‘Editorial’ Articles
Written by turnipHed on 08 May 2008
It has been too noisy here today » 01 to really get any work done plus on top of that it is hard to concentrate today because I did get a quick chance to talk to "him" last night on the phone, not much was said but it was really good to hear is voice and I [Continue...]
Written by turnipHed on 07 May 2008
XTRA! a local Toronto publication recently ran a story "Tragedy is Easy" which looks into our attitudes towards mainstream homophobia and how we seem to accept it. I would like you to start paying attention to how often being gay is a punchline of a monologue," she said. "It starts with laughing at [Continue...]
Written by turnipHed on 18 April 2008
This morning the head of the union representing the TTC informed all of the GTA to prepare for strike action. Toronto commuters should brace for a TTC strike that will snarl Monday morning's commute, the leader of the transit agency's largest union warned yesterday... Now the Premier of Ontario [Continue...]
Written by turnipHed on 04 March 2008
Swiss HIV experts have produced the first-ever consensus statement to say that HIV-positive individuals on effective antiretroviral therapy and without sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are sexually non-infectious. The statement is published in this week’s Bulletin of Swiss Medicine [Continue...]
Written by turnipHed on 30 December 2007
In years past, a takeover meant hostage negotiations and standoffs; crews were trained in the concept of “passive resistance.” All of that changed forever the instant American Airlines Flight 11 collided with the north tower. What weapons the 19 men possessed mattered little; the success of [Continue...]
Written by turnipHed on 26 December 2007
OK so yesterday I wrote a tid-bit that seemed to set a couple people thinking that something bad had happened. Such is not the case; more so that I just needed the time to sleep on it and sort it all out so that when I did write it would not be a jumble. [Continue...]
Written by turnipHed on 04 December 2007
I was impressed with the comments that were made by Eiain over at My Prozac Cocoon; while his comments were raw, blunt they were honest to his thoughts and feelings and I can only agree with where he is coming from. [Continue...]
Written by turnipHed on 30 November 2007
This article was emailed to me - now this is a great tragedy; however if this was my new best friend I am not so sure I would feel the same! [Continue...]
Written by turnipHed on 30 November 2007
Yesterday when we were working on our last day of our pairing we noticed a headline on the front of the local newspaper. ((same headline as above)) Of course this intrigued all of us so we all huddled in the back galley and put our heads together and read the story. [Continue...]
Written by turnipHed on 03 May 2007
Judging by the carping which came from the Christian camp, one would imagine the Equality Act would lead to albino frogs raining from a weeping sky as God’s snot drowned us all in a fit of rage. [Continue...]
Written by turnipHed on 03 April 2007
The Moscow City Court has rejected an appeal challenging the Tverskoy district court’s ruling that banned a Moscow gay pride parade, Interfax news agency reported April 2. [Continue...]
Written by turnipHed on 21 July 2006
The first phase of a municipal Wi-Fi network that will wirelessly blanket downtown Toronto with high-speed Internet service will be launched on Sept. 7, Toronto Hydro Telecom said yesterday. [Continue...]
Written by turnipHed on 21 July 2006
The Indian government late Thursday told ISPs (Internet service providers) there to stop blocking entire blog Web sites such as Google Inc.'s www.blogspot.com. [Continue...]
Written by turnipHed on 09 July 2006
Jose Francisco Lamo and Luisa Notario pledged undying love to their respective partners as elsewhere in the city the pope said mass before a congregation of more than a million at the climax of his two-day visit to Catholic Spain. [Continue...]
Written by turnipHed on 07 July 2006
Henceforth, no one must refer to my name as mother of Manvendra," one notice signed by his mother said. "If any individual or organization dares to do so, it will invite contempt proceedings." [Continue...]