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New: 1. Forensics and Fiction: Clever, Intriguing, and Downright Odd Questions from Crime Writers by D. P. Lyle, MD 2.  Sugar Falls: A R...

Toronto Star : IF TODAY IS YOUR BIRTHDAY: This year you present a strong personality. Others innately know that you are not a person to...

This post is a restatement of a previous analogy that needed further refinement.  I just realized that it wasn't the analogy itself tha...

One of the risks of going to a hospital is that you might pick up a hospital-acquired infection, like MRSA or C. Diff. At the root, there ...

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

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 ...

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

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

I've recently seen quite a number of pieces of advice suggesting that making sure your children know you love them unconditionally is pa...

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 ...

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...

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

Here's what I'm doing today and why .

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 ...

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...

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

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

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 ...

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