impudent strumpet

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Wednesday, February 28, 2018

Books read in February 2018

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New: 1. Life on the Ground Floor by James Maskalyk 2. The Mask That Sang by Susan Currie Reread: 1. Indulgence in Death 2. Possessio...
Thursday, February 15, 2018

Technobabble

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When watching both Star Trek: Discovery and The Orville, I've had moments when I find the technobabble unconvincing.  My visceral reacti...
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Wednesday, January 31, 2018

Books read in January 2018

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New: 1. Goodnight from London by Jennifer Robson 2. Monkey Beach by Eden Robinson 3. Love and Friendship: In Which Jane Austen's Lad...
Saturday, January 13, 2018

Do tone and aesthetics make TV audiences self-selecting?

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Even before the PTSD plotline, there was some discussion around whether Star Trek: Discovery was appropriate for children.  Some have fond c...
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Thursday, January 11, 2018

Jedi theory (no spoilers, but formulated while watching TLJ)

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This post does not contain any specific spoilers, but it was formulated while watching The Last Jedi.  Movie canon states that Anakin Skyw...
Tuesday, January 09, 2018

The first stairs and the first upstairs

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Which came first, stairs or upstairs (by which I mean multi-storey buildings)? Maybe they could make multi-storey buildings with ramps or ...
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Monday, January 08, 2018

How the current Star Wars trilogy should end (no spoilers)

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Evil is vanquished! Good has triumphed! Fireworks! Porg dance party! That couple you're shipping kisses!  All is right with the world! ...
Sunday, January 07, 2018

Shelter

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There are several places in my neighbourhood where developers have bought houses or lowrise buildings and boarded them up, waiting for appro...
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Sunday, December 31, 2017

Books read in December 2017

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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...
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Friday, December 22, 2017

Horoscopes

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Toronto Star : IF TODAY IS YOUR BIRTHDAY: This year you present a strong personality. Others innately know that you are not a person to...
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Sunday, December 17, 2017

Analogy for why preserving unwanted fertility isn't caring for the patient's health

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This post is a restatement of a previous analogy that needed further refinement.  I just realized that it wasn't the analogy itself tha...
Saturday, December 16, 2017

What if they had completely separate hospitals for infectious and non-infectious patients?

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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 ...
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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...
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