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It’s exam time, which means I’m now faced with a giant pile of exams to mark. *sigh* And they don’t seem to be marking themselves, so I’m resigned to the fact that I will, in fact, need to mark them myself. *double sigh*. And, because I have this crazy idea that university should be about […]
I B in ur internets, writin’ abt ur Prime Ministrs. Name William Lyon Mackenzie King Born: December 17, 1874 in Berlin (now Kingston), ON Died: July 22, 1950 Party: Liberal Held Office: December 29, 1921 – June 28, 1926September 25, 1926 – August 6, 1930 October 23, 1935 – November 15, 1948 Best known for: […]
I saw this news story on CNN the other day – a man was arrested in Las Vegas the other day in possession of the biological agent ricin. The news articles didn’t say any reason why this dude was making ricin, or what he planned to do with it. Freaky.
You totally have to check out these videos. They are both of Hans Rosling, a Swedish professor and global health expert. Not only does he present very compelling statistics (yes, statistics can be compelling!), but he show them off using super cool software that really lets you visualize and engage with the data. As a […]
Also, while playing Scrabulous, you can chat with your opponents. As seen in this screenshot, where I trash talk this brother-sister pair that I was playing against:
I’ve mentioned before that I <3 Scrabulous¹. I have also mentioned that I have the sense of humour of a 12-year-old boy. This posting is a marriage of those two facts. The goal of Scrabble, of which Scrabulous is an unofficial² rip-off, is to score more points than your opponents. You can do this by […]
I get into the office this morning at 8:30 a.m. Turn on my computer. Open my Outlook¹ and a message pops up, reminding me that I registration for the workshop I was supposed to be at started half an hour ago. A workshop downtown. And I, as you’ll recall from 3 sentences ago, am in […]
I was talking to my dad on the phone yesterday. First, he lamented that neither his nor my NHL hockey team made the playoffs this year and then he proceeded to tell me a joke. I asked him where he heard said joke and he replied, “On the comedy section of the ‘net.” “Wait, where […]
This media release just appeared in my inbox: NONIS RELIEVED OF GENERAL MANAGER & SR VICE-PRESIDENT DUTIES BY VANCOUVER CANUCKS The Canucks didn’t make the playoffs and now the heads must roll, and it looks like Nonis was at the top of the head-rolling list. It will be interesting to see what other moves the […]
After a short, hockey-related hiatus, our prime ministerial series is back in action! Back in action with the like the most boringest P.M. ever! Meet Arthur Meighen, the P.M. who appears to have done, to use a phrase of my mom’s, shit buggar all¹ during the very brief periods that he occupied the office of […]