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Sitting here at YVR, waiting for a plane to take me to Edmonton. Sure, I *could*1 be working on my lecture for Friday2, but instead I can’t resist writing a quick blog posting, offline, to be posted when I next encounter wifi. Recalling my last trip to Alberta and the lack of anything edible on […] →Read more
This afternoon, I’m off to Yellowknife! In honour of my trip to the great white north, I bought a hat. A hat to replace the one I lost on the subway in Toronto on my trip there over the holidays. I have a matching pair of mittens, but the mittens are on a string… you […] →Read more
Just read an article about an interview with Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling where she talks about suffering from depression. “I have never been remotely ashamed of having been depressed. Never,” Rowling was quoted as saying in her interview with Amini. “What’s to be ashamed of? I went through a really rough time and I […] →Read more
On the night before Easter: My sister: “Madeline, you better get to bed, the Easter Bunny is coming tonight.” My niece: “Oh, I think I heard him. I think I heard his car.” On Easter: My mom: “Did the Easter Bunny come to your house last night.” My niece: “Yes, and he was really sneaky. […] →Read more
So, Dave pointed out that if you click on any of my tags at the bottom on my posts, it doesn’t take you to just the things that I’ve tagged with that word or term, but to anything that any WordPress user has tagged with that word or term. Boo-urns! Do any of my geek […] →Read more
On Tuesday, I leave the cherry blossomed bosom of Vancouver to spend two days in Yellowknife. I’m going up there to do to some work, so it’s an all expense paid trip. For my non-Canadian readers1, Yellowknife is the capital of the Northwest Territories. A territory is sort of like a province, but not exactly. […] →Read more
Dear girl on the bus with the Paris Hilton gigantic sunglasses and the square-tipped French manicured talons and the frosted pink super shiny lipstick,Do you know that you look like an idiot? →Read more
The next time I give my students an assignment, I’m going to play this video for them: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjhOBiSk8Gg&feature=related] Because there really is not prostitute for careful editing of your own work. →Read more
I’ve made no secret of the fact that I’m messy. There’s a very good reason why one of my childhood nicknames was “Messy Bessy.” But I think the mess on my desk has reached a new low, as evidenced by the following “To Do” list that I wrote before I left the office yesterday: →Read more
Today’s (three day late) installment of my prime ministerial series brings us the last of the boring PMs of the 1890s, at least according to Sarah, our resident Canadian historian here at NTBTWK. Name Sir Charles Tupper Born: July 2, 1821 in Amherst, Nova Scotia Died: October 30, 1915 Party: Conservative Held Office: May 1, […] →Read more