A while back my wife passed me a PDF copy of an academic paper entitled “Polite, well-dressed and on time: secondary school conduct codes and the production of docile citizens” by Brock University researcher Rebecca Raby. The citation shows the paper as having originally been published in The Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology; Feb [...]
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(This is a bit journal-ish. Skip ahead if that kind of stuff doesn’t interest you.)
You know, the last time I can back from Australia, I was hungover and carrying the Aussie death flu bug, and I was wiped out for several weeks.
This time I seem to have been wiped out first, and then picked up [...]
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Should you be MALE or FEMALE?*created with QuizFarm.com
You scored as Female
Being mostly female by thought, a good thing in many ways: By definition it means that you are more creative, and sensitive towards your environment, enabling you to express yourself freely.
Female
54%
Male
46%
Either
39%
Neither
32%
(via Fred)
So, that might mean something… I don’t know. Aren’t internet quizzes the authoritative [...]
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A Sunday link list, of things that made me think of specific people.
For my lovely wife, to share with her radical feminist associates, is the story of the most famous pirate of all time. Especially the bits about the pirate laws governing female prisoners. And the end of the story.
Also for her yet another story [...]
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Gordon
will shetterly
Mr. McLaren
Trish
DeclanMr. McLaren
Fredwill shetterlywill shetterlyMr. McLaren