January 2012
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Kim Jong Il | The Economist →
He learned to walk in three weeks, to talk in eight; he wrote six operas and 1,500 books while a student at Kim Il Sung University, and scored five holes-in-one in his first game of golf. Apart from being “the greatest writer who ever lived” and “greatest musical genius”, he was, by diktat, the Glorious General from Heaven, the Guiding Star of the 21st Century, and more than 200 other...
Jan 3rd
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December 2011
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Domestic labour: The servant problem | The... →
She was intrigued to discover that maids in Italy spent a great deal of time dusting ceilings. “I had never even thought of dusting a ceiling,” she says. “But then I looked up at mine—and they were very dusty.”
Dec 31st
The joy of walking: A path through time immemorial... →
Dec 30th
The East India Company: The Company that ruled the... →
Dec 30th
Social media in the 16th Century: How Luther went... →
So many great articles in the Christmas double-issue of The Economist. This one compares the communication revolutions of the Arab Spring and The Reformation. Luther was a master of ‘going viral’.
Dec 26th
Crowd dynamics: The wisdom of crowds | The... →
Dec 26th
Euphemisms: Making murder respectable →
Dec 24th
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rupertmurloch: esotericanthology: r It’s been so long! It’s ok.  We all forget how to spell sometimes.
Dec 15th
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Dec 15th
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Africa’s hopeful economies: The sun shines bright →
Dec 9th
November 2011
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Music Monday
yellowfriday: Confession: Rachel and I have been addicted to this song ever since the Water Boys played it at Commie Supper on Wednesday. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AF3HLBem4oo Also, the Water Boys are playing a free concert on Friday in the Great Hall and everyone should go. Everyone probably should go to this concert…
Nov 28th
October 2011
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Party Rock House Light Show - Halloween Edition →
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theseer: It’s 12:50AM and two young men walk by with a parking barrier and throw it in the dumpster. Welcome to Westcourt Place. What a useless barrier to begin with.  I wonder why they even bothered to install it.
Oct 15th
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Provincial Election tomorrow! Check out and... →
imagineation: turn-up-the-noise: You have the right to vote, exercise it. Don’t know who to vote for? Educate yourself here. It’s easy and it’s important. Sorry to maybe burst your bubble a bit here, but this site was set up for the Federal Election in May, which is entirely different from the Provincial Election tomorrow.  You’ll want to look in other places for information about...
Oct 6th
August 2011
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June 2011
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Yellow Friday: Esotericanthology replied to your... →
yellowfriday: Esotericanthology replied to your post I Miss Sports: If you’re in Waterloo on a Friday sometime, I might be able to get you into a soccer game. We’re often short girls. Well, as a matter of fact, I will be in Waterloo THIS Friday. However, I don’t know when I’ll be there, or exactly what I’m… Obviously we don’t do everything together since one of us is in Toronto...
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May 2011
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May 22nd
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Strangler Fig living bridges in Meghalaya, India
May 18th
“You don’t win the war by killing terrorists, Over time, you win the war by...”
– Joe Lieberman
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April 2011
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Apr 23rd
“Mr. Harper is offering fantasy economics.”
– Ignatieff My reaction: Wait, that exists? I didn’t see that the last time I was on Yahoo’s fantasy sports site. I’m in! With the first overall pick in the inaugural Canadian fantasy economics league, I’d like to select John Maynard Keynes. (via bruvark) I counter with the second pick of Friedrich...
Apr 13th
“Mr. Harper is offering fantasy economics.”
– Ignatieff My reaction: Wait, that exists? I didn’t see that the last time I was on Yahoo’s fantasy sports site. I’m in! With the first overall pick in the inaugural Canadian fantasy economics league, I’d like to select John Maynard Keynes. (via bruvark) I counter with the second pick of Friedrich...
Apr 13th
A Harmonious Madness: There are approximately 40... →
milliejames: imagineation: People are sitting on couch arms, on the ground, on the fridge, and on each other. People are standing outside and listening through the door. People are groaning, applauding, laughing, and thinking. We can barely ever coerce 10 into watching a movie. And they definitely never applaud. This… I never used to think about politics.  I’d boo the Conservatives...
Apr 13th
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“Mr. Harper is offering fantasy economics.”
– Ignatieff My reaction: Wait, that exists? I didn’t see that the last time I was on Yahoo’s fantasy sports site. I’m in! With the first overall pick in the inaugural Canadian fantasy economics league, I’d like to select John Maynard Keynes. (via bruvark) I counter with the second pick of Friedrich...
Apr 13th
“Mr. Harper is offering fantasy economics.”
– Ignatieff My reaction: Wait, that exists? I didn’t see that the last time I was on Yahoo’s fantasy sports site. I’m in! With the first overall pick in the inaugural Canadian fantasy economics league, I’d like to select John Maynard Keynes. (via bruvark) I counter with the second pick of Friedrich...
Apr 13th
Best of College A Cappella - Super Mario Themes →
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March 2011
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Mar 29th
"Life's too short for the wrong job"
joe-stone: elviniasogorgeous: tomatoneedles: WORTH A MILLION REBLOGS. These are amazing. Complete genius. I completely agree and these pictures are epic.
Mar 22nd
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29.5 days of work left!
egmain: Never again will I work for this company. 17 days left at Camcor and 12.5 days left at Linamar Gear. PRAISE THE LORD. Don’t act so excited about leaving, they might think you don’t like your job ;)
Mar 17th
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“In 1992, men spent $88 million on liposuction, face- lifts, nose-reshaping, and...”
– Eroticizing Men - Rohlinger Calf implants?! (via abp) I know one person who will not be needing those.
Mar 12th
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Could you have passed 8th Grade in 1895 →
Personal favourite question:  ”Of what use are rivers?”
Mar 9th
Review: THE MEAD SPIRAL 100 COLLEGE-RULED NOTEBOOK →
Mar 9th
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February 2011
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Feb 17th
Esoteric Anthology: Night Class Needs Comic Relief →
mapoftheworld: yellowfriday: My prof for Paul Life and Letters trying to connect Paul’s letters with Valentine’s Day - “Say you’re writing a letter to some one you love on February 14. What would you write in that letter? It might say something like, ‘You remind me of a deer, hopping through the forest…’ You write this because it’s what, what’s the name… I can attest. She makes great...
Feb 10th
Night Class Needs Comic Relief
yellowfriday: My prof for Paul Life and Letters trying to connect Paul’s letters with Valentine’s Day - “Say you’re writing a letter to some one you love on February 14.  What would you write in that letter?  It might say something like, ‘You remind me of a deer, hopping through the forest…’ You write this because it’s what, what’s the name… Halloween?  Oh no, it’s Valentine’s Day, that’s...
Feb 10th
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Feb 9th
Marathon Man runs 365 Marathons in 365 Days →
Wow!  I guess he really knows how to succeed over the long haul. 
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Seeing from afar: Email from the Dean of... →
theseer: At 12:36PM: In the interim period, Dean Sedra has reinstated funding to the PDEng program, which will resume its educational operations in the Fall of 2011. … Sincerely, Adel Sedra via Meg Bauman Following this, at 3:45 PM: You may have received a message that looked like it came from… My thoughts exactly!  So glad to be done this!
Feb 4th
January 2011
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Jan 25th
Virtual Haircut - Listen with headphones on. →
Jan 12th
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Dec 30th
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