Archive for category: General

“Centre stage is the safest place in the world”    (2019.01.23)

The late Carol Channing held that “the safest place in the world to be is centre stage.” It is

Domestic apparel    (2018.10.26)

Is it possible to dress oneself from head to toe for a full week in apparel made only in the U.S. or Canada?

What a technically competent person knows    (2018.07.22)

It starts with not top-posting, then extends primarily to using the keyboard

Diversity taken a step too far    (2018.04.15)

A Ford Excape commercial pairs a brown-eyed ginger with (inevitably) an Orientalist female. Gingers have a hard enough time reproducing as it is

Politics and mental health    (2018.04.01)

Ian Capstick and Fredrik de Boer are two hacks undergoing mental-health crises. They will be extended warm support and understanding because they are, first of all, handsome or adorable and, more importantly, ultra-left-wing. Meanwhile, conservatives and uggos who dare to admit to any form of illness are treated as prey by the Left

How to load the dishwasher    (2015.01.04)

I did the obvious thing. I downloaded one or more instruction manuals from essentially every dishwasher manufacturer in existence, extracted just the pages or parts thereof that illustrate how to load the dishwasher, and assembled them on Flickr

Toronto police: Eliminating condescension one victim at a time    (2012.06.28)

What happens when a Toronto police officer calls a journalist condescending? He reports it

Objectivist Lululemon store co-opts Occupy movement’s slogan    (2011.11.21)

Objectivist Lululemon’s Yorkville storefront in Toronto features an “Occupy Yoga Studios” banner in the vitrine. Now, why, exactly?

Björn Samborg Blanche    (2011.10.17)

Which Björn Borg is faker?