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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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...