The invention of gender

I was in Old Navy the other day in the extremely tiny Maternity and Baby section (because who doesn’t have enough maternity pants? I didn’t buy anything though) when I noticed the what was possibly the cutest and the saddest thing ever. The cutest: A tiny Superman onesie. The saddest: An identical pink version of [...]

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On posting and not posting, and other things that have happened lately

I can’t believe that I haven’t written since Giorgio Mammoliti called me a communist. Nothing bad has happened, and I haven’t even been all that busy, so I don’t really have an excuse. I’ve just been sitting around the house, being pregnant, putting up a few posters, arguing with people on Manboobz, making more diapers, [...]

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Does this happen to me every year?

In – I think – 2006, before I really started doing coloratura rep, I sang Mozart’s “Exsultate, Jubilate” at a concert on Manitoulin Island with the Silverbirch String Quartet.  This being my first real foray into singing things originally written for castrati (no, really!), I had a really hard time learning it.  Now, of course, [...]

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Random items from today’s to-do list

- Buy brake pads and install them – Take newly stoppable bike to Chinatown, buy vegetables – Get some flowers, plant them in front planter – Wash sheets – Clean the dogs’ ears (this has to be done bi-weekly or so to all long-eared dogs, a bit more frequently for Gus. Yes, it’s kind of [...]

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Observations on Montreal

Things I noticed last week in Montreal: – As you probably know, all street signs etc are in French. Not that it makes a big difference or anything – anyone who’s not a moron should be able to figure out the “Boul. Rene-Levesque” means “Rene Levesque Boulevard”. I don’t actually know but I assume this [...]

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Playing hooky

After being super-productive (two podcasts! website stuff! lots of important emails sent out!) yesterday, I am feeling a bit low and sicky today, so am taking it easy. At least until I have to go to work. I don’t really have anything to say, other than…apparently film-makers now intentionally insert lens flares to make things [...]

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Complaining with Kay, Episode 60: Stir-crazy.

Editor’s note: Oops, looks like I forgot to make a post for the podcast…that came out on Monday. Sorry! 60: Stir-crazy. – You know how people used to think fiction was bad for you? Maybe fiction is bad for you. – I tried to keep telling myself “This is actually good! You don’t have to [...]

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New things happening

- Nuit Blanche. Me in it. Under the overhang of the Omni building in Dundas Square. I’m on from 7-11. – Hey, look! Our ridiculous prostitution laws* have been struck down. I’m not really in favour of prostitution or anything – I think in an ideal society it would either not exist or look very, [...]

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People always blackmail in round numbers

As today is Labour Day and I’ve already done the 45 minutes of work I had to do today, I was just reading an old mystery novel on my iPod. The detectives had just discovered a cheque for £10,000 pounds on the body of the dead man, clearly the result of blackmail or something nefarious. [...]

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Teh Meaning of Life

(Mis-spelling intentional.) Like all humans who have solved the basic problems of survival – though paying the mortgage, feeding myself, and keeping the house in liveable condition can still be challenging – I occasionally pause in whatever I’m doing and think: WTF? What am I DOING here?* Is this really all there is to life, [...]

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