Tag Archives: everyone is the same

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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Does it make you uncomfortable?

I once had my heart broken by a redhead. It was a season of madness, during the season of madness that steals through your life in your mid-twenties, if you’re fortunate; never if you’re not. The sort of madness that … Continue reading

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to be or not to be

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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Posted in education, Just Wrong, piss in your eye, Rants, Sad, Something or other but True | Tagged , , | 15 Comments

Eff Ar Ee Ee Dee Oh Em

I wish Ezra Levant would stick to writing stuff rather than flapping his gums. I never really realised how much I can’t stand that guy and his reductio ad absurdum arguments until today*. But this is a good thing! Because … Continue reading

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