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Reread: 1. Reunion in Death

Many, many people who are smarter than me have commented on major policy and social changes that they hope come out of the pandemic - a robu...

1. Glassdoor for the pandemic With some jurisdictions permitting businesses to reopen, I wonder whether the employees of those businesses ...

In this pandemic, we're hearing a lot about contact tracing. We're hearing a lot about how it's a time-intensive and labour-inte...

1. The Crims by Kate Davies

This idea was inspired by, but is only indirectly related to, #9 in Captain Awkward's It Came From The Search Terms . A problem that ...

The problem with the Star Wars sequel trilogy is it starts too late. The original trilogy ends with a happily ever after. Evil is vanquish...

After multiple unfruitful attempts to find specific items at my local supermarkets, I decided to try the big Loblaws. Since I'm not ta...

New: 1. Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know by Malcolm Gladwell Reread: 1. Seduction in Death...

I've always HATED changing milk bags. It takes me less than 30 seconds, but I HATE it. But my mommy taught me a trick that makes it fa...

People who come back from travel or otherwise may have been exposed to COVID-19 are supposed to self-isolate for 14 days, without even stopp...

This post contains descriptions of racism and other stereotypes. "So," you're wondering, "you're a Harry Potter fan...

In the aftermath of my head injury, I stumbled upon a self-psychology technique that may be useful to some people struggling with social dis...

New: 1. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari 2. Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James 3. Indigenous Relations: I...

What appealed to me about Star Trek as a kid was seeing a variety of different people all working together professionally, respecting each o...

This post contains descriptions of transphobia. I never really thought about transgender before I became an Eddie Izzard fan. I'm no...

I have some serious and complex blog posts I'm working on that were stymied first by xmas, then by an annoying cold/virus thing that lef...

New: 1. How to be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi 2. Queen's Shadow by E. K. Johnston 3. That Inevitable Victorian Thing by E. K. Jo...

Toronto Star IF TODAY IS YOUR BIRTHDAY: What you can expect this year is the unexpected. Once you find your life settling down and work...