...
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