The conversation went something like this:

Wei-Tom: There's a lot of prostitutes in my new neighborhood.
Me: That should make your dating life simpler.
Wei-Tom: Dum-pshh... All I have to do is pay lots of money.
James: You can get full service for $70.
Me: That's true. I read the adult classified at the back of NOW magazine, and I am shocked at how little some of those girls charge.
James: Why do you read the back of NOW?
Me: I think it's a barometer of our culture. Like, last February *everyone* was offering bare back blow jobs. And last month *everyone* was offering brown and golden showers.
Boss: Wei-Tom! There you are!
Me: Oh... That was embarrassing...

Comrades! I break my blogging silence to bring you this:

I am ever amazed at the ways that U of T finds to tell the student body to piss off. Yesterday I went to Hart House, to take advantage of my status as a recent graduate and receive a discounted gym membership. You see, as an alumni, they now worship the ground I walk on - and thus I get towel service. Yes, while students can sweat (both metaphorically and literally) all over the floors and no one will care, my sweat will now be sopped up by a pristine white towel, still warm from the dryer.

I indulged myself: Though I was well aware that this towel made me a member of the bourgeoisie, I draped it over my shoulder like a victory sash. I strutted through Hart House, knowing that my sweat was more valuable to the University than that of all 50 000 enrolled students.

Bwa ha ha!

Who doesn't love talking about American politics? I certainly enjoy nothing better than a hot cup of tea and a rant about what they are doing wrong this time. Here's what they are doing wrong:

Everyone is trying to be politically correct by asserting that Sarah Palin's daughter's pregnancy is irrelevant to Palin's potential presidency (I say presidency because if she and McCain win, it'll only be - what? three months ? - before John kicks it). In principle I agree. After all, were running for office I would certainly hope that people wouldn't judge me based on my family. The situation is somewhat different though, if your teenager is knocked up and you've been supporting abstinence-only sex-ed the whole time. I don't care that Bristol Palin is pregnant; so many girls her age are. What I don't understand is why her mother thinks that, even though abstinence-only didn't work for her family, it might work for someone else's. Wouldn't this be a great time to say something like "I support and love my daughter, but this experience has given me cause to re-evaluate my views on the content of state-funded sex education programs."?

Then again, changing your opinion based on available evidence is not a Republican value.