La lernema lesbanino / The Queer Nerdy Girl

Vital step in the healing process

2008-05-16T03:46:18Z

In June, the Prime Minister of Canada will deliver a long-overdue apology for residential school abuses.

I has Taro

2008-05-13T17:43:11Z

I went out looking for tropical yams for a Beninese recipe I wanted to try, but I ended up buying taro. I guess I'll boil the corms.

PS: The Ethernopian was delicious.

Split lentil stew in berbere sauce

2008-05-13T13:39:39Z

I've got a fever, and the only cure is moar Ethernopians. Nom nom nom.

George LeBlanc, mayor of Moncton

2008-05-13T03:09:46Z

My ~~extended uncle~~ first cousin, once removed (my father's 1st cousin), George LeBlanc, just won mayorship of Moncton, New Brunswick! Wow!

Great job on the campaign, Brian!

English usage

2008-05-13T01:44:51Z

View Poll: #1186857

It's for a meal prepared at home (not restaurant, etc.) if it makes any difference!

Tradiciaj receptoj / Traditional recipes

2008-05-13T01:30:09Z

Ĉu vi kuiras?

Bonvolu transdoni al mi la plenan recepton (aŭ Esperantan tradukon aŭ la originalan tekston) de via plej ŝatata loka, etna aŭ familia specialaĵo! Aŭ iun ajn pladon aŭ deserton, kiun vi estas fame konata pro fari. Bonvolu inkluzivi la neprajn detalojn por iu, kiu neniam preparis nek manĝis tiun manĝaĵon antaŭe.

Mi ŝatus provi kaj gustumi ĝin en mia hejma kuirejo!

Do you cook?

Please share with me the full recipe for your favourite local, ethnic or family specialty! Or any dish or desert you're known or famous for making. Please include the mandatory details for somebody who has never prepeared or eaten this food before.

I want to try making it and taste it in my kitchen at home!

Non-fiction steampunk computer

2008-05-12T23:05:12Z

Difference Engine No 2

And of course the LEGO version...

First first human rights treaty of the 21st century

2008-05-12T21:26:52Z

The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), a landmark agreement that aims to give full equality to 650 million people in the world, took effect last week. BBC News...

Animated TV series update

2008-05-12T20:52:44Z

Metalocalypse was hilarious and had a cool aesthetic parodying Nordic death metal.

Freakazoid and Venture Bros. were interesting and had cool ideas, but were ultimately not original enough for me to continue watching. Courage the Cowardly Dog was kind of dumb.

I accidentally watched episode 101 (instead of 001) of Bleach*, and it had really awesome character concepts, outfits and creatures, but it did seem to follow the formula that czarrie described.

*Maybe it is best after all to watch random anime episodes in the middle of a series instead of the first two episodes to see what it's really about!

0.9 kilometres in 8 minutes and 31 seconds

2008-05-11T22:08:20Z

My "speedy walk" is about 6.3 km/h.

Peanut butter cookies

2008-05-11T17:23:54Z

Please be sharing your favourite recipe for peanut butter cookies!!

Animation: trying to expand my horizons

2008-05-11T13:29:49Z

I'm downloading the first two episodes of the following animated series. Maybe I'll get into one of them.

Ai Yori Aoshi
Basilisk
Bleach
Blood+
Cardcaptor Sakura
Courage the Cowardly Dog
Cowboy Bebop
Daria
FLCL
Freakazoid
Fullmetal Alchemist
Home Movies
InuYasha
Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
Metalocalypse
Negima!: Master Negi Magi
One Piece
Overman King Gainer
Pani Poni Dash!
Paranoia Agent
Revolutionary Girl Utena
Rozen Maiden
Saiyuki
Samurai Champloo
Rocko's Modern Life
Trinity Blood
Tsubasa Chronicle
Venture Bros.
Vision of Escaflowne

Also downloading Teeth! Is Alias any good?

Facialbook

2008-05-10T07:13:45Z

Doom lives on!

2008-05-08T18:48:40Z

Doom 4 was announced yesterday.

Doom II was the classic first-person shooter game we played in grade 10, a mix of demonic and almost Lovecraftian horror. Our school had a "computer users student organization" that would meet during lunch time, but all we did was play Doom II on the school's LAN. Up to 16 people in deathmatch! So we nicknamed it the "Doom student organization".

Many of us still play Doom II online for free using Zdaemon. I particularly enjoy the coop mode where 16 people can work together to shoot down the demons and complete a level!

Let's not forget Doom, the Roguelike for and even olderskool, rich ASCII experience!

Check out this home-made plush cacodemon!

John Romero is pretty is this picture:

Echochrome

2008-05-05T19:14:12Z

Another video game some of you might like...

Sort IMDB by rating?

2008-05-03T20:36:04Z

I wish there were a way to sort a list like this by average user rating instead of by year, to quickly find the best ~~bovies~~ movies an actor was in.

Lesbians

2008-05-01T14:10:38Z

Lesbians with a big L (the inhabitants of the Greek island of Lesbos) want lesbians with a small L (gay women around the world) to stop hijacking their word and disgracing the name of their island. The Greek government is so embarrassed by the term that it has renamed the island after its capital, Mytilini. (BBC News)

Personally, I'd be proud if my island was known worldwide because of a famous local poet. (Although, whether Sappho herself was a lesbian is also subject to debate. If not Sappho, I wonder who is the first explicitly lesbian woman recorded in history...)

Team Fortress 2

2008-04-30T22:55:21Z

Team Fortress 2 is going to be free on Steam all weekend! (nromally $30 to buy on Steam)

It's an awesome and cute cooperative 1st person shooter game that resembles rock, paper, scissors on steroids! There are also many support roles like medics and engineers if you're not the type to go pew pew pew in the front lines. Watch the trailers!

High Park

2008-04-27T23:57:33Z

While shigil came to contemplate the Japanese cherry blossoms, I made friends with the animals.

The Highland cattle are so cute and shaggy.

When I saw the American bison, I made a signal to say hi, and one of the larger ones immediately walked towards the fence to bond with me. (I seem to have a natural affinity with many animals, like I can speak their language.)

There were also emus and yaks.

(Photos are copyright Stephanie Gorecki.)

TTC strike

2008-04-26T21:07:00Z

I personally support transit workers' right to strike, but like kids on the Internets would say, "ur doin it wrong". The biggest error they made was in striking with only 30 minute notice on Friday at midnight. Women and elderly people were left stranded across the city at night with no ride to come back home late Friday night. "We're serious about your safety." Suuuuuurrre.

They said that the reason they didn't give 48-hour notice was to avoid TTC staff getting abused and heckled by riders in those last two days. But guess what, now people will be 100 times more pissed off and abusive! Torontonians are pissed off and vandalizing TTC property.

I feel like walking around in the street wearing a TTC uniform to see what kind of abuse people would hurl at me. Make a documentary. ;)

More news: http://torontoist.com/2008/04/ttc_strike_resources.php

TTC strike news

2008-04-26T14:24:42Z

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080426.wttc0425/BNStory/National/home

Pimp My Fahrrad lulz

2008-04-23T12:39:53Z

sonjaaa @ 2008-04-22T09:00:00

2008-04-22T13:01:25Z

This new chat bar thing in Facialbook is really annoying.

Hockeyness

2008-04-22T11:49:45Z

Can the Canadiens reattain their 1985 to 1993 excellence and bring the Cup back to Canada for the first time in 15 years?

The Canadiens sucked a lot between 1994 and 2003! Why are they performing better now? I'm out of the loop.

Accordion Vivaldi

2008-04-21T21:43:45Z