Oh man, that 1812 spending.  It’s ludicrous in so many ways.

I think we have a cultural narrative here that still stays that this is a non-issue, and I think by and large it is.  (There’s always the pro-lifers […]

I used to live in his riding, and I saw *nothing* that he did/talked about/had meetings or flyers or bulletins about that wasn’t related to the abortion debate.  Nothing on what the government was doing, nothing […]

OMG Dmitry and Elena as wacky buddy-designers NEEDS TO HAPPEN.  TV people, get on that!

In the end, I decided I would rather stay home and live the life I have now instead of driving 9 hours to look back at the life I used to live.

BINGO.

I also graduated in 2002, and had a reunion this summer, but it was awkwardly timed and so I didn’t go.  While it’d've been interesting to see what people are up to, I had a strong suspicion that I’d be left […]

I haven’t seen that, but I can’t say as I’m surprised.  I’d love to write a post about it, and may, but this week is really, really busy (firm deadlines on a couple of things, going out of town, etc) and I’m not […]

Yeah, Charest’s probably going to resign, since he lost his seat.  Before he got into Quebec politics, he was a federal PC — and I’m not sure the Liberals would want him.  They were gunshy about Rae because of […]

Quebec people!  What’re your thoughts re: minority PQ government?  I can’t remember the last time I cared this little about an election — as far as I can see, all three major parties are terrible in their own […]

I’m a bridesmaid in a dear friend of mine’s upcoming wedding, and my instructions were to “show up, preferably not naked, because then you’ll get arrested and that’ll be unpleasant.”  I’m making a lovely dress, no […]

To wit:

It’s been a top news item here (Montreal) on the CBC all morning.  It has made me giggle all morning, and Twitter’s having a field day with it.

My dream needs a large vegetable garden, an office with a wall painted with blackboard paint, a huge, cast iron clawfoot bathtub like the one in my old sketchy apartment, a big kitchen with an island in it, and […]

Since “Cheesemonger” is a points rank around these parts, methinks many of you’d like this essay about cheesemonging: Being a cheesemonger is better and worse than you think it is

On a totally unrelated note, […]

My school was one of the first in the region to get snazzy computers, and by snazzy computers I mean ones with trackballs and action buttons (which amused elementary-school me immensely).  MathRace and Oregon […]

My brain……!

I <3 CARMEN SANDIEGO SO MUCH.  I didn’t play the game much (my cousins had it, but I didn’t see them much) but I watched the show religiously.

COSIGNED SO HARD.

MMHMM.  I can count on one hand the instances I’m aware of of men pondering the semiotics of name changing, and still have fingers left over.

I already wrote the internet equivalent of a novel and decided to leave it out, but I totally read that into it too.  It helps maintains the “professional/unprofessional :: male/female :: workers/mothers” […]

Ach.  I can’t get on board with this, because name changing/retaining are, in many ways, far from just a symbolic gesture. It’s an active choice as to how you are presenting your identity to the world, and what […]