File under “not enough information to draw the conclusion they’ve drawn”: Why did 90 children die? Ontario’s child advocate was appalled to learn how many in the province’s welfare system
Category: Rants
Blog for Choice Day
Because denying a woman choice is one step on the way to telling her what else she may or may not do while pregnant. Because if men got pregnant, this
Snow. In Toronto.
And from last year, but still apropos:
Hey, let’s make quiet cars louder!
No, no, no. This is just mad: Hybrid Cars Too Quiet For Pedestrian Safety? Add Engine Noise, Say Researchers Important pedestrian safety issues have emerged with the advent of hybrid
Places not worth caring about
I really enjoyed this very plainspoken TED talk by James Howard Kunstler. The official blurb is this: In James Howard Kunstler’s view, public spaces should be inspired centers of civic
Why I wear a poppy
I’ve been rather depressed this week overhearing (in my office and elsewhere) a lot of “well, maybe when the old guys die off we can quit this Remembrance Day nonsense.
*blink*
I just happened across an ad in a kids’ paper while I was eating lunch: The Shining Path: Your Newest Option in Childbirth After recovering from the spit-take I had
The most underwhelming “green” product possibly ever
This, my friends, is a Cadillac Escalade hybrid. “Green by design!” It is still a car, likely to carry only one person and a box of kleenex from point A
10 Books Not To Read Before You Die
7: À la Recherche du Temps Perdu – Marcel Proust Yes, yes, he tasted a biscuit that made him think of childhood, we’ve all done that. If I want to
That would do it
Well.
In sorting through various papers last night I encountered my Master’s thesis. I re-read big chunks of it and you know? It’s pretty good. Huh. Still, I am glad I
‘Struth.
(Source: GraphJam)
What can evolution tell us about one-night stands?
According to the BBC and a bunch of other coverage of a study published in Human Nature, it tells us that women aren’t as likely as are men to enjoy
Cool wand!
(via the lovely Melle) A GenX call to arms against Millenials. One need look no further than the local newsstand to see the favoritism the Millennials have received. Whereas Generation
Book a Month Challenge #4: Beauty
(http://bamchallenge.wordpress.com/2008/04/01/challenge-4-beauty/) Beauty Junkies: Inside Our $15 Billion Obsession with Cosmetic Surgery by Alex Kuczynski The initial tone of this book is wildly uncritical — she skims quickly past the notions
Earth Hour
I’m not doing Earth Hour. Yes, obviously I’m against climate change. But I think the whole Earth Hour notion is pointless and misguided for a number of reasons. First, it’s
Ah, spring
…or not. That’s a picture of my front garden as it appeared yesterday afternoon. The other day I was going through my photos looking for something else entirely and I
Book a Month Challenge – Heart
The February challenge was to read and review a book about “heart”. I intended to flake out with a fluffy and enjoyable romance but Telling Tales: Living the Effects of
They can. They just won’t.
Here are the tracks left by one of the sidewalk snow plows by a park in my neighbourhood. You know, the plows that “won’t fit” on the sidewalks in front
Happy Introvert Day
The existing holidays are well and good, but they’re all missing something: time in which everyone else, no matter how beloved and non-intrusive, goes away and leaves one in blessed