Archive for the ‘ Randomosity ’ Category

The World Cup

Everyone is really excited about the World Cup. I wasn’t, until they had us pick teams at work, pick our favorite players and make predictions about who would win things. I like to be in the “know” when I do stuff like this, so I’ve started following the pre-games and looking at the history of [ READ MORE ]

Guelphite! (and other random things)

I’ve been living in Guelph this week (and for the rest of the summer). I get a little bit bored here while my mom is at work. So I’ve been exercising on my parent’s elliptical, gardening, doing lawn work, restoring an old broken mirror and playing Wii. I’m glad that work starts next week so [ READ MORE ]

Growth without GDP

Is it possible to have growth by focusing on something other than GDP? This is what I’m studying, recently - Ecological Economics. What I like about it? It’s giving solutions. What I don’t like about it? I’m not really sure yet. I do know that I need to start learning more about economics if I plan [ READ MORE ]

Happy Thanksgiving

Since I go to York (read as “The worst school ever”) we have the next week off. I’d be excited, but because we have this week off ALL the teachers decide that this is the perfect time to have you write their essays and prepard for midterms. …I’ll be spending a couple nights at my [ READ MORE ]

The Problem of History

(See more from J. Kirkintilloch at Sorepoints.com) Its easy to ask yourself…. Why should I, who never owned a slave, who never prevented a woman from voting, who never stole any land, and who never sent anyone to a gas chamber, have to feel guilty about what other people did in the past? Clearly I had no [ READ MORE ]

Blogs

  • Joe: Sore Points
  • M: R&S
  • Zak: Canadian Iconoclast
  • Ian: Terahertz
  • Andy
  • Gordo: Appletree
  • Michael: Hopping into Puddles
  • Eco-Chick
  • Sage
  • Webs
  • Feministing
  • Freethought Association
  • CUSS
  • Hemant: Friendly Atheist