Surprise me, Alberta! You’ve done it once before!

COVID was a bit of a gut punch to all our provincial systems. You’re probably still ahead of us (Québec).

Yup! Entirely different root in latin: servus.

It’s really just a bunch anarchist groups, numbering in the few dozens in each city, and entirely disconnected from one another. They’re not organized or much of a threat, but they do suck (though not in the sense that they should be ganged up on by ‘Trumpers,’ obviously)

Did he have all the gems?

[both are compatible with what a Nazi would say]

That process is only initiated when the company’s already decided to get rid of you, and needs legal cover.

Yeah that too, but it can also refer to precision/exactitude and correctness, which is probably the root of the ambiguity: devoid of passion vs. apt/correct.

They used to be synonymous, but then boomers’ musical hegemony waned — after waxing for decades — and now we’re stuck with the name.

I’m just talking about how it reads in print, particularly as a pull-quote for gossip columnists to mine. I’m sure she meant it as a compliment.

Feels like Joy Division/New Order should be a twofer.

I love that that works as both ‘slav’ and ‘(en)slave(d).’

Tell me you didn’t go to public school without telling me you didn’t go to public school.

Sublime. That must have been some show!

Cosigned

[X-posting this, sorry. My love for Kate Bush cannot be contained in one comments section.]

Problem is, ‘technically’ is one of those adverbs that, even when meant literally, almost always comes across as sarcastic. (See also: theoretically)

Kate Bush is so great. The best part of Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God) charting is that a whole new generation has been introduced to her work, and there’s so much more to enjoy, on so many levels.

Yeah, that was incredibly impressive. I didn’t think he had it in him (anymore).