Month: March, 2008

I read the news today, oh boy…

A few things that caught my attention today: One of the pro-Tibet protesters on Parliament Hill this morning was being interviewed on CBC and was asked if they were calling for a boycott of the Olympics and he said that it’s not their place to call for a boycott – They’ll leave it up to the [...]

Vocalize

I need to do something good. I need for what I do with my life, what I do with myself during the day to mean something beyond paying my rent and my debts. I want to help people. I want to make the world a better place for someone, and I’m not sure how to [...]

Feminism:the doctrine advocating social, political, and all other rights of women equal to those of men.

For years I’ve read about the Bush government’s sneaky ways of cutting down women’s rights and wondered why no one was paying attention, other than the people at Marie Claire and Glamour. Now it’s happening here. Antonia says it best This is a very dangerous little bill that they’re trying to pass off as nothing [...]

The canary

It’s finally warming up a bit here in Ottawa (probably just until the weekend, but it was nice to leave the house without my long-johns anyway). I’m curious to see how long it takes all this winter to melt once it really starts – We’ll probably be soggy until June. But I digress… I enjoy [...]