March 2010
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February 2010
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September 2009
6 posts
The Underground City on Governors' Island →
Since January, Belgian archaeologists have been working strenuously to excavate the ruins of a former Governors Island hamlet called Goverthing (a bastardization of a Dutch word). With a 400 year history dating back to Manhattan’s first settlements, the hamlet was the last civilian colony on Governors Island by the 1950’s. In 1954, the town was forcibly evacuated by the city of New York, who had...
August 2009
7 posts
Stuff White People Like: #122 Moleskine Notebooks →
So when you see a white person with one of these notebooks, you should always ask them about what sort of projects they are working on their free time. But you should never ask to actually see the notebook lest you ask the question “how are you going to make a novel out of five phone numbers and a grocery list?”
“It is sure to be enjoyed by those whose movie appreciation is defined by the...”
– Roger Ebert’s review of “G.I. Joe: Rise of the Cobra”
July 2009
8 posts
theglobeandmail.com: I want to divorce my cat →
I wanted out of the relationship, but couldn’t bear to think of myself as one of those people. You know, the type who chuck their cat as soon as they become inconvenient. Beaker has been inconvenient the whole time.
Free Algonquin Provincial Park Map →
This man created his own map of the backcountry in Algonquin and its available for free online to download in chunks. We just booked our first trip (hiking the Eastern Pines Trail) and having worked at the reservation centre, I knew that I had to have a map in hand and sound like I knew what was happening or they’d pull the ol’ “call the park for trip planning help” and I...
Comments now available (again)!
I finally put the comments code back in my design for this site - so comment away!
Also, I realize I haven’t posted a lot of actual words to this site in a while. I will try my best to do that soon. Stay tuned for the continuing adventures of my job hunt, my knitting, and my sick cat. Sounds exciting, non?
June 2009
4 posts
May 2009
5 posts
globeandmail.com: Should child witnesses testify... →
The Supreme Court of Canada has agreed to delve into the constitutionality of allowing child witnesses to hide behind courtroom screens that render them invisible to criminal defendants.
The court’s decision to hear an appeal of a B.C. Court of Appeal ruling was made today by Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin, Madam Justice Rosalie Abella and Mr. Justice Marshall Rothstein.
The appellant in...
globeandmail.com: Senate staffer fights to... →
In 2006, Ms. Routliffe reached retirement age and qualified for a full pension. She soon began pondering how she could collect her pension while still working in the Senate. She also realized that if she was fired from her job she could collect a hefty severance.
So she asked Mr. Kenny to fire her. He agreed and, on March 30, 2007, Mr. Kenny terminated Ms. Routliffe’s employment. “I...
April 2009
19 posts
Google maps tracking swine flu outbreak →
“Well I did three or four minutes of it. I watched the rest. You were real...”
– Rachael Ray when asked by Jillian Michaels if Rachael actually “did” Jillian’s workout video
“Rights should not be stifled by fear. What we should understand is that silence...”
– NY Gov. Paterson announcing bill to legalize same sex marriage. For video of full speech, click here.
laineygossip.com: Greys Anatomy cast shoots secret... →
My spidey senses say that Izzy and Alex are getting married, which leads my spidey senses to vomit.
“Now I am flipping through Fountain Pens Past and Present and it smells just like...”
– vintage | cygnoir.net (via wootam)
globeandmail.com: Obama to allow travel, money... →
“There are no better ambassadors for freedom than Cuban Americans,” Mr. Obama said in a campaign speech last May in Miami, the heart of the U.S. Cuban-American community. “It’s time to let Cuban Americans see their mothers and fathers, their sisters and brothers. It’s time to let Cuban American money make their families less dependent upon the Castro regime.”
“That’s not how it works, Tracy. Even though there’s the confession...”
– Jack on 30 Rock
globeandmail.com: Supreme Court rules police can... →
dooce®: A word or two about vaccinations →
nationalpost.com: Legal slaughterhouse - McCarthy... →
Electronic Frontier Foundation: iPods, First Sale,... →
Memorandum
To: Mother Nature
CC: God
Date: April 6, 2009
From: Me
Body:
Snow? Really? FTW??? This is NOT okay.
globeandmail.com: Hamilton man found guilty of... →
A Hamilton jury rendered a historic legal verdict Saturday, making Johnson Aziga the first HIV-positive man in Canada to be convicted of murder for recklessly spreading the virus that causes AIDS.
Mr. Aziga, 52, of Hamilton, was found guilty as charged of two counts of first-degree murder and 10 counts of aggravated sexual assault, as well as being convicted on one count of attempted aggravated...
