Here, laugh at this…

I just saw a reference on another blog to Carrot Top being scary (because he is, very very much so… h/t Ian for the photo) and it reminded me of this Henry Rollins bit, which I thought I would share. I love Henry Rollins… I think he is just brilliant, and usually bang-on in what [...]

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Storms… both online and off

I’ve been prickly and on-edge the past couple of days. I don’t know why, and it’s bothering me. Yesterday I left a cranky comment on my favourite blog, which I immediately regretted because fighting online is about as productive as trying to convince my cat not to eat my plants: you can put as much [...]

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Some of these are strange, even to me

Thanks to Dan, I’m supposed to reveal six quirks or habits of mine… wonderful… this is not going to help me appear sane and with-it:

Just the thought of eating tomato seeds, sitting in their pile of gelatinous goo, make me gag… which is a problem because I really like tomatoes. This means I have to [...]

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Wanna talk about my size? My OB has a message for you.

I don’t know about you, but I generally like people to refrain from critiquing my body or my appearance out loud and to my face. I get that we’re all judged by our appearances, but, you know, a little discretion never hurt anyone. Most people are savvy enough to keep their comments to themselves most [...]

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Searching for humanity where there is none

Every day the news is filled with shocking and horrific and deeply disturbing stories of the evil and cruelty that lies within humans. As they say, man’s inhumanity to man (or animal) knows no bounds. Read too much, and you start to get the sense that evil and cruelty is all that’s out there… you [...]

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“Congrats! You’re pregnant! Get ready for nine months of hell.”

Pregnancy books are the devil. Seriously. I’m convinced they were put on this earth solely to horrify young pregnant women into repenting the carnal sins that caused ‘em to get knocked up in the first place. (“Conceptions are supposed to be IMMACULATE!”) I’ve got a stack of them, from very serious medical tomes to supposedly [...]

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November 11

Today is a day for remembrance of those who have fought on behalf of this country, to honour those who paid with their lives while doing so, and to acknowledge those who are still fighting.
Remembrance Day always evokes a swirling mess of emotions in me. I despise war; I think it a horrific and [...]

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Confessions of an election-day grouch

I’m sentimental, if you know what I mean
I love the country but I can’t stand the scene.
And I’m neither left or right
I’m just staying home tonight,
getting lost in that hopeless little screen…
Democracy is coming to the U.S.A.
–Leonard Cohen*
I’ll be honest: I am often what could most aptly be described as a cynic. Actually, I’m a [...]

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