idle musings

I have been entertaining myself over at sf_drama for the past three hours. Oh, the lolz.

I recently discovered a new blog that I am loving – Tiger Beatdown. In her most recent post, she discusses rape, consent, and the movie Observe and Report. I want to quote the whole damn thing but I’ll refrain and just quote the one paragraph that hit me so incredibly fucking hard: But what happened [...]

There is only one and a half boxes left to be unpacked, and a whole wack of cardboard that needs to be recycled. Then I need to hang up some pictures and I’m done! Speaking of pictures, Lori linked to the coolest Canadian art company today and now I have a new want. It’s only [...]

I’m studying for my life insurance licence and in an effort to concentrate and actually buckle down and do it, I’m doing a group study with a girl I work with and a couple of her girlfriends. They are all younger than me by about 8 years, and they are gossiping about how they got [...]

I don’t remember if I linked to these guys before, but they are fabulous.

I’ve been reading some posts at Greta Christina’s blog, most notably Atheists and Anger, and all I can say is yes. I’ve bounced around to a few different links from her posts and came across this quote: “I am aware that many object to the severity of my language; but is there not cause for [...]

There is a used bookstore that specializes in mysteries down the street from my new house. I look at it every time I drive by, thinking I should go in there. Today I did, and I walked out with 6 books. Who is surprised? Not me! It’s such a classic used bookstore – the bookcases [...]

Everyone is complaining about the snow, and haha mother nature for the April Fool’s Day joke. Clearly, the best part of my new neighbourhood is that we are snow-immune. There is not a single snowflake anywhere to be seen.