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New: 1. Thrown by Kerry Howley 2. Architecture in the Family Way: Doctors, Houses, and Women, 1870-1900 by Annmarie Adams 3. Rides (Fren...

From The Ethicist: When my mother passed away, I inherited an antique necklace made of carved ivory beads. I love the look of — and am se...

One side-effect of working from home is that my subconscious seems to be less active.  I don't notice the lack of subconscious activity ...

A tiny family-owned convenience store in my neighbourhood has a Royal Bank ATM in it. Since the bank account from which I most often withdra...

I've blogged before about my various successful attempts to repair various malfunctioning household objects, so it's only fair if...

With the news that some Cuban Pan Am athletes defected , I find myself wondering why defecting is allowed from the perspective of the receiv...

I've blogged before about the mystery of doctors who choose to practise in a certain field of medicine even though they morally object t...

I grabbed a black umbrella at Rexall because they were calling for rain the day we scattered my grandmother's ashes, and I thought my us...

This summer cold has used up my stock of Nyquil, so I went to the store to buy more.  They've changed their product line since I last bo...

The ipod: a 4th generation ipod touch running iOS 6.0 The itunes: itunes 11.0 The computer: PC running Windows 7 I added some new music...

A few days ago, I turned on my TV, pressed the AV button on the remote to switch it to my Wii, and discovered that the AV button didn't ...

One more factoid from my exploration of young people's attitudes towards pants that I forgot to mention in my previous blog post on the ...

New: 1. The Alzheimer's Diary by Joan Sutton 2. The Rosie Effect by Graeme Simsion 3. Happiness by Design by Paul Dolan 4. The End ...

I recently read an article about a designer who's making clothes for people in wheelchairs : The mainstream clothing that we buy is cu...

I had a teacher in high school who always wore high-waisted, pleated pants, and I thought they made her look frumpy. This teacher was the ki...

I've been reading about the famous Nun Study of Alzheimer's disease, and specifically about its findings relating to idea density. ...

I didn't notice this Damage Control column when it first came out, but I have an idea for the letter-writer: I am in my early 30s. A...

I was riding a subway northbound on the Yonge line. As we travelled from Davisville to Eglinton, the driver made an announcement: "Atte...

1. Sometimes I get coupons in my email that are only good for a limited time or on a certain day, or if I spend a certain amount of money.  ...