Responding to rhetorical questions

I believe that, technically, one isn’t supposed to respond to things labelled “rhetorical”, at least, not in polite company. Ryan has, however, asked some interesting questions and I feel, if not honour-bound to answer, then at least sufficiently interested to examine, them. Let’s break it down. Why do you do it? Why do you do…

I can’t believe I’m posting this….

I will guiltily admit to doing a few of those weird “what kind of a ____ are you” quizzes that seem endemic to blogs. I never post the results, mind, but I have played with them. Usually the results are on the bland side of accurate – they could be me or they could be…

News oddities

In an attempt to keep pace with the public’s love of weird news, CBC has been increasing the number and quality of its bizarre stories recently. Part of it is the annual attempt to divert people from summer, but I suspect that a part of it is a recognition of the need for a good…

Two feet and a heartbeat

Finding extra time in our lives these days is difficult on a good day. What with John’s job, my work (and the extra stress of the upcoming show and Christmas season), Katherine, three dogs, two tanks full of fish and a half an acre of weeds, not to mention family and household stuff, time is…

Cool Flickr toy

FD has a page full of cool Flickr toys, amongst which can this neat little Flickr toy called the “Profile Widget”. You can see what it does below. Photos can be most recent, most interesting or random selections from interesting or recent shots. The resultant badge can be vertical, compact or horizontal. Note to WordPress…