Gloria

Recent Actions

• Commented on Concordia University has a spy-squad that snooped on novelist for "bilingual interests"
  I thought that was kind of ironic too. Yes, I'm a U of T grad....
• Commented on Concordia University has a spy-squad that snooped on novelist for "bilingual interests"
  Neither would I. Have you held any university degree in your hands before? That paper is stiff stuff. You'd cut up your ass and die on the can....
• Commented on HOW TO Make Some Truly Wonderful Sweet Potatoes
  Rest assured that proper poutine is most certainly not an "everyday" dish. It may be *available* every day, but nobody sane eats it that way....
• Commented on Grim and delightful picture book, "There Was an Old Lady"
  Thanks. You're totally right....
• Commented on HOW TO Make Some Truly Wonderful Sweet Potatoes
  "Whatever happened to tradition? Whatever happened to special occasion food?" Well, clearly it's not a tradition for everyone. I've been to Thanksgiving dinners that were delicious and indulgent sans marshmallows. "Special occasion" doesn't *have* to mean "food that will kill...
• Commented on HOW TO Make Some Truly Wonderful Sweet Potatoes
  I was just throwing in the "Canadian" because Canada and US are the only countries that celebrate Thanksgiving, and given that nobody here I've met serves sweet potatoes with marshmallows, I was wondering whether it was an American thing, and...
• Commented on Famous portraits as mice
  Maus?...
• Commented on HOW TO Make Some Truly Wonderful Sweet Potatoes
  I don't think I've *ever* had sweet potatoes with extra sweetener -- brown sugar, sugar, or marshmallows (?????). I like them either deep-fried in tempura batter or roasted with some butter/olive oil and herbs. There's plenty of flavour there already....
• Commented on Fancy thermochromic swine flu masks
  Maybe a cloth mask with a removable sterile paper lining? I imagine it should be possible to boil and otherwise properly disinfect cloth masks....
• Commented on The Matrix in LEGO
  10 years old? Jeez. I feel like a geezer....
• Commented on Fancy thermochromic swine flu masks
  "The patterns are printed with thermochromic ink, so the masks change color when the temperature of your breath changes." Ok, that is awesome....
• Commented on Muppets singing Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody"
  Well, not only a very modern PC, but one that's running Vista, from what I can tell....
• Commented on Video game wedding: a letter and photos from the bride and groom
  Get a new one, upgrade to a better model, or quit the system entirely and be alone. It's what people do when their flesh-bag spouses "break down," right?...
• Commented on Runaway Lets Subway Do the Running For Him
  Why is that problematic?...
• Commented on Grim and delightful picture book, "There Was an Old Lady"
  I don't see any Gorey at all. I see more of Jon Sciezska -- the cut-out, textured illustration style, along with a subversive tone of humour....
• Commented on Online matchmaking site analyzes attractiveness vs. message traffic
  Eh. I'd say it still depends on how good a musician he is....
• Commented on Online matchmaking site analyzes attractiveness vs. message traffic
  Well, if it gives ugly chaps a second chance, I don't really see a huge problem....
• Commented on Online matchmaking site analyzes attractiveness vs. message traffic
  "the average-looking woman has convinced herself that the vast majority of males aren’t good enough for her" Interesting piece to read, but can't say I agree with this particular sentence. That a woman ranked a man as "worse-looking than medium"...
• Commented on Advisor: What will happen if I clone my dog?
  "A shelter dog comes with behavioral & emotional problems as well as an unknown history." Like people?...
• Commented on Galileo's fingers found
  We deeply regretted missing this when we visited Florence this fall. But we did get to go to La Specola, which was *awesome.* (Thanks, Atlas Obscura, and thanks, BB, for the rec.)...
• Commented on Tom Gauld print: "Characters for an Epic Tale"
  How does one man's work leave "no room" for reimagining epics with more female protagonists/characters? Ooh, yeah. That's right. You can still "reimagine epics" yourself, without Mr. Gauld's blessing! Have fun. @rose bush: Not withstanding the fact that I don't...
• Commented on Short papercraft film on the beauty of the book
  @2: No, because it was used for a reason, rather than censorship or casual vandalism....
• Commented on College students arrested for not tipping
  @das memsen: My main point is that if you paid 18% more all your food during a meal, it's the same as if the restaurant imposed a 18% service fee. That's all I'm saying. I wasn't clear -- I meant...
• Commented on College students arrested for not tipping
  I don't really buy that. The way I see it, the standard 15% tip -- fair in Toronto, at least -- IS part of the "real" cost of your meal. Because if everything you ate at a restaurant went up...
• Commented on College students arrested for not tipping
  Agreed on all points. Don't like the system? Don't go out to eat. Or pick a restaurant that has different employment practises -- there are some. I've made the argument that if you thought the service was so awful, why...
• Commented on College students arrested for not tipping
  Well, I apologize for that. That said, if you or anyone else were confused by the "gratuity" terminology, it's not only explained in the article and also explicitly stated on the bill as "mandatory." "Restaurant still shouldn't have called it...
• Commented on Beard worn as cage around head
  I'm going to walk around today and just enjoy the expressions on people's faces when I say "working beard door."...
• Commented on Demi claims missing hipflesh is for real. But $5,000 says it's Moore photoshopping.
  "I don't think her waist is that small." Could be, could not be ... but you should get acquainted with the miracles that corsets and supportive undergarments can wreak....
• Commented on Taste Test: natto, gooey fermented soy beans
  Yeah, I always wondered about people claiming to me that soy was awful and gave boys birth defects, etc. A billion Chinese can't be *so* wrong. (My family is Chinese, so we consume tofu, soy sauce, all the time). I...
• Commented on Trompe l'oeil back-garden sink-hole
  Although, of course, it doesn't mean you can't discover a meaning on your own....