FYI, early this morning I was perusing the all-knowing Lifehacker and noticed some commenters tacking YMMV onto the end of their sentences. I Googled it and lo and behold the Urban Dictionary came up as the first entry, defining YMMV as an acronym for “Your Mileage May Vary.” From what I can gather it is […]
My good friend Katie has started a new shoe blog, Shoe La La, featuring many cruelty-free shoe-gasms. She is the source of the newest tasty recipe I am enjoying, the Brown and Wild rice pilaf that made for a baby shower yesterday and which was devoured quickly and enthusiastically. Apparently the original […]
So after I lost the battery recharger for my trusty Sony point and shoot and realized it would cost over a hundred dollars to replace, I decided to finally do that upgrade I had been planning in anticipation of travelling in the summer.
When I first bought the Sony camera, photography was a hobby I wasn’t […]
Sorry about the lack of posts - or I guess really I am sorry for myself, since I have so much to share and write about and yet have not had the time this week. I have just submitted my Graduate School application to York University in Toronto, Canada and have two more to send […]
I have subscribe to the H-Animal mailing list, a great virtual conversation happening among multi-disciplinary scholars engaged in “the study of animals in human culture.” Lately the conversation has gotten more and more interesting as one member asked the question, should animal studies researchers also be animal advocates? Many people responded on both […]
I just received my contributor copies of Border Crossings magazine, a well-respected Canadian arts magazine distributed nationally. Last summer I had the opportunity to review an exhibition entitled Oil Spill: New Painting in Ontario at Saw Gallery, a local artist-run gallery. It was a huge challenge to write effectively about six artists […]
While blogging for work, I was surprised to read an enthusiastic article by Clay Burell about the new Bloglines Beta that got me thinking seriously about switching to Bloglines from Google Reader. I know, it’s shocking - abandon my beloved Google reading home to the competition?
Well after some preliminary market research, there are a […]
Instead of going to one of the many New Years parties I was invited to, I opted for a quiet night with a few close friends (who happen to be neighbours). We ate some delicious food, listened to some groovy music, and most importantly shared our new years resolutions out loud. This allowed […]
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