Ouch. Filed under: Racism Tagged: ask a cop, Police, Racism, shots fired
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Dead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Baroque Interlude – Bach Harpsichord Concerto No.3 in D major, BWV1054
Concerto III in D major, BWV 1054 Allegro Adagio e piano sempre Allegro Scoring: harpsichord solo, violin I/II, viola, continuo (cello, violone) Length: c. 17 minutes The surviving violin concerto in E major, BWV 1042 was the model for this work, which was transposed down a tone to allow the
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Christmas, here in Edmonton, and in The West Wing – In Excelsis Deo
Sometimes a TV show captures a feeling so succinctly, so beautifully, so powerfully, that it becomes something a little more special. Sure it is the West Wing a TV drama – but put away the cynicism for just a bit – and follow the emotion of the moment portrayed. You
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Add A Little Charlie Brown to your Holidays – Linus and Lucy – Gerry Granelli Trio.
Merry Christmas Charlie Brown! On Dec. 9th, 1965 – 49 years ago – nearly half of the US population tuned in to A Charlie Brown Christmas by Charles Schultz, an animated broadcast that featured the music of the Vince Guaraldi Trio. Prior to its debut, producers were worried it was
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Our Holiday Tree… and our Cats.
This is why we can’t have nice things in our house… Filed under: Housekeeping, Humour Tagged: Cats, Humour, No Tree for Us
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The 12 Ehs of Christmas – CBC Music
I’m not really sure what CBC music was going for here (I suspect Christmas “cheer” was involved), but it does reek of Canadiana. Slightly painful, but given all the holiday music that we are subjected to, this isn’t all that bad. Filed under: Music Tagged: 12 Ehs of Christmas, Canadian
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Sunday Religious Disservice – Dear American Youth Pastor
Did you need another reason to be critical of christianity? Let’s take a look at what can happen when you preach hate and intolerance in your holy house of risible stupidity. You see, I’m all for the idea of having a meeting place in the community because people need to
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Why Hating the Institution of Prostitution is Okay.
A big thank you to Francois Tremblay over at The Prime Directive for such a clear and concise break down of why its okay to hate prostitution and work to end it. He knocks this one out of the park in his post titled “The assumption sex is power“. “In
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Can You Find the Empowerment?
Well colour me “sex-negative” I guess, but I’m having a lot of trouble finding *any* value associated with the debasement and objectification of women. And that, fair readership, is the first and last argument you will ever need for discussing the “benefits” of pornography with misguided people. Filed under:
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Musical Interlude – Holiday Favourites
Greetings loyal readers. This is the time and space where I get to curate a musical experience for you (who knew “curate” had become a verb). So, as an atheist finding good tunes during this particular time of year can be challenging; but not impossible. So today I present to
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Megan Murphy on Prostitution and Bill C-36
Taken from a blog post on the Feminist Current. Also, it is the full decriminalization and/or legalization that has “produced more victims,” not the Nordic model, which is what Canada’s new laws are modeled after. Also — key point — prostitution produces victims. The demand for ever more (younger,
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Christmas Cookie Making
I think I would get as far as just putting the background icing on the damn cookie then just end up eating the damn thing. Filed under: Cooking Tagged: Holiday Cookies, Things I do not neccesarily want to understand but like anyways
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Helpful Infographic – Painkillers.
A few bits of information on the assortment of pain medication available to us. See the PDF here in all its bigness. Filed under: Medicine Tagged: Helpful Infographics, Medicine, Painkilers
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: RPOJ – Dudes Uncover “Feminist” Tag on WordPress – Hilarity Ensues.
One of the most refreshing experiences a feminist can be graced with, it is positively bracing I do declare, is having an entitled white dude explain to them what is wrongity-wrong-wrong with Feminism. I’m not sure what is more alluring, a dude’s decisive grasp of the basic tenets of feminist
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Social Maps of Cities – David Troy
Interesting vid from TED about the social composition of cities. I would have liked David to get into a little more detail about the methodology used to create his pretty maps. Filed under: Social Science Tagged: Maps, Sociology
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Sunday Religious Disservice – Blasphemy!
Wacky Weligious News! When will people say “enough”? I mean, how much more silly do religious beliefs need to become before we can all agree that we are really great story tellers, but the stories we spin need to stay safely in the land marked FICTION. But, until
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: A DWR PSA – Investing in Sexual Reproductive Health in the Developing World
Now you know. Filed under: Education Tagged: DWR PSA Satruday, Reproductive Health, Women
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Friday Musical Interlude – The Baroque Christmas Album
This CD does not leave my player until late January. I highly recommend acquiring a copy of this wonderful disk. I’ll share some of my favorite tracks here. 1. J.S. Bach: “Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland”, BWV 62 – 1. Chorus “Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland” (Choir) 2. Praetorius:
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: This Will Revolutionize Education – Veritasium
Well, it is nice to know I have a little job security. 🙂 Filed under: Education Tagged: Education, Revolution, Teaching
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The Holiday Season – The CBC Turkey Drive
Greetings and good day gentle readers. It is that time of year again where we talk about changing patterns during the holiday season and bemoan the rampant commercialization of Christmas. I have to admit I have a poorly kept secret. I don’t give holiday presents anymore. Instead all the people
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