impudent strumpet

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Thursday, November 30, 2017

Books read in November 2017

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New: 1. À la recherche du bout du monde by Michel Noël 2. The Reason You Walk by Wab Kinew Reread: 1. Promises in Death
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Wednesday, November 29, 2017

Things They Should Invent: Stuff You've Already Tried filter

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On my old computer, I had to do a clean reinstall of Firefox. A couple of issues subsequently cropped up, and when I googled around the new ...
Wednesday, November 22, 2017

The final score in the laptop battery management match-up

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I bought my laptop in December 2010, and started indiscriminately plugging it in whenever possible, without regard for any battery managemen...
Sunday, November 12, 2017

More benefits of using mitigative language when editing

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Seen on Twitter: this thread about using mitigative language rather than assertive language in the editing process: Mitigative language i...
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Saturday, November 11, 2017

How to make your children feel that you love them unconditionally

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I've recently seen quite a number of pieces of advice suggesting that making sure your children know you love them unconditionally is pa...
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Things They Should Invent (or tell us if it already works this way): ranked ballots that you can use to vote for or against

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I like the idea of ranked ballots, but I'm not clear on what happens if you don't rank all the candidates. The last Toronto mayoral ...

Colonel Fitzwilliam

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The interesting thing about Colonel Fitzwilliam in Pride and Prejudice is he is in pretty much the same position in life as the Bennet siste...

If you think the government is going to take your guns, you should sell your guns

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The first panel of this The Knight Life comic: "Whenever gun nuts think their weapons will get taken away, they buy tons more!!...

Good morning!

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Here's what I'm doing today and why .
Saturday, November 04, 2017

Refining the analogy for why unwanted fertility isn't part of health

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I was previously trying to write an analogy about why unwanted fertility isn't part of health.  My shower gave me an idea, which still ...
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Tuesday, October 31, 2017

Books read in October 2017

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New: 1. On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King 2. Toronto Public Etiquette Guide by Dylan Reid 3. Why Won't You Apologize...
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Thursday, October 26, 2017

Indigenous Writes by Chelsea Vowel

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Indigenous Writes by Chelsea Vowel is a fantastic primer for those of us who are reading for reconciliation from an ignorant settler startin...
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Tuesday, October 17, 2017

Will & Grace

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I've been watching and enjoying the Will & Grace revival, but there's one thing I have trouble overlooking: the characters haven...
Thursday, October 05, 2017

T.H.I.N.K. before you speak: let's replace "inspiring" with "informative"

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A common guideline on avoiding saying assholic things is: T.H.I.N.K before you speak: Is it: T rue H elpful I nspiring N ecessary ...
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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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