Perhaps you think I have too many browser tabs open but I assure you, I will read all of them!
I’m pretty sure this is the modern equivalent of having your nightstand stacked high with books. Also: I’m pretty organized, huh? ?
NaBloPoMo
There is a scourge in this world! What scourge? The scourge that is grocers’ apostrophes, which are the devil.
Sometime in the last 10 to 15 years, a horrible plague started reaching critical mass. What plague is that? The plague of people who for some reason have lost the ability to understand one of the very simplest rules of grammar ever, which is that you form the plural of a word by—in general—just adding
I saw a great movie this past Friday—it’s called Arrival and you should see it too!
This past Friday, my friend kele and I saw the new Amy Adams film Arrival. I’m not sure what I was expecting—probably more of an action-adventure sci-fi flick—but wow, was it ever something completely better! It was fairly slow and meditative, but in a really great way. It did exactly what good sci-fi is supposed to
While it’s true TransLink is scads better than the TTC, it is still really, really awful
I know, I know… leave TransLink alone! But I can’t, I just can’t. I have been taking transit since well before there was a TransLink, back when it was just BC Transit. (I made sure, though, when they changed the name that I got on board quick… because I remember my mother dating herself by slipping up
in which you discover (if you didn’t already know) that I’m a big transit nerd
You might, if you live in the Lower Mainland and take transit, be aware that TransLink, our favourite public transit provider, is proposing to actually expand service starting in early 2017. As part of this planned expansion, they have a 3-year funding proposal that they were taking public input on last month. In a shocking
modern electronics etiquette: a series of tips on how to avoid being an asshole
This could likely be an infinite series added to long after I’m dead and cremated. But here’s one of the fundamentals: Don’t have headphones? Then never, and I mean NEVER, have your electronic device on anything but mute. There’s so totally no excuse for forcing anyone to listen to your music, your game’s super-annoying sounds, both
not sure why people have forgotten that people have a special pronoun: who
I keep seeing people make this somewhat new mistake over and over again lately: they say that in reference to people or a person. So instead of saying, “he’s the person who wrote that grammar Nazi entry,” they’ll say, “he’s the person that wrote that grammar Nazi entry.” “Oh those are the people that who wrote
never more true than in these unbelievable times: how I’m feeling lately
A friend of mine posted this on Facebook as their profile picture: Oh so very, very true! Totally reminds me of the UBC Sociology Students’ Association’s (brilliant) tagline: Painfully Aware You know, unless you’re into quantitative sociology, in which case you are more than capable of being blissfully ignorant. ??
Just because America is bad, it does not make Canada good
Someone on Facebook posted a link to this article: Canada in the Age of Donald Trump The person who posted it thought it was a good call to arms regarding being anti-racist in Canada. I beg to differ, so here’s my response. First, right off the bat, anyone who implies—as does this author—NATO and NAFTA