Apparently we’ve reversed personalities. Me: Hey! There’s a truck across the street from a stoves and fireplaces shop! Shall we mount an assault? Do you want the distract-the-driver bit or
Author: Robyn
Books 2014
I just realized I never did a books post for 2014! Ah well, better late than never. Goodreads did this nice summary for me (click through the graphic for a
Presto is a pain in the [insert body part here]
Presto has been in the news quite a bit lately. I had a cranky-making experience with being unexpectedly out of tokens on a cold night and having the fancy Spadina
Neat Stuff from Elsewhere Wed Jan 21, 2015
PLOS ONE: Quantification and Qualification of Bacteria Trapped in Chewed Gum PLOS ONE: Quantification and Qualification of Bacteria Trapped in Chewed Gum: Yeccch. Although there are worse things one can
Neat Stuff from Elsewhere Wed Jan 07, 2015
"Motivated by the search for Genghis Khan’s tomb, participants were tasked with finding an…" “Motivated by the search for Genghis Khan’s tomb, participants were tasked with finding an archaeological enigma
Neat Stuff from Elsewhere Wed Dec 24, 2014
"So, what about Christmas? On Dec.25, 2013, the percentage of all orders that were for Chinese food…" “So, what about Christmas? On Dec.25, 2013, the percentage of all orders that
Neat Stuff from Elsewhere Tue Dec 23, 2014
PLOS ONE: Drinking Songs: Alcohol Effects on Learned Song of Zebra Finches PLOS ONE: Drinking Songs: Alcohol Effects on Learned Song of Zebra Finches: “Shall we get another pitcher?” pondered
On touring high schools
Because my child is rather unbelievably already in grade 8, in the past couple of months we’ve seen, I think, twelve high schools, both public and private. The tours (and
Neat Stuff from Elsewhere Wed Aug 06, 2014
"A 2013 study suggests that if one is going to be shot with a bullet, one might be better off naked…." “A 2013 study suggests that if one is going
Neat Stuff from Elsewhere Tue Jul 29, 2014
"To ascertain the extent to which people are insensitive to patches of serious conversational…" “To ascertain the extent to which people are insensitive to patches of serious conversational incoherence, we
PTSD
Quotation of the Day for July 2, 2014 “I think the deepest sacrifice of those that we ask to go to war is not the possibility that they may die
The cheese stands alone
Quotation of the Day for June 21, 2014 “A cheese may disappoint. It may be dull, it may be naive, it may be oversophisticated. Yet it remains cheese, milk’s leap
Cross-stitch patterns are the plushies of the 2010s
You can buy them on Etsy. 67 options!
Yep, that’s an accomplishment
I just got back home after being on the road for three weeks. I was in Jordan in the Syrian refugee camps, the United Nations, I was signing books in
Why else?
Child: HEAR ME ROOOOAAARR! Me: What? Why are you roaring? Child: FOR FUUUUUUUN!
On the folly of not clearing the leaves in the street
This past autumn, my city decided they weren’t going to pick up the leaves that fall into the street in my neighbourhood. Normally they come by once each year after
The ten most useful things I have learned from the Internet
…and from people with whom I converse there. The arrows on the Toronto PATH signs refer to the directions: north is blue, south is red, east is yellow and west
Apropos of Philip Seymour Hoffman’s death
Me: I wouldn’t be able to pick Philip Seymour Hoffman out of a lineup. Well, maybe today I could. He’d be the slumpy one with the flies. Husband: (spits wine)
Books! 2013
Books! According to Goodreads, on which I track the majority of what I read, I read 114 books (give or take) in 2013. This year I diverted more time into
Neat Stuff from Elsewhere Wed Dec 18, 2013
"Anecdotal evidence suggests sharks generally take swimmers from behind. This would make sense from…" “Anecdotal evidence suggests sharks generally take swimmers from behind. This would make sense from the shark’s