Category Archives: piss in your eye

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Gossip

Posted on 19 January 2012 by cenobyte

I’ve just learned how to gossip. I mean, not *just* now; in the last few months. I was never much for gossip when I was pupating, because I didn’t really get the point. I guess I still don’t…not *really*…I mean, … Continue reading →

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It’s just a thing I don’t do

Posted on 14 September 2011 by cenobyte

You know when the phone rings and you answer the phone and there’s nobody on the phone so you say ‘hello?’ and wait for someone to answer you on the phone, even though they rang you and should be waiting … Continue reading →

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I owe you. All of you.

Posted on 4 May 2011 by cenobyte

You want to know what teachers make? If you haven’t heard yet, teachers in SK are looking at job action because their union’s negotiations are not going well. Teachers in the province have been without a contract for a shameful … Continue reading →

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But I love him

Posted on 24 April 2011 by cenobyte

I had a strange childhood. A wonderful upbringing, all things considered. My parents didn’t neglect me nearly as much as the parents in Mad Men neglected their children, which is probably a Good Thing (and explains rather a lot about … Continue reading →

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I have been forcibly ungruntled.

Posted on 14 October 2010 by cenobyte

Yours Truly discovered Tuesday, quite by accident, that her favourite (and only) family doctor is closing up shop to take on a new career in surgery. This is fabulous news for him, and poopifying news for Yours Truly. Our family … Continue reading →

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to be or not to be

Posted on 28 September 2010 by cenobyte

First, go read this story about some Very Unpopular Decisions the Saskatoon school division has just made. Go ahead. I’ll wait. Now. It’s a pretty dumb idea. It’s dumb because, like the whole “we won’t fail your kid because it … Continue reading →

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With a side of gravy

Posted on 7 September 2010 by cenobyte

Several years ago now, I was at a restaurant trendy with the University crowd I was peripherally involved with, and, as usual, could not finish my meal. One of the guests in our party said, ‘you’ll take that home, yes?”. … Continue reading →

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Sensitivity Training

Posted on 2 September 2010 by cenobyte

Every year, hundreds of thousands of dollars are spent in elementary, middle, and high schools, for specialists to try to teach children to be better humans. School is more than just learning your multiplication tables and parts of speech (and … Continue reading →

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Yet Another Thing

Posted on 1 September 2010 by cenobyte

Okay, so I think the real problem here is that Yours Truly has been watching daytime television. This is a Bad Plan. Because you know what? I think I’m beginning to understand something. And that something is that most of … Continue reading →

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Gender bias

Posted on 29 July 2010 by cenobyte

So I’ve run into this a shocking number of times recently, and it’s really starting to piss me off. In all of the correspondence for football, and in much of the correspondence for hockey, people talk about “your son” this … Continue reading →

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