Get a haircut and a real job

Anyone else out there following either the #ows or the #occupytoronto streams on Twitter? Yes? No? What do you mean, you’re not on Twitter? It’s like Facebook, only you don’t have to be friends with boring people you don’t like! (Just kidding, Facebook friends. I love all of you.) Well, I have been following them, [...]

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The Driver’s Privilege Checklist: The Response

So far the response to the Driver Privilege Checklist has been very positive, and traffic is through the roof! However, progressive tumblr-er Quixotess took issue with me using the form of the privilege checklist: Cyclists are not oppressed for being cyclists. Having to deal with some rude comments is not oppression. Being vulnerable to large [...]

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The Driver Privilege Checklist

Yesterday a woman was hit by a truck while riding her bicycle in the west end of Toronto. She died. That woman, Jenna Morrison, was a yoga teacher and a mother. She was also 5 months pregnant with her second child. I only stopped biking about two weeks ago. That woman could very easily been [...]

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The cuts are in

So after the mammoth joke of a public consultation we had last week, the Powers That Be have spoken. They didn’t raise TTC fares or cut daycare, but this is what they did do (via Now Magazine): – No more free garbage tags. This actually makes sense – it’s not like they cost a lot [...]

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Today in communism

Friends! Torontonians! Fellow bike-riding pinko latte-sipping weirdos! I have some news. Did you know that you were a COMMUNIST? In a refreshing blast from the past, City Councillor Giorgio Mammoliti went on the CBC, claiming everyone who came out to the all-night council meeting on July 29 was a Communist, quite possibly a card-carrying member [...]

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Weird encounter with a City of Toronto employee

This morning, as I was peacefully going about my business of trying to do yoga while having a hard time bending over, wishing I could take Aerius, and being unenthusiastic about practicing (listen, I have ragweed allergies I am unable to fully medicate, so it’s frustrating), I was interrupted by Madeline and Gus barking in [...]

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Not one but TWO new podcasts!

1. Complaining with Kay, Episode 62: Special guest complaint half hour! 62: Special guest complaint half hour. Michael Hardner complains about how Canadians view our healthcare system. Morgan Riley and I provide backchat and questions.  Lots of yelling with some constructive criticism. Links of great interest: – michaelhardner.blogspot.com – The Lenihan (not Linehan) paper mentioned [...]

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Two love stories

After watching all that Doctor Who, I felt like indulging in some agreeable fluff. So this week I watched the first three Twilight movies again. YES I KNOW. The Twilight movies are ridiculous, but unlike the books, enjoyably so. Anyway, after I stopped being distracted by Taylor Lautner’s abs* I was struck by the similarities [...]

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List of hateable words and phrases

Full credits at the end of the post. 1. “Sea change” – I know it comes from The Tempest. So overused. 2. “To share a kiss” – For some reason I find this unutterably creepy. I can’t quite place why. It also seems to be a new phrase – I can’t recall hearing it before [...]

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11 things I’m giving up in 2011

H/T to Ali Berkok, Christine Bougie. 1. Envy – I resolve to no longer feel like crap if someone I know gets a gig I’d like to get. Henceforth, I’ll feel happy for them. 2. Timidity – Y’all probably don’t think I’m all that timid. Because I’m being timid. Just wait until I let the [...]

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