“Bad” Posture May be Good for You
Recliners rejoice! Your bad posture may actually be good for you. The CBC reports that a new study, by Waseem Bashir at the University of Alberta, finds that the common idea of good posture–sitting up straight–may actually cause back pain, rather than prevent it. Bashir’s study suggests that a more relaxed pose–sitting at a 135 [...]
New Car Contemplation
I’m not sure why, but lately I’ve been thinking about new cars a lot. A friend of mine thinks I’ve been brainwashed by all of the deals and car ads that one tends to see at this time of year. This might be true, but I like to think I’m not so easily influenced. Instead, [...]
Stolen Morning
It’s six fifteen AM, and the alarm is blaring. Well, not quite. Blaring is too strong a word. My alarm clock is tuned to CBC Radio One, these days. So, then, my alarm is talking at me. My brain can’t understand what is being discussed on AM radio at this hour, so it sends out [...]
Board Game Buddies
Geeky couple seeks equally geeky/nerdy individuals (coupled or not) to participate in “games nights.” Board games and booze. Discussion, both serious and frivolous. Mad games of Scattegories, Upwords, Cranium and the like. Assorted trivia card games played while intoxicated. To those in the know: “Like the good ol’ days.”
Interested parties should contact Adam, via comments [...]
OJ Simpson to pen “confession”
OJ Simpson’s new book about how he “would” have killed his wife and her friend Ron Goldman (which he didn’t, I mean, he was found “not guilty,” right?) is one of the most disgusting and offensive concepts I have ever heard. Never mind the fact that it’s incredibly exploitative, and it simply makes no sense [...]
Tattoo
I’ve long thought about getting a tattoo. I’m fascinated by tattoos and tattoo culture, and the only reason I’ve never got any myself is because I’ve simply never been able to think of anything that I’d want to permanently stain my skin. The recent death of my grandmother, however, has caused me to strongly consider [...]
Random Chatter
R U Serious? New Zealand students to be allowed to use “text-speak” in exams. I’m all for the evolution of the English language. One of my favourite things about English is that it’s a living language, and it constantly changing, but this seems like a step in the wrong direction.
For the first, and perhaps only, [...]
How to be Interesting
I don’t feel particularly interesting today. The workday was a long slag. After a morning that flew by almost too quickly (possibly because I was late), the afternoon seemed to drag on for a day and a half. There was nothing inherently terrible about the day, it just felt long. Work—no natter how interested, or [...]
Saying Goodbye
On Saturday, 4 November 2006, my grandmother passed away. I hadn’t seen her in a few years. It was long enough that I had started to forget certain things about her. I forgot exactly what she looked like. Though, I saw a recent picture of her and knew that it wasn’t what I remembered of [...]
Alberta Anthology Book Launch
Thursday, 2 November 2006, at 7:00pm, the 2006 Alberta Anthology will be released into the wilds of Edmonton, having been launched in Calgary the previous evening. The launch will be happening at Laurie Greenwoods Volume II (12433-102 Avenue). I will be in attendance, if only so I can be among the first to see my [...]