Mrs Lofsky: Sina, I missed you in class yesterday.
Sina: Awww, I missed you too.
Mrs Lofsky: *laughs* that’s very sweet
Sina: Thank you
Mrs Lofsky: But seriously, where were you?
OAC English Class
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Lessons on Life VII
Kids, don’t ever settle.
Lessons on Life VI
Kids, there is no love without trust.
Plants are people too
I haven’t eaten meat in 7 days.
The first 3 days was unintentional, but then I wanted to see if I could go a whole week. It really wasn’t hard at all.
There’s a lot of great vegetarian food to be had.
Ontario is not an equalization receiver
I get so annoyed when I hear experts claim that Ontario is now a benefitter of the equalization program, and that this shows how much the province has declined. Simply not true.
Yes Ontario received $1 billion under the program in 2011, but Ontarians also contributed $5.5 billion in taxes to fund the program. Simple math means that Ontario actually lost $4.5 billion due to equalization in 2011. That’s $4.5 billion of Ontarian tax dollars that was transferred to other provinces. Ontario is a big net loser in the program.
Think of it this way: If the Federal government eliminated the equalization program and used the savings to lower federal taxes, Ontario could raise provincial taxes by an equal amount without changing the overall taxes paid by Ontarians. The only difference would be that Ontario itself would have $4.5 billion more to spend on Ontario priorities (like transit infrastructure!!). And that’s just one year.
Another again
A: you’re ending this via text?
B: if I do it in person I know I’ll like you too much and not go through with it
A: well I guess that’s fair
Rule 7 at Work
Colleague 1: How did you find the number of units?
Colleague 2: There are two sources: the official site has 995 and Wikipedia has 161.
Sina: I believe Wikipedia more.
Colleague 2: I trust the official site more.
Sina: No way. Wikipedia is the standard.
Colleague 2: What are you talking about? This is the original source.
Sina: I dunno, I’m just more inclined to trust Wikipedia. I feel like the official site is more likely to be mistaken or intentionally misleading.
Opposite Day
Errr wait, I mean Sad Opposite Day!
Or actually wait…Sad Similar Day!
No, Sad Similar Night!!
Just my idol doing his thing
Names do not constitute knowledge.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: I love this guy.
Winter Updates III
So many updates this winter!
– my skiing repertoire now includes downhill
– learn from my mistake: do not try the biggest hill on your first day
– I’m seriously looking into visiting Easter Island Brazil
– I wish travelling to Iran was easier
– I wish more that Iran had freedom
– watching YouTube on my TV is great, especially in HD
– should I name my TV?
– I’m currently rocking a Black Thought/John Legend beard
– Toronto is saturated with culture and Torontonians don’t even see it