http://serendipityoucity.blogsome.com a gift to you and me accidently on purpose somewhere but mostly in the city Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:24:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Friday November 27 is buy nothing day! Enjoy dinner at home, bring your lunch, ride your bike etc. Check out the Adbusters campaign material here. http://serendipityoucity.blogsome.com/2009/11/24/buy-nothing-day/ I am thinking out loud here, about stuff I know little about, but freaks me out a little! Discrimination based on genetic predispositions to disease? Genetic chauvinism was something I witnessed in Japan, particularly against the hibakusha. People avoid marrying hibakusha because a belief that radiation sickness or genetic defects will ... http://serendipityoucity.blogsome.com/2009/11/22/genetic-information-nondiscrimination-act/ want to quit my phd and work at mickyDs, as quite frankly, when I compare my knowledge of the world with the few bits I heard from her today, well, I am so burger flippin’ material. Oye veigh! I will go eat some chocolate to feel better, maybe ... http://serendipityoucity.blogsome.com/2009/11/15/damn-listening-to-this-womyn-makes-me/ My friend and colleague Dale will be teaching a course on one of my favourite themes! I am going to probably audit this course as it looks super awesome! I have seen a partial reading list and it looks great. JANUARY 2010: GEOGRAPHY 4024 Subject to sufficient demand, a seminar course ... http://serendipityoucity.blogsome.com/2009/11/14/globalization-and-technology-carleton-u/ More on the strike! http://serendipityoucity.blogsome.com/2009/11/14/penny-the-beaver-is-at-it-again/ Dam! Looks like neo-Victorian is coming in! I look forward to men dressing like this! I was in Montreal last week and I saw a bunch of shoes that were a modern & more comfortable looking take on the Victorian style. Good leathers, wools, tweeds, and even ... http://serendipityoucity.blogsome.com/2009/11/11/oh-oh-my-favorite-look-is-going-mainstream/ I am searching through the Library and Archives theses for work done on access to public data. I did find an awesome PhD thesis which is also a book written in 1997 by Kirsti Elizabeth Nilsen: SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH IN CANADA AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT INFORMATION POLICY: THE CASE OF ... http://serendipityoucity.blogsome.com/2009/11/11/hey-i-just-found-my-thesis-online-in-the-archives/ I did not know this about him. Some, in particular Emmanuel Faye, a French Philospher, want to wipe his work out of philosophy. First published in France in 2005, the book, “Heidegger: The Introduction of Nazism Into Philosophy,” calls on philosophy professors to treat Heidegger’s writings like hate speech. Richard ... http://serendipityoucity.blogsome.com/2009/11/09/heidegger-and-nazism/ On Nov. 3rd at 9:15 am, I will be webcast as part of the CHMC National Housing Research Committee meetings being held in Ottawa. I will be showcasing the Pilot Cybercartographic Atlas of the Risk of Homelessness. If you do not get to watch tomorrow, the videos and the presentation ... http://serendipityoucity.blogsome.com/2009/11/03/webcast-atlas-of-the-risk-of-homelessness/ Hey! Hope to see you Ottawa Folks at the Octopus Books 40th anniversary party Oct. 30. I don’t know about you! But I think 40 is sexy, Octopus Books has the most intellectually challenging material in the city, and who can resist that kind of subversiveness! See you ... http://serendipityoucity.blogsome.com/2009/10/29/40-years-octopus-books-party-oct-30/