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Full Frontal Disclosure

It is our duty to one another to be better. Not to be the best. To be better. Continue reading

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Seriously, it doesn’t have to be this difficult

I heard something in passing a few days ago that I didn’t think much of at the time, but the more I thought about it, the more it festered. I heard someone say that women are not permitted to participate … Continue reading

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The only light you’ll see

I wrote a note to The Captain’s teacher and vice principal today. Actually, I wrote the note yesterday, but guess who forgot to give it to his teacher until this morning? On my way to work, I got a call … Continue reading

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Gossip

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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This seems backward

The public health region has begun, in the recent past, to provide vaccines for Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) (or would that be ‘provide vaccines against HPV’?). HPV is a communicable virus (duh, cenobyte. “Virus” is in the name.) that can … Continue reading

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Nomenclature

there are an awful lot of people marching and gathering together and trying to “take back the word ‘slut’”. They’re going on ‘slutwalks’ and they’re dressing like ‘sluts’. Why are they doing it? Because some dorkbrain of a cop managed … Continue reading

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Another small truth

Is that when you *act* like a bigot, under the pretense of “trying to establish a fair playing field”, you become a bigot. I’m not talking about lampooning or being sarcastic or any of the other things we do at … Continue reading

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It’s really not that big a deal

All of a sudden, people all over effbook are freaking out about the two-year-old story that Gary Goodyear, the Canadian Minister of Science, doesn’t believe in the theory of evolution. I think this is a bit of an odd turn. … Continue reading

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Some things do surprise me

Do you realise it’s been fewer than twenty years since Apartheid was officially abolished in South Africa? For a social studies project in elementary school in the 80s, I did a report about Apartheid. No one in my class had … Continue reading

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Truer sentiment was never drawn

*I tried to find contact information for the artist, Amanda Russell, but was unsuccessful. She is the artist of the webcomic Head Trip, and you can find her website at http://headtrip.keenspot.com. This particular strip can be found here.

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