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Bicycling in Toronto ~ Lovin’ the ride

Kiran — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 15:24:57 +0000

Earlier this summer, my partner and I bought these cute, functional, folding bikes that have already become our primary mode of transportation. I used to bike when I was a wee teenager, growing up in New Jersey, while my partner had never biked before. So lately, we have been going out biking almost everyday, getting [...]

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Salman Rushdie and Irshad Manji — Moral Courage Conversations

Kiran — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 09:48:44 +0000

A long but highly insightful conversation between acclaimed authors Salman Rushdie and Irshad Manji on the nature of belief, Islamism, the history of Islam and Quran, and what to do in a world full of crazies on both the Islamist side and the racist westerner side. Rational, thinking people of all varieties will enjoy this [...]

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PETA wins over the hearts of KFC Canada

Kiran — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 15:35:16 +0000

This is encouraging news for people who are compassionate towards all animals: KFC Canada listens to PETA. PETA wins over the hearts of KFC Canada is a post from: *kiran muses

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USD = CAD for the 1st time in 31 years

Kiran — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 01:38:55 +0000

Most people saw this coming years ago. At 10:59 a.m., a cheer went up on trading room floor Is that in Canadian or American dollars? “It didn’t really matter,” Mr. Feig says with a laugh. “It’s the same price either way.” USD = CAD for the 1st time in 31 years is a post from: [...]

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I heart Fringe!

Kiran — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 03:57:41 +0000

Just got back from another night of Fringing here in Toronto. Yesterday we saw a one-man show by Chris Gibbs, who is fantastic and very engaging, highly introspective and almost dangerously (to himself) funny. We actually ended up there thinking we were going to see “An Inconvenient Musical”. Turned out we had mixed up the [...]

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Who didn’t see this coming?

Kiran — Wed, 30 Nov 2005 06:35:34 +0000

Tories reopen same-sex marriage debate. Poor clueless Stephen Harper… just doesn’t realize what century he’s in. As one commenter on this article put it, “Harper is a complete fool. A bigot, prejudiced, homophobic simple little man.” Who didn’t see this coming? is a post from: *kiran muses

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