On AskMetaFilter, an anonymous poster who's getting married in June wants to know if he should take a month-long work-related trip to England for the month of May when his fiance isn't enthralled with the idea. To me, this is an obvious “no”. If you weigh those two things – a wedding (which *should be* […]
I'm with Louis Riel Trail – I support universal post-secondary education, not just for selected folks whose parents happened to take a very high risk job. And I've already made my feelings on the over-use of the word “hero” known on this blog. In my view, the true hero (of Tommy Douglas proportions) will be […]
[Edit: Jurist has replied to my comment on his site (which I've also posted below) to clarify that when he said Tamara had “the strongest web presence” of the Coronation Park candidates, he was referring to her “web site” presence, not her “online” presence. I guess it's semantics – when someone says “web“, I think […]
A few quick hits on my most popular topics… HockeyI really hate the Canucks and think it would be a travesty if one of the Sedin sisters won the Hart Trophy. I mean, a guy with a career average of 65 points a season gets a bunch of assists and is now one of the […]
Apparently some people don't find the term “Zombie Jesus” appropriate, especially at Easter. And they'll show you every offensive reference/graphic they can find so you know it (jus' make sure thee wummins and chillrens is out of the room before lookin'! ) [Edit: this one is good too – “Why do you celebrate Halloween then? […]
As a profession, librarians constantly struggle with the fact that we aren't exactly regarded as a “cool” profession. (Man, there are times I miss working in publishing – a life full of wine & cheese parties and awards banquets, I tell you!) Sure, librarians are trying to update their image – getting articles in the […]
Bought an iPhone app called “Touch of Colour” that allows you to highlight one area/colour of a photo while turning the rest to black & white (or another colour of your choice.) I know you can do this with most cameras these days (including ours) and probably with Photoshop and all the other similar programs. […]
If you think about it, you can make a pretty strong case that Google is the closest thing we have to a scientifically-provable omniscient, omnipresent God. (I know I'm a believer!)Meanwhile, I saw this photo on an atheist message board today with the very un-PC but otherwise fitting caption given the recent sex scandals rocking […]
One of the big hub-bubs of the last week or so was around the fact that American right-wing commentator, Ann Coulter, had one of her speeches in Canada shut down by protesters. The one that was shut down was at the University of Ottawa while others at locations including my alma mater, the University of […]
