Grad School Blues Part 1: How I came to realize that grad school is (mostly) bullshit
May 15th, 2013 | by Pamela Fillion
The following is not an academic critique of the relics of enlightenment and purveyors of colonialist and modernist values that
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My meat shell is a perfect 10
February 16th, 2013 | by Keltie Larter
I was wasting time on facebook the other day when I came across a post one of my friends had
2011 Year In Review from Laurence Rants
December 30th, 2011 | by Laurence Tenenbaum
2011: year in review 2011 was a very turbulent year for me. the year started out at a party, and
Laurence Video Rants: The 1%
November 10th, 2011 | by Laurence Tenenbaum
Like many, Laurence Tenenbaum isn't pleased with how the 1% have ruined the economy, bought off politicians, ruined the lives of many people and continue to do so. He heads down to Occupy Montreal to deliver this video rant, which he sees as a warning to those who continue to rip off ordinary people like him
Laurence Video Rants: ComicCon
October 3rd, 2011 | by Laurence Tenenbaum
Laurence went to the 2011 Montreal ComicCon and wasn't impressed to say the least. There was no free stuff and the security, costumed as soldiers were way more agressive and militaristic then they needed to be. In this week's Video Rant, he tells us why he didn't even go back the second day with his two-day pass
Laurence Video Rants: Fast Food Ripoff
September 5th, 2011 | by Laurence Tenenbaum
My first video rant is about being ripped off at a fast food chain. The food was terrible, the portions to small, the quality not there, the fries stale and cold and oversalted and the fish was overcooked. I could've gotten something a lot better for a lot less money. It's also about my financial situation, job prospects and the state of the economy in Montreal
anger poem.
August 29th, 2011 | by Laurence Tenenbaum
A poem of anger by Laurence Tenenbaum. I must learn to control my anger, Control my anguish, Control my angst. Ranting and raving and complaining. Can all be counterproductive, I really should learn to be complacent
Apple Set to Battle Q-Ray with release of new iRay iOnized Bracelet
August 21st, 2011 | by Mike Gwilliam
World famous company Apple has decided to go after another competitor only weeks after announcing they will start manufacturing televisions. Yesterday, Steve Jobs, Apple CEO, announced that starting in mid 2012, the company will release their own version of the famous Q-Ray Ionized Bracelet as often seen on TV infomercials. "This is a proud day for Apple. And a large step in the future of bracelets," Steve Jobs said with a smile on his face at the press conference Saturday. On his wrist was an early prototype for what is set to be a revolution in bracelets
Snubbery
August 15th, 2011 | by Laurence Tenenbaum
I used to do volunteer work at a certain McGill based organization. I had been there for almost ten years when the coordinator had to take a leave of absence. She was very apologetic towards me when she announced that she had hired someone new to replace her, even though the position was both logically and rightfully mine
Being Broke
July 25th, 2011 | by Laurence Tenenbaum
So a creditor has put their hand directly into my bank account without permission or authorization of any kind. True I owe them money, but resorting to illegal acts like that isn't exactly fair, either. I'm almost surprised they didn't send thugs to beat me up, break my legs and burn down my apartment building with me and all my neighbours trapped inside or something like that, as they do in the movies. The fact that they stole the money I was saving to pay rent was both bad timing and genuinely evil. At least the telephonic campaign of daily harassment over the payments I'm too strapped to make seems to have stopped for a while
July Poetry: it’s like a rant in verse
July 18th, 2011 | by Laurence Tenenbaum
Laurence offers us some more poetry because he doesn't have a rant this week...or does he? You be the judge: Perhaps this is coming a bit too soon, Since I wrote all that poetry back in June But I couldn't quite Come up with tonight's Topic on which to rant and write
From Roswell to Will and Kate: What’s the real reason for dissolving NASA?
July 11th, 2011 | by Laurence Tenenbaum
Will and Kate: Who cares? I'm not going to protest their visit. In fact, I kind of like the fact that they've picked Canada out of all the Commonwealth for their honeymoon. However, it seems lately that Will and Kate's Royal visit has dominated the news channels coverage since their arrival in Canada. It's been non-stop Will & Kate this, the Prince and his wife that! I have to get my actual news from the Internet!
June Rants: Posties aren’t the only ones looking for work
June 28th, 2011 | by Laurence Tenenbaum
Good Tuesday folks, It's been a month or so since I've written a rant, so I may seem a slight bit rusty at it. Here goes nothing. The month of June has so far been quite eventful, from doing the spoken-word and visual art shows, along with Car Stories and Infringement Therapy, in the Montreal Infringement Festival this year to getting attacked by a gorilla named Ace at the fringe. Crazy days. The month of June has also caused me some suffering at the hands of the Federal government and the postal service
“Horrible Criminal” Activity
May 30th, 2011 | by Laurence Tenenbaum
I was accused of a number of unmentionable crimes for which I must be punished without trial. I am in fact guilty before the trial and until proven innocent at the trial, after which I will still have these accusations lingering over my head probably for the rest of my life. Whether I'm guilty or not is therefore irrelevant; I'm guilty as charged without trial or representation. I'm denied any chance for "legal" defense. I have to say, in my own defense
The Scourge of Planet Earth
May 23rd, 2011 | by Laurence Tenenbaum
I think I deserved last week's punch in the face. I probably deserved all those bullies hurting me back in high school. I most likely deserved to never have been born. I'm not allowed to be flawed or confused or mistaken. I fall into traps easily and struggle, sometimes for years, to get out of them. Enough about me. I'm not really the one with the problem here, it's everyone else…
Zionism, and The Art of the Rant
May 16th, 2011 | by Laurence Tenenbaum
Sometimes I simply get caught up in the emotion of my ranting and say something stupid, or dangerous, or something I'll regret later. I also might embellish it here and there for flavour. Rants are rants, and therefore don't always have to be 100% fact-based when dealing with my own prejudiced opinions. I do, however, realize that the correct facts must be there, and that editing is often needed, especially when information needs to get updated. I also realize that my rants don't always make sense, and can seem biased. Even I don't always agree with what I write
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