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Crap & Cool
Cool – this weather! I’m loving it. I went to school today to pick up my copies of my freshly bound thesis, and the sun was just beautiful. I had to walk most of the way, with about 40lbs of hardcover books in my backpack, but it was still so nice to feel the sun [...]
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CBC cuts
CBC cuts hit news, drama, sports, radio I love the CBC. I have been a listener/viewer since I was a young child. I grew up with the radio and tv channels, and still listen to Radio One for at least a few hours a day. It’s where I get most of my news, including my [...]
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um, what?
Technically I’m still a student at Carleton, for a few more days at least. I’m sure I’ll continue to get emails and stuff for a while, despite my not being registered as a student and all that junk. Anyhow, this afternoon the president of Carleton sent out this email, but neglected to say what the [...]
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Word of the Day
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Oh Carleton
Students Drop Shinerama fundraiser for illness targeting Caucasians - CBC.ca Carleton University is in the news again, and again, it’s for something shitty. Read the article. I’ll wait… … … … Ok. I must admit, after too many years of being in university, I always wondered why the universities here did Shinerama, and why the [...]
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Requisite comment
I’m happy Obama got in. Hopefully things will slowly turn around. I’m not super optimistic, as usual, but that people voted for him alone makes me think things might not be as bad as I thought things were. I already feel a bit sad for Obama, because I doubt he’ll live up to the lofty expectations [...]
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Blog Action Day 2008 – Poverty and Voting
So yesterday was the election here in Canada, and the Conservatives got in again. I could write a whole post about what that does for Canadians living in poverty, but I’ll leave that for someone else who can better articulate it. A lot of people seem to be blogging about their own experiences with poverty [...]
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Well…
… at least it wasn’t a majority. Collectively, Canadians are stupid – but we aren’t that stupid, I guess. My riding went NDP again, so that’s slightly comforting. I think I’ll be sad to see Paul Dewar’s smiling face leaving our yards and roadsides. Aww. Like Unlike
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3 years later
I can’t believe it’s been 3 years since Katrina and the levee failure disaster in New Orleans. I’ve never been to New Orleans, but I’ve got a bunch of friends there. At the time, I was freaking out about writing the GRE (Graduate Record Exam) for my grad school applications. I remember driving back from [...]
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