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I was listening to a Grammar Girl podcast today and, despite it being from last March, she made a reference to Valentine’s Day. Her mnemonic for remembering “subject” vs. “object” was saying “I love you.” The “object” is the thing being acted upon…. so “you” is the object of the sentence because it’s the thing […] →Read more
So, I’ve been writing a big long blog posting, but I’m just too damned tired to finish it up today. It’s gonna be good, but I need more time to write it and polish it and make it all lovely and shiny for you to read and right now my brain is fried after a […] →Read more
Lately, I’ve been doing a lot of writing of the I-would-like-to-keep-my-job variety. That’s how things go in the world of science – we spend a lot of time writing applicants for money to fund our projects, reports to tell our funders that we are spending their money wisely, and publishing our findings to (a) show […] →Read more
Warning: This video is not for the squeamish. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhuC1gIuy2M&rel=1] If you weren’t brave enough to watch the video (and believe me, I wouldn’t blame you if you weren’t), Richard Zednik of the Florida Panthers had his carotid artery slashed by a fellow player’s skate during a game yesterday. Thanks to immediate, on-site medical attention and […] →Read more
While Infinite Jest continues to be the Moby Dick to my Ahab1, 2, I’ve decided that perhaps I needed to tackle some of the other books that have been piling up around my apartment. As I mentioned, a book I ordered from the library ages ago came in, plus Christmas brought a bunch of books […] →Read more
OK, just one more quick note on politics. In sharp contrast to the current government, Liberal leader Stephane Dion supports Vancouver’s safe injection site: “If the science is telling you that an initiative like that is saving lives, we need to continue it.” Hmm, actually paying attention to the research that has been done on […] →Read more
I feel like I should be able to list off all the Prime Ministers of Canada. Sure, I know some of them (Sir John A. MacDonald was the first one; Pierre Elliot Trudeau was the one in power when I was born; Kim Campbell was our only female one; Sir Robert Borden and William Lyon […] →Read more
One of my colleagues sent me a link to a cool site called “Educating Harper.” It’s a site run by Dr. Susan Boyd, from the University of Victoria and a Vancouver-based group called Beyond Prohibition Coalition. The site: comes in response to Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s new legislation that will see mandatory minimum sentences for […] →Read more
So, I’ve been listening to a hellava lot of Grammar Girl podcasts lately. I just can’t get enough of her quick & dirty tips for how to annoy one’s friends by correcting their grammar1. I’ve learned when to use “sit” versus “set”, when to use “lay” versus “lie,” and even that it’s OK to end […] →Read more
I noticed this when I logged into my UBC email the other day: It was accompanied by an announcement that the amount of storage UBC student1 email accounts were increased from 30 MB to a whopping 120 MB. That’s quadruple the space! Wow, whatever would one do with all that space? I mean, everyone knows […] →Read more