impudent strumpet

Plans that either come to naught or half a page of scribbled lines

Wednesday, November 30, 2016

Books read in November 2016

›
New: 1. The Caped Crusade: Batman and the Rise of Nerd Culture by Glen Weldon 2. Fatty Legs by Christy Jordan-Fenton and Margaret Pokiak-...
Monday, November 28, 2016

Status report

›
So remember how I bought a condo four years ago? I just moved in today. Too soon to tell how I feel about it. I'll be blogging more ab...
3 comments:
Thursday, November 24, 2016

Laptop battery progress report

›
In April 2013, I blogged about mixed messages I was receiving about laptop battery management . I just realized enough time has passed for...
Sunday, November 20, 2016

Teach me about people who hand out flyers and coupons

›
Living in a neighbourhood with a lot of pedestrian traffic, I see a lot of people standing on the sidewalk handing out flyers and/or coupons...
Saturday, November 19, 2016

Moving stress braindump

›
I'm moving into my condo at the end of the month, and I'm really disproportionately stressed about it.  And I'm trying to figure...
2 comments:
Friday, November 11, 2016

Survival bias

›
Think about everyone you have known personally who was in the Second World War, either as a member of the military or as a civilian who happ...

No Remembrance Day blogathon this year

›
For the past several years, I've been blogathoning on Remembrance Day. Unfortunately, this year I'm very overwhelmed with all the st...
Monday, November 07, 2016

People who can leave the house without a plan

›
With the already very loud US election coming to a crescendo, my various feeds are filling up with US "get out the vote" advice.  ...
Sunday, November 06, 2016

Alternatives to political debates

›
I've been thinking for some time that debates between political candidates aren't particularly useful, because they don't reflec...
Tuesday, November 01, 2016

Daylight Saving Time and sunrises

›
When they were talking about changing daylight saving time in 2007 , my primary concern (which wasn't one that seemed to get much in the...
Monday, October 31, 2016

Books read in October 2016

›
New: 1. A Clash of Kings by George R. R. Martin 2. Down The Rabbit Hole (anthology) by Robb, Blayney, Fox, McComas and Ryan 3. A Storm o...
Wednesday, October 19, 2016

Things They Should Invent: website comparing hotel beds

›
I recently stayed in Marriott hotel, and I found the bed uncomfortable. The mattress was too firm for my liking, the pillows were not firm e...
Monday, October 17, 2016

Warning: there's a good chance you might have to face backwards on a VIA Rail train

›
I recently travelled outside the GTA for the first time in years, so I decided to indulge myself by taking the train. Trains are my favourit...
Wednesday, October 12, 2016

I do not recommend Calvin Klein Ultimate Sexy Sheer Thigh Highs

›
I recently tried a pair of Calvin Klein Ultimate Sexy Sheer Thigh High stockings, and I don't recommend them. One stocking stayed up f...
Monday, October 10, 2016

Another way to improve any assisted dying legislation

›
A problem with attempts to legislate assisted dying is that they attempt to define in legislation what does and doesn't constitute a goo...
Sunday, October 02, 2016

Tales from Grade 9 group work

›
Grade 9 science class. I was generally uncomfortable in this class. My friends all abandoned me at the beginning of the year and I hadn...
1 comment:
Friday, September 30, 2016

Books read in September 2016

›
New: 1. The Forgotten Sister: Mary Bennet's Pride and Prejudice by Jennifer Paynter 2. Three Minutes in Poland: Discovering a Lost Wo...
Thursday, September 29, 2016

Things I want to know from history but can't seem to google up properly

›
How were multiple brothers with the same surname addressed? In the early 19th century (and probably some adjacent eras as well), the oldes...
5 comments:
Thursday, September 22, 2016

Jason from Iowa who lived in the last trailer on the right and was born on the 4th of July

›
The Ani DiFranco song 4th of July, which tells the story of a child she met while driving through Iowa, contains the following lyric: H...
‹
›
Home
View web version

About Me

My photo
impudent strumpet
I collect languages, give away free ideas, and construct precision analogies.
View my complete profile
Powered by Blogger.