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1. Markswoman by Rati Mehrota 2. North Korea Journal by Michael Palin

Conventional wisdom is that hard work is a virtue.  If you work hard, you will achieve success. I think we need to question the notion tha...

From time to time, you hear politicians talking about improving housing affordability by providing tax incentives or tax credits or rebates ...

One thing I've learned in recent years is that I'm bad at spotting racism.   There are innumerable racist (and antisemitic, and tran...

While rummaging through my box of 20 years of accumulated spare cables, I found some random unmarked floppy disks. I have no idea what's...

Captain Awkward #1352 : Dear Captain Awkward, I (they/them) am single, live alone, and have been working from home throughout the COVID si...

New: 1. Thanks for the Feedback: The Science and Art of Receiving Feedback Well by Douglas Stone and Sheila Heen 2. Shadows in Death by J.D...

When we talk about beauty standards - and, especially, when we talk about beauty standards for women (so much of the beauty standard discour...

1. Conventional wisdom is that, even when abortion is illegal, rich people can always get abortions.   I have no doubt that money facilitat...

This post is a full spoiler zone for Star Trek: Discovery, although I'm not talking very much about specific plot points. I just finishe...

 Physically helpful things:   - Do something right away. Last time, I tried to power through it. Bad idea. Take the bra off. Stretch. Take a...

I'm having my bra-induced pain issues again. The resulting product reviews, philosophical ponderings and emotional braindumps are forth...

New:   1. The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison 2. Motorcycles and Sweetgrass by Drew Hayden Taylor 3. Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a Wo...

Elections Canada posted the final candidates list for each riding on September 1. Based on this information, I figured I don't expect an...

When I have to do in-person shopping for clothes, I prefer to shop in a mall. That's because mall stores are more browsing-friendly - yo...

Some snippets of a children's song popped into my head recently, starting with "The Tottingham Toad went hopping down the road......

EBay uses an automatic bidding system. Every bidder enters their maximum bid, and the system automatically places incremental bids on each b...

New: 1. Dico des mots qui n'existent pas et qu'on utilise quand même by Olivier Talon and Gilles Vervisch  Reread: 1. Born in Death

I recently had a new idea, inspired by an Ask A Manager column and my own job-hunting experience: New rule: if you reject someone because ...