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Tuesday, September 30, 2014

Books read in September 2014

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New: 1. Delusion in Death by J.D. Robb 2. North of the DMZ: Essays on Daily Life in North Korea by Andrei Lankov 3. The Orenda by Joseph...
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Friday, September 26, 2014

Would it really be a bad thing if income tax disincentivized people from working more?

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A piece of conventional wisdom I've been hearing ever since I was a child that higher marginal income tax rates for higher tax brackets ...
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Wednesday, September 24, 2014

Why was Rob Ford able to kill Transit City unilaterally?

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On his first day as mayor, Rob Ford came into work early and killed Transit City. With all the other things that happened since then, I...
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Friday, September 19, 2014

Typing is slow in Gmail

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For the last couple of weeks, when I try to type a reply in Gmail, typing is really slow.  The letters are appearing at about half the speed...
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Wednesday, September 17, 2014

Rimmel Lash Accelerator Endless

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My favourite mascara is Rimmel Lash Accelerator.  I needed a new tube recently, and when I looked in the store I was surprised to discover t...
Friday, September 12, 2014

Things They Should Study: does street harassment by construction workers correlate with their working conditions?

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From a blog post by Scott Adams that's otherwise irrelevant to what I'm writing about here: For starters, I don't know any me...
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Wednesday, September 10, 2014

The mystery of RN #61683 CA #23638

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I recently tried a different style of Jockey underwear (updated my comparison post accordingly), and when I looked at the tag to see the st...
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Wednesday, September 03, 2014

Levelling up my Twitter achievements

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Eric Idle retweeted me! Screenshot: The original link can be found here , but it's not as obvious from a direct link to the tweet i...
Sunday, August 31, 2014

Books read in August 2014

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New: 1. Crazy Town: The Rob Ford Story by Robyn Doolittle 2. The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith (a.k.a. J.K. Rowling) 3. The Unquiet (shor...
Tuesday, August 19, 2014

The pros and cons of having a system

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The other day, I had a day where I felt like I got nothing done.  I kept falling down the internet rabbit hole and getting caught up in gami...
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Sunday, August 17, 2014

Weird Al

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From a New Yorker profile of Weird Al : With his parodic versions of hit songs, this somehow ageless fifty-four-year-old has become popul...
Friday, August 15, 2014

What do you do if someone decides to Talk To you?

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With Robin Williams's death in the news, we're seeing a reinvigoration of the notion that if you're feeling depressed or suicida...
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Monday, August 11, 2014

Robin Williams

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Normally when someone commits suicide and the people left behind say "He had so much to live for," they mean normal regular every...
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Monday, August 04, 2014

Things They Should Invent Words For: "I don't actually think it's a conspiracy, but it looks exactly like one"

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I have contacted Rob Ford in my capacity as a citizen and his capacity as mayor, and not only did he not address the issues I raised, he did...
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Saturday, August 02, 2014

Why working from home makes me blog less

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I have an excellent productivity system when I'm working at home: after producing a certain quantity of work (the quantity depends on th...
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Friday, August 01, 2014

High waists and tucked-in shirts

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This year I've seen quite a few young women, especially teenagers,wearing high-waisted pants with loose shirts tucked in.  This surprise...
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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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