Category: Wisdom

Friday Fun (?) Link – What Would It Feel Like For A Man To Be In Labour?

Shea kindly sent me this video of a couple young Dutch men who volunteered to have electrodes put on their abdomen to simulate the increasingly painful contractions of

Top 10 Things I Use As A Bookmark

A discussion on Reddit about who uses dust jacket flaps as bookmarks leads to all kinds of other related anecdotes… English Prof here: Want a great way to

RIP Aaron Swartz (1986 – 2013)

There are two kinds of Internet celebrities – those who get famous for something they did online (anyone from Justin Bieber to Psy to Paris Hilton and so

@ryanMeili Monday – The Most Important Endorsement? #skndpldr

Trent Wotherspoon got the endorsement of a trio Manitoba MLA’s today, Cam Broten posted one from a retired Director of Education and Ryan Meili got what could be

The NHL’s Back But Hockey Never Left

I know it’s a Tim Hortons commercial designed to tug the heart strings but it does a good job of summarizing why hockey is so important in the

“Literacy Privilege: How I Learned To Check Mine Instead of Making Fun of People’s Grammar on the Internet”

Got involved in a discussion today which led to this article about a repentant “Grammar Nazi” who realised that her judging of people who had bad spelling and

Celebrating Some @ryanMeili #skndpldr Firsts on the First Day of 2013

As he did in 2009, Ryan Meili is once again spearheading an extremely innovative leadership campaign that has all kinds of potential to change the way politics are

First Lines from Each Month of My 2012 Blog Posts

  January – “I’ve made no secret of my love of lists and how this is the best time of the year for lists.” February – “I’ve mentioned

Which Book Made The Most “Best of” Lists in 2012?

This is an interesting way to determine the best book of the year – see which book(s) made the most “Best of” lists? (Kind of like using Google

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