Words I love: characterological exegesis juxtaposition phagocytosis Words I hate: problematize hegemony Words I feel like I should love or hate, but about which I haven’t yet formed an opinion: evaluand expectorate Don’t forget to donate! Read about the charity that I’m supporting, Options for Sexual Health!! →Read more
#46 – Random Things I Learned on the Stats Canada website
OK, this posting has been sitting in my Drafts folder since FOREVER. I started writing it and it started going sideways and there’s really no point to it. It’s just a bunch of random stuff. A post in which I meander through things, not making any coherent argument. Also, it, like many of my postings […] →Read more
So, did I mention I’m a procrastinator? When I put out the call for donations, I said that anyone who donated to my Blogathon charity woudl earn the right to requeset a topic for one of my blog postings. Sarah & Dave were the only people who took me up on this offer (which was […] →Read more
I’m totally not going to do this title justice. But it’s the middle of the goddamn night and my brain is fried, so I’ll take what I can get at this point. Moms. All out of nowhere, everyone seems to have babies! I’m currently reading no fewer than THREE blogs written by women with new […] →Read more
#43 – Guest Posting: 17 Random Things Books Taught Me
ZOMG! I’m such a scatterbrain! I haven’t even posted Dave’s guest posting yet! I suck! Here it is – and, as always with Dave’s writing, it’s freaking hilarious! Despite this being a theme I suggested, I’ve had a lot of trouble figuring out what to write. I wanted to lock onto one idea—one book—and write […] →Read more
So that last post reminded me of blog stats, the wonderful world where you can find what words and phrases people have Googled to end up on your blog. Here’s a list of some, uh, interesting things people have Googled lately to land here: the leave in the canadian flag [that’s some awesome spelling. you […] →Read more
One of the big things that prompted me to switch from a WordPress.com blog to a self-hosted WordPress.org blog was that I kept hearing people talk about all the awesome plugins they used and you could only get those plugins if you were self-hosted. Plugins that optimize your blog for search engines, plugings that allow […] →Read more
This guest posting by Kalev just arrived in my mailbox. Kalev is trying to make me cry! So I’ve bumped the posting I was working on until next half hour, ‘cuz I needed to post this one right away! The funny thing about me and Beth being friends is that we don’t quite remember when […] →Read more
#39 – Guest Posting: Adventures in Beth-Friending, volume 2
And now part 2 of this guest posting extravaganza by Sarah! Again, with my comments added in [square brackets] and in italics. So, volume 2. Dave has retired for the night. He says: “Tell everyone that I am lame and am going to bed. Unlike Beth, who rocks.” I cannot guarantee that the content of […] →Read more
#38 – Guest Posting: Adventures in Beth-Friending, volume 1 (the early years)
OK, so it looks like we are full on into nostalgia mode! Hot off the heels of my regaling you with tales of my life in westward movement, I now give you another guest post by Sarah! And since I can’t resist putting my 2 cents in, my comments shall appear inside [square brackets], in […] →Read more