A controversial figure has been scheduled to speak on your campus. What do you think should be done ( Read more... )

For a few years there's been a conflict between the University of Waterloo administration, Feds, and GLOW about the positive space campaign. Feds (and GLOW, obviously) are in favour of a queer positive space program, while the UW administration has been against it. The UW's administration's argument has been "If we denote certain places as ( Read more... )

I had some trouble falling asleep last night ( Read more... )

Often I'm too smart for my own good. That is, I'm smart to the point where bad things happen to me. But the thing I find fascinating is the particular flavour of my "smart" is such that if I were smarter, or if I were dumber, I would avoid the problems I tend to have ( Read more... )

I wrote a post about a story in the news today, but opted to put the post in the UWaterloo community instead. It's about the student union at Queen's apologizing for something they shouldn't have. I encourage you to read it and comment there ( Read more... )

I need to post more. I spend so much time mulling, but few thoughts ever see the light of day. I need to worry less about perfection and more about product. Time to start taking my own advice.

I want to start keeping more judicious track of everything this term, and this year. I've found that whenever I've kept track of something, my decisions ( Read more... )

A couple of days ago the UW gamers were having a Smash Bros. tournament upstairs. I counted and noted over two dozen people playing. However, I noticed one thing: none of them were girls ( Read more... )

"A little bit of information is a dangerous thing."

At first, the statement might seem like it's saying "information is dangerous". While true, the thrust of the statement is that less information is more dangerous. And, while showering a few days ago, the perfect example of this principle - less information being more dangerous - occurred to me ( Read more... )

I should post more often. For NaNoWriMo, one of my friends is updating a blog every day. If she can fit it in among school, writing for Imprint, and numerous other volunteer contributions, then I have no excuse. That, and the skill I most sorely need to develop is speed writing. I have good ideas, and I believe I usually present what I want to say ( Read more... )

There's this cultural stereotype: men don't like buying tampons or pads.

It's something that I never understood, and still don't understand. I mean, I suppose the argument is shopping for such items makes you a "whipped" man. But I procure things for others all the time: coffee, canisters of film (in first year), snack food. Why would one specific ( Read more... )