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

Saturday, September 30, 2017

Books read in September 2017

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New: 1. The Break by Katherena Vermette 2. Better Now: Six Big Ideas To Improve Health Care For All Canadians by Dr. Danielle Martin   ...
Friday, September 29, 2017

Shoes, Star Trek, and the glories of adult life

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I recently got a new pair of Fluevogs, and, in addition to my usual pleasure in having a beautiful, funky pair of boots to wear, I also felt...
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Saturday, September 23, 2017

Two kinds of people in the world

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Theory: There are two kinds of people in the world: 1. Someone you disagree with about almost everything agrees with you on a particular ...
Sunday, September 17, 2017

The first homophones

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Homophones are words that sound the same but have different meanings. If you think about it, it's really weird that homophones became ...
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Sunday, September 03, 2017

Those People (but not you)

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The following is a quote from Believe Me by Eddie Izzard. As usual, any typos are my own: Which was odd, since one of her really good fri...
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Thursday, August 31, 2017

Books read in August 2017

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New: 1. Any Other Way: How Toronto Got Queer edited by John Lorinc, Jane Farrow, Stephanie Chambers, Maureen FitzGerald, Tim McCaskell, Re...
Tuesday, August 29, 2017

Better advice for the LW who didn't want to disclose her surgery

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While searching for another old post, I came upon this old post responding to an advice column where the letter-writer wanted to avoid dis...
Tuesday, August 22, 2017

Nerdview: fire alarm edition

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When there is a fire alarm in my building, the concierge announces "There is an alarm condition on the 3rd floor." That's wh...
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Saturday, August 19, 2017

Conspiracy theory conspiracy theory

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I think internet conspiracy theories either are, or are being used as, trial balloons by the powers that be.  The powers that be are observi...
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Tuesday, August 01, 2017

Things They Should Invent: manual wifi switches on cable modems

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One of my many delightful eccentricities is that I don't normally use wifi. The vast, vast, vast majority of my interneting is done on m...
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Monday, July 31, 2017

Books read in July 2017

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New: 1. Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Who Helped Win the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly ...
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Sunday, July 30, 2017

A pragmatic approach for law-abiding citizens

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The biggest benefit of being a law-abiding citizen is credibility. If your job or your landlord or the kids' hockey team you want to coa...
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Saturday, July 22, 2017

Things They Should Study: under what circumstances do kids get tired faster than adults?

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Toronto Chief City Planner Jennifer Keesmaat tweeted a discussion from CityLab about whether adults should give up subway seats for childr...
Monday, July 03, 2017

Ideas for the Dear Prudence reader who's lying to her mother about fanfic reader counts

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From a recent Dear Prudence chat : Q. I lied to my mom ... how do I keep lying so I don’t get in trouble?: Last year, my mom was going ...
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Saturday, July 01, 2017

Journalism wanted: what are tests of the Alert Ready system testing for?

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Working from home, I sometimes have the TV on during the day.  So every once in a while, I see programming get interrupted with "This i...
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Friday, June 30, 2017

Books read in June 2017

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New: 1. Believe Me: A Memoir of Love, Death and Jazz Chickens by Eddie Izzard 2. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by ...
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Sunday, June 25, 2017

How to set up your friends

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 From Captain Awkward : Hello Captain, My distant friend Sally and I went out to dinner and she started asking me about my past relati...
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Saturday, June 24, 2017

Do cell phones affect smoking rates?

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The following is (a tangent) from Believe Me: A Memoir of Love, Death and Jazz Chickens by Eddie Izzard. As usual, any typos are my own: ...
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Friday, June 16, 2017

Why do politicians want people to telephone them?

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Recently, a greater than usual amount of instructions for political activism has been reaching me, and a common theme seems to be to telepho...
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