Holy crap. I bought a bag of Paula Red apples yesterday and they're the most delicious apples I've ever tasted. Tart like a Macintosh, but a lot sweeter. I've never tried this variety before -- I don't know if they're always so delicious, or if it's just because they're in season, but anyway, they're so good that I just ate three in a row ( Read more... )

Well, I must say that I enjoy the controversial new Nissan ad. They could've done a better job with the accent and the vocabulary, but I found it pretty cute nonetheless. I'm puzzled by some people's outrage...I really don't think the ad is offensive in the least, let alone "demeaning", as one blogger said. But then, Newfoundlanders are always ( Read more... )

An announcement on the MUN website:

The MUN Students’ Union, along with the School of Nursing and the Centre for Nursing Studies, is holding Shinerama in aid of Cystic Fibrosis. Cystic Fibrosis is the most common fatal inherited disease in Canada. So prevalent that one in four babies born will have CF.Am I reading this wrong? Are they actually ( Read more... )

Well. Here I am in Labrador doing field research for my thesis ( Read more... )

Bizarre and amusing thing discovered on MUN website (source):

The practice of purchasing and installing power bars or extension cords throughout the University is actively discouraged for safety reasons as follows ( Read more... )

This is the best academic paper I've ever read, hands down. Chicken!

(it's funny!)

I've often noticed this happen around the university--I knew there was a poem about it, and I finally tracked it down ( Read more... )

Since I can't seem to stop writing about the new MUN logo...

In my last entry I mentioned that the 2006 research report, which uses the new logo, consistently refers to the university as "Memorial University," without "of Newfoundland". The petition I linked to also mentioned this. The across-the-board omission of Newfoundland from the ( Read more... )

There's a petition to keep "Newfoundland" in MUN's logo: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/746786205

I signed it. I wasn't going to, but then I looked at MUN's new 2006 research report, which uses the new logo. It's a nicely designed site. However, it ( Read more... )

Doyle is going co-ed!