Category Archives: The Outside World

Regardless of how often I manage to mangle it, I love the English language. We have so many words (over half a million at last count) that we can use to express ourselves perfectly. I’m pretty sure, though, that few … Continue reading → Continue reading →

There is something to be said for online shopping. After about 20 minutes of browsing, my Christmas shopping is nearly done. I’m sure there are some people who think that part of the fun of the Christmas holidays is to … Continue reading → Continue reading →

One of my favorite blogs to read is Post Secret, a site where people anonymously send in postcards containing a secret that they have never told anyone. A lot of the secrets are very sad, and I often finding myself … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Lately I’ve noticed that children generally don’t have the same sense of personal space as adults. For example, it doesn’t matter how crushed together people get on the subway, we all manage somehow to have our own space, not really … Continue reading → Continue reading →

There have been many disasters around the world since I started writing this blog–Iraq, Beslan, the Indonesian Tsunami, Katrina, the three large hurricanes of 2004, the bombings in London and elsewhere, etc., etc. I’ve written very little about these events, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

It was another fabulous day here in Toronto. The TTC was closed down again while I was on my way to work. Apparently, some asshat threw some luggage on the track and every freaked out thinking it was a bomb. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Today was not a great day. A threat of some kind was called into the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC), which resulted in the subway being closed down just as I was about 1/3 of the way to work. (You can … Continue reading → Continue reading →