“The Canadian foreign minister has apologised for including the US and Israel on a list of states where prisoners are at risk of torture. Maxime Bernier said the list, which formed part of a manual on torture awareness given to diplomats, ‘wrongly includes some of our closest allies’.
‘We find it to be offensive for us [...]

Today in LJ-land I read a post where someone asked where they could find a specific kind of fur-trimmed hat. Most of the replies were helpful, but there was one at the end with a person saying there was no reason to use leather and fur when synthetics were available, and that fashion was no [...]

Beyond whatever misadventures my brainmeats are throwing me, Daylight Savings Time always kills me in the autumn. Your system’s slowly getting used to less and less sun, and then suddenly, WHAM, say hello to 5pm darkness.
I grew up in a rustic corner of Canuckistania where we had evolved past the need for DST, and this [...]