In keeping with my recent embrace of the Skeptical movement, I've stumbled upon this little who's-who rubrick, which, for the sake of my forever unplacated ego, I will fill out.Occupation:StudentCurrently Residing in:Peterborough, OntPast Residences: Midland, LondonLikes:guitar, piano, singing, debate, beer, whisky, Super Mario, my catDislikes:
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It'z Christmas morning, and it's a very different day from the depressing/trying two months I've been having.  Different, in that I'm awake before 9:00 am and I was able to get a full night's (broken) sleep.  Every year my sister "gets into the spirit" and helps my mother take up the mantle of Christmasy joy and meanderings, while my brother and I ( Read more... )

two things that I love (but are ultimately meaningless) came back: Futurama and Star Trek.

Futurama's long-awaited feature-length dvd release was this past tuesday, and I have to give the makers credit: this was a film for the futurama fans.  Loads of in-jokes and references to earlier episodes, but not so much as to dictate the plot (i.e. lots of ( Read more... )

 During a recent time of weakness (and vulnerability), I found myself almost pleading to god in the same way I would have done many years ago.  It wasn't a conscience "time to pray for help" kind of thing, more of a knee-jerk reaction to those dark moments we all experience from time to time when things get rough ( Read more... )

UPDATE:
Upon sensible council, and in light of potential legal issues, I've edited this entry, as well as some previous ones.

The expanded article was published, and has caused quite a stir in very little time.

It seems I've struck a nerve.  I've noticed that every point brought up by my detractors has been addresed in advance in the original ( Read more... )

 UPDATE, the

It's on.  For those not completley familar, I've recently been pushed over the edge with regards the the easy and lazy solipsism which is becoming normative at Trent, specifically in the Politics dept.  There was a Nursing student who published an article about menstruation, and he got lambasted by the phenomologilists and Foucault- ( Read more... )

A few thoughts at random which I can't, or have no desire to write too much about:

1) I can't wait until the media circus that will launch when Britney Spears commits suicide (she will try, anyway).  We watched in horror as Anna Nicole Smith died, and a few perceptive (but not that much) reporters insinuated that the probably overdosed.  We cheered ( Read more... )

If I were rich ( Read more... )

 TRENT SPECIFIC
Rendering (the fat)
This university (or at the very least, the Political Studies dept.) is quickly, eagerly and utterly being usurped by the most narcissistic of all present-day ideologies: post-modernism and identity politics. Almost the entire department is espousing a new brand of feel-good-politick which allows students to get in ( Read more... )

A recent trip to Toronto provided a sobering reminder who I am, and what my station in life is.

Before my party's destination (a fantastic book sale at UofT) , we took a bit of a sightseeing tour through Forest Hill, Toronto's mega-wealthy district which is full to the brim of Israel zionism.  When I was a child, it was a bit of a fun time to drive ( Read more... )