I haven't seen too many people mention canned or frozen veggies. I don't know what people's definition of "affordable" is, but a 500 g (a little over 17 1/2 ounce) bag of frozen kale is $4.99 at a Toronto-based online grocery store (grocerygateway.com). More "regular" frozen veggies (1 kg (about 2.2 lb) bag of…

On young people not eating healthy: I don't know about the US, but in Canada (or at least Ontario), many schools have cut Family Studies/Home Ec from their curriculum, so there is a whole generation of young people who just don't know how to prepare food. Top that off with living at home (on and off) until one is 25+…

I don't think anyone can be the perfect person to speak about race - even minorities. Everyone has had a different experience, based on where they live, their social class and ethnic group. My experiences as an upper middle class first generation Chinese Canadian born and raised in Toronto are going to be very…

Just because he's black doesn't mean that he's going to be free from being a bigot. Many Chinese people older than, say, 65 have issues with the Japanese to this very day. Even in the west. My grandmother is in her mid-80s and for a very long time, refused to buy anything Japanese. She owns a Sony TV and Japanese…

Shouldn't the manly super anti-aging complex be used to trick cougars? LOL!

$2,200 one day and $5K the next? I'd spend that money on Loubs and Manolos. And a few outfits to go with them...

These policies are the reason why I am confused about my religion. I'm much more comfortable with the beliefs of the Anglican Church, yet never converted (I guess it's Catholic guilt)...doesn't really make sense now that I'm married to a Jew.

A bilingual ad=it can be accessed by everyone in the community, not because they think the Hispanic community doesn't know enough English. I see bilingual signs a lot around here (usually Chinese/English) and don't see anything wrong with it.

Saw a girl with obviously fake bleached hair and the worst spray-on known to humankind today. I guess any of her pics would be banned, right?

Why do we care about this woman?

The little girl marrying the little boy probably means that she's going to be a servant for the boy's family until the two kids are "old enough." This is probably similar to @Jee Hyung Lee's point of teenage girls marrying young boys in Korea back in the old days. While my great-grandmother married a guy who wasn't…

I agree with you as well. I've noticed that the more prosperous or educated a society is, the more willing they are to give up certain traditions. The downside of this is probably a growing right wing, "mourning" the "good old days" when women had lots and lots of kids and the population growth didn't rely on…

My great-grandmother was a child bride. I think she was 15 years old. None of her children married young, however. I think the youngest was in her early 20s. By the 1940s, due to WWII and women's social progression in China, it just wasn't done.

Actually, there are a few schools that are (rightly) private. St. Michael's College School (boys only) and De la Salle College in Toronto (co-ed), for example. I think tuition is much lower for these schools (a typical Protestant-influenced prep school is about $25K for day school, $45K for boarding. The private…

How much to houses in the area cost? I'm in Toronto and that kind of pricing isn't too surprising for a house like that.

Back home, most Tims employees are new(ish) arrivals from other parts of the world.

Yeah, but double-doubles aren't as complicated as Sbux's tall, grande, venti names.

I'll drink Tims if I want a regular coffee, but their "fancy" coffees are gross and sugary. That I'll get at Starbucks (or Second Cup, where their "regular coffees" are okay too) or an independent place. Has anyone noticed the large percentage of Mac users at Starbucks? Every time I go, they seem to outnumber…

I've spoken with body image activists about this. They acknowledge the issue, but never talk about it again after our conversation. It's kind of lip service and nothing more.

I should probably add Louisa May Alcott's Little Women and its sequels too. Seems like girls in older books have much, much more spunk than modern ones.