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I was at a women’s health event on Thursday and we spent most of the morning talking about the defintions of “sex” and “gender.” Sex and gender, you may be surprised to hear1, are not the same thing. Sex is a biological construct – based on our genes/hormones/anatomy/physiology, we are classified as “male” or “female,” […] →Read more
Is it wrong for me to love an inanimate object? I’m standing at a bus stop, secure in the knowledge that my bus will be here soon because now I, like everyone else, can call Translink’s automated system and find out when the next bus is coming. I stand here, pecking away at my little […] →Read more
So, after several phone calls with accompanying freakouts, I finally got the cell phone deal that I was promised. Rather ridiculous that one needs to do that, but hey, I finally got what I wanted by having temper tantrums. That’s a good life lesson, isn’t it? Notably, no one has yet phoned me on my […] →Read more
First of all, I’d just like to say that I’m sitting out in the sun, literally dripping with sweat, feeding my internet addiction via wireless and drastically increasing my risk of skin cancer. I love having Fridays off! And speaking of Fridays off… I tend to pack my Fridays full of errands and meetings and […] →Read more
So, I had a big fit at the cell phone company today. I tried to activate my phone and they informed me that I can’t have my good deal on the Treo I bought unless I get a dataplan along with the cell phone plan. Which is funny, because I bought the Treo for the […] →Read more
I joined a softball team. It’s mostly people from Shalu’s fiance’s work – he’s a computer guy, so most of the team are also computer guys. Being a team of computer guys, they had some difficulty finding girls at their work to join the team – thus, Shalu and I were recruited. We were told […] →Read more
A (belated) shout out to the Vancouver Giants, Memorial Cup Champions 2007! Let us savour the sweet, sweet victory over the Medicine Hat Tigers. From Medicine Hat, Alberta. And you know how I feel about Alberta. This season was the first one where I really took much interest in the Giants. Remember the time I […] →Read more
Guess who is *finally* getting a cell phone? And not even just a cell phone. I’m getting a Palm Treo 700p Smartphone. My current Palm Pilot is totally on the fritz (for example, it won’t recognize the correct date – for some reason it seems to think that every day is May 8… which makes […] →Read more
I’m spending my “day off” volunteering at a science competition for grade 6-8 students. Just on a break between the quiz show and lunch right now, so I thought I’d fire off a quick blog posting. Sitting with a group of grad students during the quiz show and watching the competition was like a real […] →Read more
I’ve always thought that sharks were super cool. Today I saw a news story that made me like them even more. This got me thinking about how, generally speaking, I like things that bite. Sharks. Snakes. Vampires. Zombies. But interestingly, not spiders. Especially not the black widows that live in my shed. Ick. I saw […] →Read more