May 2013
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April 2013
13 posts
Recurring Nightmares: The TED Talk
Backstage at the Saskatchewan convention center, I’m about to deliver an inspirational lecture on cosmetic dentistry for TEDxSaskatoon when I suddenly realize that not only do I not know the first thing about dentistry; I’m also wanted by the Canadian authorities for outfitting a moose with a bowler hat, with the intent to teach him canasta. I take out my phone to call for help, only to be...
a beautiful body
Eleanor’s bedtime routine looks a little something like this: I take her upstairs for her bath (or a simple hand and face washing if that’s all that’s necessary or we are running late, which is most evenings {the running late, I mean}. This hand-and-face washing usually turns into some feet washing too, which usually results in a few minutes of us hiding her feet under the washcloth and her...
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My Full Frame
3 days, 16 films! Citizen Koch How Citizens United and the billionaire brothers’ playbook ruined our democracy. Creepy and frightening. Blood Brother Young American fills up the hole in his heart and shares the love in a Chennai AIDs orphanage. Gideon’s Army Heroes, no capes, just smarts, passion, idealism. By Her Side When a woman gives birth, the man is in the picture, too. Just breathe....
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March 2013
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Courgette. (The French have a word for everything)
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Crowdfunding Clean Energy
If you wanted to get large numbers of people actively engaged in helping to solve global warming, how might you go about it? For years, the main approach in the environmental movement has been to sound the alarm bell and implore people to consume less, switch to green products, recycle, and speak up to companies and politicians. It hasn’t always been an easy sell. However, if the approach of a...
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February 2013
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WatchI’ve said it before…Brittany Howard is the best. Listen up, hold on.
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The Minimum Wage, Guns, Health Care and the...
Some of you questioned the last line of my post yesterday, that “a decent society should do no less” when I argued for a $9 minimum wage. You asked who’s to determine decency? Why shouldn’t we let the “market” decide? This is one of the oldest conservative canards in existence, based on the false idea that there’s something called a “market” that exists separate from society. But there’s no...
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