I completely understand where you're coming from re: ambulances should be used only in real emergencies. i can't speak for all Canadians but seeking the correct level of care was part of my middle class upbringing in a major city. However, I know that I'm certainly no medical professional to judge the situation. I was…

Exactly! I volunteer at my local shelter which has a food program as well. Keeping pets in their loving homes is a win-win-win situation for everyone involved. As hard as we try to socialise and love the animals in our care, a shelter even a "low-kill" shelter (meaning no matter how long it takes or how much medical…

Do these "close the borders" or "it's ok to torture immigrants" or "no mirandas for immigrants" people not realise that one of the human beings killed by the bombs was herself an international student? Does she deserve her death in their sick minds? Or in their minds were there only two real fatalities ie the…

So does that mean when I finish my Mistress of Arts this fall my new life goal should be a Ph.G. (philosophiae goddess) or depending on the program an Ed.G. ? I kind of like the idea of being edgy as a professional designation :)

My friend always relates the following anecdote with in the most self depreciating manner: back when she and her husband were still dating they went to the movies with friends of theirs who were married with children. her husband and the other couple were Laotian-Canadians in their mid to late thirties while she was a…

Next up for Peter Hansen: "We need to worry about all those livers going on pub crawls."

While this continues to be a tragedy and a trainwreck, the administration's response has long past stupid and illogical and is firmly into absurd.

I'm jealous! That is so many levels of awesome I'm not sure I can stand it!

Agreed! Also, so long as I'm wearing my "The Babe with the Power" tshirt, that line becomes an acceptable pick up line (for me) so long as (he) does the whole dialouge with me. I like my men adorkable.

Acutelyaware says they have an actual phobia. Ativan works really well for me since I have the same phobia whereas your suggestion would backfire on me.

Was it from think geek? I have a ladies t-shirt that says "The Babe with the Power" from them which I love.

Thank you! Even though I'd mentally prepared myself for the problem of train gropers in Japan (or thought I did) when it happened to me I froze. And I had watched the perv get up out of his seat, cross into my car, sit right beside me (with dozens of other empty seats in my car too) and open his newspaper to hide what…

A thought occurred to me as I read this: I've been looking at the studies on undetected rapists for my own master's research. The two major studies were from Lisak and Miller in 2002, the results of which were almost fully replicated in McWhorter et al in 2009. The one difference was the percentage of undetected…

Thank you! If you looked at the bakers in my family and tried to find an easily spot-able chromosomal reason, suddenly it would become "you're good at baking because you have red hair" which is just as stupid as "because you're a girl." My brother and I both find baking fun (and delicious) and my mother has gladly…

This is eight years ago now, but my best friend was screened at the hospital when she delivered her firstborn (I don't know about any prior counseling or screening.) She was considered at risk so they enrolled her in a program where she was visited at home several times in the first 8 or so months by a public health…

Sandy blond hair?? Where did you get that idea? He's specifically described as having bronze hair. This casting is a failure - where the hell is the hot ginger described in the book?

I adore the brand Tsubo and I have an adorable mary jane heel from them that is my go to office shoe. I can vouch for wolky and clarks as well but someone reccomended jessica simpson shoes. My second opinion on those is that they were the most painful shoe I've ever had the misfortune of standing in.

Good catch - the science reporting here on Jezebel leaves much to be desired. i read this on slate first which did talk about the reservoir. The brilliance of the treatment - which started when the infant was only 30 hours old - was that they caught the virus before it could build up the reservoir.

I'm in the full busted category and I've had some luck with Knickers n' Lace in Calgary (Willowpark shopping area) and Bare Basics Lingerie Boutique in in the greater Vancouver area (Steveston). Not sure about shipping to Canada since I'm in the states for school but I've had good luck with bare nesessities.com - they…