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Fun as a Shadow Priest in World of Warcraft.

Yazan: Candace | 26 November 2007 | No Comments
Categories: Games, World of Warcraft

I love my new respec as a dwarf Shadow Priest. The last three levels zoomed by and I am now a proud level 35 with my tailoring maxed out at 300 until I hit level 50. I was able to make myself some great new gear: a Spider Belt and also Robe of Power. The […]

WoW Talents: Time to Respec my Level 32 Dwarf Priest

Yazan: Candace | 20 November 2007 | 1 Comment
Categories: Games, World of Warcraft

It’s taking forever but I haven’t given up yet. The last time I redid my talents I switched from an emphasis on a Holy/Healing priest to put more talents in the Shadow tree so that I could do more damage when I’m out trying to level by myself. I like healing in a group so […]

When Someone You Know is Really, Really Sad

Yazan: Candace | 19 November 2007 | 1 Comment
Categories: Bodies, Culture, Divorce, Family, Life, Relationships

When you live with someone and they’re sad and not talking I guess it’s natural to think it’s your fault. But if the person is sad to the point that they’re not talking, not acting like they usually do, are withdrawn, sleeping a lot, maybe crying for no reason that you can see, it’s most […]

Not Publishing

Yazan: Candace | 19 November 2007 | No Comments
Categories: Aging, Bodies, Family, Life, Relationships, Spirituality

Over the past three days I’ve written four posts that I’ve decided not to publish. They’re too angsty, too sad, too personal, or contain information that might haunt me someday. It helps to write because it helps me see just how deep this sadness runs. When a post turns to things thirty years old I […]

An Awesome List of Web 2.0 Apps

Yazan: Candace | 15 November 2007 | No Comments
Categories: Organizing, Web Applications

Holy schmoly what a list! If you’re looking for a way to tell a story using Web 2.0 tools you’ve got to look at this list of what’s out there at this moment web history: http://cogdogroo.wikispaces.com/StoryTools The list was compiled by Alan Levine and works best when you’ve already got your story idea or concept […]

Counsellor, housekeeper, or personal trainer?

Yazan: Candace | 15 November 2007 | 3 Comments
Categories: Aging, Bodies, Happy, Life, Relationships, School

I’ve switched from snacking on m&m’s to jumbo organic raisins. I figure the sugar rush is the same (and should help me stay awake) but at least with the raisins I’m getting some iron. If I’m so low on energy the extra iron might help me feel more energized. I also found a coupon for […]

DearRockers Helps Ease Downloader’s Guilt

Yazan: Candace | 13 November 2007 | 3 Comments
Categories: Music

Vancouver techy Darren Barefoot has a new project in the works at www.DearRockers.org. From the website: Many of us own music that we didn’t pay for. We don’t feel guilty about shafting the record company, but what about the musicans themselves? Dear Rockers is host to the letters people write and send to the artists […]

A Reading Problem

Yazan: Candace | 09 November 2007 | No Comments
Categories: Academia, History, Life, School

I was going to start daily blogging of insurmountable problems. But it turned out to be impossible. (see? I have a sense of humour!) The latest struggle: staying awake. I’ve always had trouble staying awake. As a babysitter I had to work hard to stay awake until the kids were asleep. Usually the parents woke […]

Magic Birthdays

Yazan: Candace | 07 November 2007 | 2 Comments
Categories: Birth, Family, Happy, Life

On a magic birthday your wish gets extra power points. My kid deserves it — he’s sick home from school for the third day in a row. Just think: to be turning seven on the seventh day of the month in the seventh year of the century? It doesn’t get much cooler than this! image […]

History and Sexism

Yazan: Candace | 06 November 2007 | 4 Comments
Categories: Academia, Activism, Culture, Feminism, History, School, Sexism, Third Wave, Women's Studies

It could just be a coincidence. This semester I run two of ten tutorials for a very large first-year world history class that covers the years 1914-1945. There is an acknowledged Western perspective. Last week there was one lecture (50 minutes) assigned to the topic “Women in the 20th Century.” This had been rubbing me […]

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