In keeping with my scattered, spring-fevered mind this week, here is a collection of odds and sods insights, with the general theme of enjoying the upcoming brilliant spring and summer weather: >> If you have the space to do it, try line-drying your clothes outdoors on sunny days. The natural sunlight will increase the intensity… Read more »
Dear Barb, My sister is getting married next month and I can’t stand her fiancé. I feel really bad about this, but I just don’t care for him at all. He has never done anything to my sister or me specifically. I just find him very arrogant and at times he seems to be demeaning… Read more »
AUSU Course Evaluations Would you like to know what your fellow students have thought of an AU course? If so, you are not alone. Many students find the input of their peers invaluable when selecting courses or a program of study. AU students may not have cafeterias and hallways in which to share this knowledge,… Read more »
There was a time in my early twenties when I was convinced I was dying. There were unexplained bouts of dizziness while walking the dog, cruel pounding headaches in the middle of the night, and flashing lights in my head. I visited specialists, wore wired goggles, and stared at holographs and blobs of light. I… Read more »
I have a firmly held belief that life is too short for fast food. It is too short, in fact, to bother with treating meals as simply a source of energy — something to be boiled in a bag for five minutes before rushing out of the door, or something ordered by speaking into an… Read more »
Research Receives More Money The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada has announced funding for almost 1000 research projects (http://www.sshrc.ca/web/whatsnew/press_releases/2005/srg_e.asp), to the tune of $81.2 million dollars. If you’d care to know what that buys, you can take a look at the list of projects (http://www.sshrc.ca/web/winning/comp_results/2005_srg.pdf). While I don’t like to denigrate research… Read more »
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Dear Barb, My wife and I are in our early thirties. We have been married for 10 years and we both have successful careers. Throughout our marriage we have frequently discussed when would be the right time to start a family. We finally decided that this is the year. I really felt I was ready… Read more »
AUSU Course Evaluations Would you like to know what your fellow students have thought of an AU course? If so, you are not alone. Many students find the input of their peers invaluable when selecting courses or a program of study. AU students may not have cafeterias and hallways in which to share this knowledge,… Read more »
I’m holding cotton candy in the circus tent. The fire-eater is standing in the middle of a garden of flame, her body covered with tattoos. Two years before her drowning, the German exchange student is on the roof of the cathedral in Normandy, balanced between gargoyles, staring out into eternity. Fifty feet below the surface,… Read more »