Word Explorer

Internet
I stumbled across an interesting podcast available from dictionary.com. Called the 'Word Explorer, it's not exactly ambient background sound for dinner parties but short, informative explanations of the meaning and origin of common words. Have a listen...you may enjoy it.
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When they don’t get it

Internet, People, Politics, Rants
During the last municipal election there was a significant amount of chatter on the aprilroad.com discussion forum (no longer available) and a few incumbents were targeted for ridicule. All's fair in love and war, right? Wrong, according to one of our city councillors. I sent emails to the election winners and losers inviting them to participate in the aprilroad.com podcast to discuss their experiences and their thoughts on our city. Most replied, and a few agreed to participate (some of which you can hear on the aprilroad.com Podcast page (no longer available). A few others, including Shane Kennedy and Mayor Trasolini, will be interviewed soon and will be posted on aprilroad.com in the coming weeks. But one city council incumbent was incensed that some residents had the audacity to disagree…
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The Internet’s questionable citizenry

The Internet’s questionable citizenry

Internet
Wankers and weirdos abound on the Internet. That's a common fact but it's becoming increasing annoying how the media reacts to their existence such as the case with Eric Raymon Morneau. A front page banner in today's newspaper declared "Facebook linked to child-luring". Wrong! One slightly bent individual tried to pick up a 14 year old girl but was unsuccessful and eventually caught by police. (I wonder what members of Langley's Christian Life Assembly Pentecostal Church thought of their parishioner after that hit the papers? Or what his wife and two young boys thought of his online activites.) If Facebook is 'linked to child-luring' then is Stanley Park 'linked to anonymous gay sex'? Yes Virginia, gay men go to Stanley Park at night seeking consensual sex but I don't see…
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