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Sunday, March 31, 2019

Books read in March 2019

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New: 1. Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald by J.K. Rowling 2. The Gown by Jennifer Robson 3.  Connections in Death by J.D. Robb...
Thursday, February 28, 2019

Books read in February 2019

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New: 1. The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline  2. Leverage in Death by J.D. Robb 3. The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers ...
Monday, February 25, 2019

Things Roger Should Invent: check for signal issues before dispatching a tech

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Since I moved into this apartment just over two years ago (!), I've had the same problem occur with my Rogers cable several times: I g...
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Saturday, February 16, 2019

The tight bra chronicles

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Just over a month ago, for the very first time in my life, I desperately wanted to take my bra off when I got home.  As soon as the apartmen...
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Monday, February 11, 2019

Tide Ultra Oxi has a stronger scent than Tide Ultra Stain Release

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I've been trying and failing to figure out the difference between Tide Ultra Oxi and Tide Ultra Stain Release (i.e. which product is bet...
Thursday, January 31, 2019

Books read in January 2019

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New: 1. Kingdom of the Blind by Louise Penny 2. The Asshole Survival Guide by Robert I. Sutton 3. Pikiq by Yayo  Reread: 1. Dark in ...
Friday, January 25, 2019

Working 9 to 5

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It surprises me how often businesses and services that serve the public directly choose to have their operating hours Monday to Friday, 9 to...
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Saturday, January 19, 2019

Things They Should Invent: teach students how school norms differ from workplace/adult life norms

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I've been thinking lately about how school instills a set of norms that's different from workplace norms, and a recent Ask A Manager...
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Thursday, January 03, 2019

Things I Don't Understand: why do my thighs get colder than my calves?

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Whenever I walk around outside in cold weather, my thighs get colder than my calves. This makes no sense, because my winter coat is knee-l...
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Tuesday, January 01, 2019

"Kids Today think they invented sex!"

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Sometimes people who are old enough to perceive young adults as "kids" complain that "Kids Today think they invented sex!...
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Monday, December 31, 2018

Books read in December 2018

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New: 1. The Legend of Lightning & Thunder by Paula Ikuutaq Rumbolt 2. Infinite Citizen of the Shaking Tent by Liz Howard 3. Slash by...
Thursday, December 27, 2018

Metropasses

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May 2002 Metropass (source: Colnect ) I got my first Metropass in May 2002, when I was doing my internship.  I felt so glamorously adult...
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Sunday, December 23, 2018

System reboot status: December 2018

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As part of my resolution to reboot my system, I'm posting each month the top three things in my system that don't serve me well. T...
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Saturday, December 22, 2018

Horoscopes

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Last year was the first year when my birthday horoscopes couldn't be interpreted as reflecting reality, possibly because the head injur...
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Friday, December 21, 2018

The first swimming

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I wonder which came first: humans learning they can swim, or humans learning they can't swim? By which I mean: did some random prehist...
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Monday, December 17, 2018

Default couple genders in sketch comedy

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I'm late to the game on this, but I just started watching the Baroness Von Sketch show this season, and I'm really enjoying it. On...
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Tuesday, December 04, 2018

New Rules: Natural Consequences Edition XIII

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18. Some people have trouble coping with certain distressing possibilities, so, to get through the day, they delude themselves into thinking...
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Saturday, December 01, 2018

People who are reluctant to call landlines

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As I've blogged about before , I prefer having a landline to using a cell phone for everything. However, in recent years, I've not...
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Friday, November 30, 2018

Books read in November 2018

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New: 1. Badger by Daniel Heath Justice 2. Amun - Nouvelles ed. Michel Jean 3. As Long as the Rivers Flow by James Bartleman  4. Fire So...
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