Archive for October, 2008

As promised, the amazing swimming pug

Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008

I’m pretty sure you don’t have to be a pug expert to know that pugs are, well, how do I say… Not the most, erm, athletic dogs? When I first got Abby and researched all there is to know about pugs, I quickly learned that they do not swim, they sink. Most people actually recommend [...]

Can you taste the democracy?

Tuesday, October 14th, 2008

My fellow Canucks, on this fine election day, I hope that you are as excited as I am about exercising your privilege to vote, and if you’re not, shame on you (really – I don’t kid when it comes to democracy!). Here are a few reasons why I think you should be excited and proud [...]

Varying perspectives on a word’s denotation

Wednesday, October 8th, 2008

Amidst all of this electoral hoopla, I just wanted to take a minute out of my busy lunch hour yogurt eating and lolcat browsing schedule to write about something which never ceases to baffle me: the varying meanings and connotations people on different degrees of the political spectrum attribute to words such as liberal and [...]