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Tips for the unprepared night-time cyclist

I love cycling, especially in the City. I can hold my own in heavy traffic and stick to the rules of the road as best I can - I sure don't need to give cars more reasons to be annoyed with cyclists. But inevitably, I sometimes forget my lights. And at this time of year, when the days are getting …

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A heavy summons

Sleep is such a fragile thing Broken by a simple touch, an inadvertent creak or brush The creeping light that morning brings Balanced on the knife-edge between one world and the other The other? -- Or, perhaps but one of many I've yet to discover Like a switch flipped, then zipped around To …

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Atlas Shrugged (and eventually, so did I)

Some people try to make a boring speech more interesting by throwing in a story or two. In Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand does the opposite - stuffing a mediocre story full of excessive diatribes and long-winded monologues. The result is a sad hybrid of philosophy and fiction that brings out the worst in …

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Woefully Horrid Method of Insuring Safety (WHMIS)

Health and safety are important, but WHMIS certification (at least, my experience with it) is a joke. I first learned about WHMIS in Grade 9 or 10, as part of a mandatory "workplace skills" course. We learned all about the different hazard symbols, material safety data sheets, the rights and …

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