I am a tad bit late with this, but I blame the election. Now I am going to have to go back and remember what the hell I’ve read. It might be difficult – the brain pan doesn’t hold as much info as it used to… March Break Reads…. I finally understood the meaning of “vacationContinue reading “March in Books”
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Political Wish List
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Elizabeth May: Should she or shouldn’t she debate, that is the question?
I had a very enlightening conversation today with a colleague who does not hold the same beliefs that I do, an invigorating experience to be repeated no more than once a week or as humility and reason would dictate. Which it did, in this case. I apparently sent a biased trivia question out in myContinue reading “Elizabeth May: Should she or shouldn’t she debate, that is the question?”
An Open Letter to CBC Regarding the Election
Dear CBC, I heard the other night that you were looking for a blogger in each province and territory to comment on the elections. Although I know you are looking for someone who follows daily politics, who likes to comment on websites and blog, who twitters as easily and as often as they scratch theirContinue reading “An Open Letter to CBC Regarding the Election”
February in Books
Paper Towns by John GreenAnother YA novel by the smart and witty John Green. This book follows the same pattern I outlined in my previous book post – slightly geeky, non-ambitious, don’t rock the boat guy vs. uber complicated, beautiful and popular girl. In Paper Towns, our anti-hero has been in love with his charismaticContinue reading “February in Books”
On Remembering my Child is not just a Mini Copy of Me
I phoned home before I left work. It was the shortened day of the week for the kids, and they would have been home for a while. I phoned to make sure all was alright, and whether I needed to pick anything up on my way home. My oldest daughter answered, saying everything was fine,Continue reading “On Remembering my Child is not just a Mini Copy of Me”
On Discovering I’m a Stereotype of the Jane Austen Variety
I guess we all are in probably more ways than one. Which, of course means that if you are more than one stereotype, you are probably not stereotypical as two conflicting stereotype characteristics would cancel each other out. Right? But I ramble. So sue me. It’s early and I haven’t had coffee yet. In theContinue reading “On Discovering I’m a Stereotype of the Jane Austen Variety”
Random Things
I came across this little nugget from The Happiness Project. Every Wednesday the author provides a tip or list. Last week’s happened to be Tolstoy’s 10 Rules for life: In any event, for happiness-project purposes, Tolstoy is particularly fascinating — both because he wrote so extensively about happiness and because he made and broke soContinue reading “Random Things”
January in Books
Wuthering Heights by Charlotte Brontë This was our token classic read for our January Book club meeting. I had read it as a teenager and in my angry, unsentimental, opinionated teenage way, hated it with a passion (I felt the same way about Romeo and Juliet- just didn’t feel their actions were believable or justifiedContinue reading “January in Books”
The tiger mom debate: to roar or not to roar?
Recently, a Chinese American mother of two (not to mention fancy law professor and author of two other books on globalization and free market democracy) has caused major controversy with her new Memoir, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother. In this book she details her strict philosophy with her daughters: no sleep overs, no playContinue reading “The tiger mom debate: to roar or not to roar?”
Lina Branter 