Being a blog by Leslie Regan Shade

About the author

Associate Professor, Concordia Univ., Dept of Communication Studies

I can be reached at; lshade@alcor.concordia.ca


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Heroine of the Day
July 24, 2007
Posted by Lshade at 4:11 PM | Posted to My Heroines | permalink

Mary Vaughn. As reported in today's Globe and Mail by Oliver Moore, Halifax senior facing eviction for salty language: "He was being rude and interrupting and just being a pig. I just turned around very slowly and said '---, f.o.'"

(This is actually spelled out in the G&M).


Heroine of the Day
July 21, 2007
Posted by Lshade at 12:54 AM | Posted to My Heroines | permalink

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We All Loved Lucy...
In today's Globe and Mail John Allemang reports on Alan Weisman's book The World Without Us, where...poof! bam! annihilation! From Allemang: "he describes in loving detail how human stuff will decompose and decay as nature rushes back in..." What's eternity? "Fragmented radio waves from episodes of I Love Lucy continue their journey into intergalactic space". I always knew Lucy rocked.