2007-02-10 18:13
I am pleased to announce that The Smoking Section has a new home: http://thesmokingsection.wordpress.com/. Please update your links, bookmarks, feed readers, and other blog paraphernalia acc… Read More
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2007-02-09 05:54
For the complete lowdown, click here.For the comic, click here Read More
2007-02-08 06:41
So, it looks like Frank’s going, which substantially increases the likelihood that I’ll go.What about the rest of you? Will you brave the bone-chilling winds to raise a glass wit… Read More
2007-02-05 09:40
Given enough time, a building will start to feel like home. You get to know the cracks, the weak step, the sticky lock. You become chatty with the neighbours. You learn the janitor’s n… Read More
2007-02-05 08:24
Some of you have been asking, so I guess an explanation is in order.Last week, I stepped down from my position as president of a teaching assistants’ union. I made the decision to leav… Read More
2007-01-31 07:18
I’ve been thinking a lot about drugs lately, in large part because other people have been thinking about them. Within the span of a week, I learned that Frank has never done them, that… Read More
2007-01-30 08:48
Originally posted to Metroblogging Montreal, Oct. 5, 2005.It was an incongruous day. I emerged from my apartment to find the staircase covered in dry, yellow leaves, yet the temperature stoo… Read More
2007-01-29 18:32
Is that a snake in your blog post or are you just happy to see me? Read More
2007-01-29 07:47
Environment CanadaCurrently Observed at:Montréal-Trudeau Int'l Airport2:00 AM ESTMonday 29 January 2007SmokeTemperature -17°CPressure/ Tendency 100.9 kPa↑Visibility 10 kmHumi… Read More
2007-01-28 02:24
Handshakes, meeting, report. I wish the new president luck, then escape for drinks with J. We talk about climate change, our first boyfriends, the painting she’s working on—anyth… Read More
2007-01-27 08:59
2007-01-26 09:36
From today's New York Times: Read More
2007-01-25 17:25
The Quebec baby boom and its inevitable aftermath Read More
2007-01-24 10:14
Why HDTV is bad for porn stars and other living things Read More
2007-01-24 07:46
Peter O'Toole and Jon Stewart on the joys of white wine and cigarettes Read More
2007-01-21 09:38
You know, I’ve always wanted one.The way I figure it, it’s an aid for the quiet times, when I can’t find the words, or when there are too many at once.It’s for when I… Read More
2007-01-21 09:31
Smoking outside the office, the snow stung as it fell. It was almost a relief Read More
2007-01-21 09:27
I went to Husk’s show last night. We found each other before he took the stage, both of us peering through the dark at the back of the room. I asked his name as a question, still unsur… Read More
2007-01-19 07:56
If you're looking for the petition to save the Spectrum, you can find it here Read More
2007-01-17 07:50
From the New York Times:[T]here is no going back to a world where we can assume that marriage is the main institution that organizes people’s lives.Well, about bloody time Read More
2007-01-16 08:51
A true revolution of values will soon cause us to question the fairness and justice of many of our past and present policies. On the one hand, we are called to play the Good Samaritan on lif… Read More
2007-01-11 08:50
You need to be yourself now and to feel what you really are.Often the outer appearance of a life conceals the depth of contact with underlying reality, even to the person who is doing the li… Read More
2007-01-10 08:20
Sick. Tired. Dishes to be done. Cat to be fed. Writing indefinitely on hold.Two weeks couldn’t be further away.Today, I felt almost everything I read. Sparky: “I miss my drunken… Read More
2007-01-09 16:26
Uberfrau reflects on her time in graduate school:I guess I never expected to have to know anything practical, and I've realized that over the last decade, I've only trained myself to be a sn… Read More
2007-01-09 16:24
British scientists have discovered the cure for stage fright, and it don't cost a thing Read More
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