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30 in 30: Day 03 (in which I review PORN — I mean, part of the Kushiel series)
The best book you’ve read in the last 12 months This one is harder to answer because I’ve read fewer books in the past year than I usually have. (Yes, you read that right.) Most of the books I’ve read have been non-fiction, which usually means that I haven’t actually finished them yet. And I…
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30 in 30: Day 02 (in which I’m actually pretty serious about The Fifth Sacred Thing)
Day 02 – A book or series you wish more people were reading and talking about I’ve been putting off writing this post, because I was playing World of Warcraft. (You thought I was going to say something thoughtful or poignant, didn’t you? Silly. You should know by now.) Truth is, there are a lot…
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30 Books in 30 Days: Day 01 (in which I vehemently bash Acorna’s bloated corpse)
In the interest of whipping myself to blog more, I have stolen this meme from my friend Boudicca. I’ll try and do this within a month; of course I’ve chosen the worst month possible. But whatever; it should be fun. Oh, and these posts are going to count for my GYWO, as they are not…
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Book Review: Unleashed (Paranormal Romance). Now with more swearing!
Recently I was given a copy of Unleashed — a set of 4 short stories all in the genre of Paranormal Romance. Awesome, I think. I need a good escape. Unfortunately, two out of four of the stories made me want to escape back into real life because the men I know are better than…
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Take from the rich to give to the poor: the Robin Hood Tax and its implications for Canada and the world at large
So, here in Canada we’re lobbying for something called The Robin Hood Tax to be put into place1. The basic idea of the tax is this: every day banks and financial institutions have tons of transactions, right? Well, what if we put a small tax — only .05% — on each transaction, payable by the…