A letter I wrote to the Chronicle Herald, regarding a piece on the language used in reporting sexual assaults:If the justice system is to be fair, it would seem that a determinedly even-handed treatment of evidence and the law is required even in the most explosive cases. We need to maintain this in our discourse. “Alleged” and “accused” must be ( Read more... )

A letter I wrote to Maclean's, regarding a report on female teacher sexual transgressors:Anne Kingston’s thesis, that the treatment of female teachers who become sexually involved with their male students reflects legal and cultural double standards, is borne out, but I hope that we don’t solve this double standard by making female teacher ( Read more... )

I just got my program audit in the mail from the Registrar's Office today:

Dear Mr. Matheson ( Read more... )

Dear Ms ( Read more... )

I’m having too much fun following the elections. All this week I’ve been staying up way past my bedtime trolling for information. There are now three concurrent elections to follow: the obvious one, ours, and Halifax’s. O the punditry! The polls! The stakes! The spending! The debates!

I put together an essay for the S.G. website from snippets of ( Read more... )

14. Letters…

(January 24th) - parts of a letter to my cousinHi, [cousin]! Thank you for the welcome! Although I have been meeting other people, it was a great relief to know early on that you were out there. Not that I wanted to knock on your door late at night while I was on the run, but there were a few days not too long ago where I felt like it ( Read more... )

10. Letter to a friend
(with insights on driving and weather, which is why it is being included here since time is at such a premium)Dear [friend ( Read more... )

Dear William,

Hello. How are you doing?

I would like to announce that S.G. [school] would like you to be an intern at
S.G.. I hope that you are going to get along your new life in an
Asian country. I am going to send some files that I want you to fill out　on
Monday.

J. K.

( update / naidheachd / mise à jour / unowocześniać / змінюватися / обновить )

(... but we'll say nothing of value, because our ass is more important than yours.)

OMG OMG OMG THEY REPLIED!

What awaits inside the envelope? A scathing rebuke of my impertinence? A, "sorry, we didn't take you on because you just don't fit in with our corporate culture?"

It's already written, in that envelope! I'd better sit down...

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[my ( Read more... )