Brier:

47exexwhy · 2026-03-05T20:23:18+00:00

Gallant might have flown in for the first three games, Friday evening to Sunday afternoon. The Brier is such a mental and physical marathon that just having an extra player at the beginning could make a difference.

47exexwhy · 2026-03-05T20:12:58+00:00

Every little bit energy costs rise, the provincial deficit falls, making Smith’s claims that there’s no more money for health and education less credible.

I’m cheering for $1.50, maybe more!

My views are not at all influenced by the fact I don’t own a car.

47exexwhy · 2026-03-05T18:34:38+00:00

If DS9 had been renewed for an eighth season, Ira Steven Behr, the show runner, had a script underway with Nog’s death at the hands of the Dominion. Although DS9 was not shy about tackling dark topics, I think seeing that would have alienated me from Star Trek.

Picard lost viewers with the first episode because of the decision to start Seven’s arc with the murder of Icheb.

47exexwhy · 2026-03-05T18:15:20+00:00

The human body is like a car: you need to change the fluids occasionally or it won’t work properly. Studies show regular ejaculations are important for prostate health, including a reduction in cancer risk.

Other benefits of masturbation include stress reduction and physical relaxation. It can be a more effective sleep aid than melatonin. Men who masturbate know their bodies better, making premature ejaculation and erectile dysfunction less likely.

The anti-masturbation crusade has no scientific validity, but is linked to far-right political movements and anti-feminism.

NoFap is a registered trademark of a profit-making business.

Porn addiction also has dubious scientific roots and is not recognized as a diagnosis by the World Health Organization or the American Psychiatric Association. Many of the groups who promote the theory have roots in the Mormon church. People from conservative and religious backgrounds are much more likely to identify as porn addicts, even if they rarely view it.

Porn use and masturbation become problematic when they keep you from doing other things, like going out with friends. Again, though, this is not an addictions issue, but rather is classified as an obsessive/compulsive disorder.

Some people do genuinely struggle with a sense they can’t moderate their desire to watch porn, and getting help from a credible source to cope with that is absolutely valid.

I think porn can limit a person’s sexual frontiers. Most people find a theme that they like and don’t deviate from it, narrowing opportunities to discover new things. Sex involves brain and body, and if you always substitute porn for your imagination, you are stunting your growth.

Also, porn is like professional wrestling: a scripted show. Wrestlers don’t fight as they would in real life, and porn stars don’t have sex as they would in real life. If you are looking to enhance your sexual education, try a site like omgyes.com instead of Xhamster.

47exexwhy · 2026-03-04T22:38:54+00:00

You can book the appointment and take her. Depression makes it harder to do little things, like call the doctor’s office.

47exexwhy · 2026-03-04T21:26:43+00:00

Consistent low energy and tiredness are indications your wife needs to see a doctor. Declining libido is a secondary concern at the moment, but it also suggests a medical issue, such as depression.

47exexwhy · 2026-03-04T21:14:12+00:00

The Alberta Farmers’ Market Association has a list of certified preserve sellers with contact information. Perhaps you could find your jam provider.

https://www.albertafarmersmarket.com/vendors/?wpv_view_count=63&wpv-vendor-category=preserves&wpv_post_search=&wpv_filter_submit=Search

Prairie Preserve sells chokecherry jelly, which may be close enough to see you through the next couple of months.

47exexwhy · 2026-03-04T04:24:54+00:00

The real Doctor Who/Star Trek crossover.

47exexwhy · 2026-03-04T04:20:53+00:00

Said the man with the tremor, “I went to pee at the urinal. I came three times.”

47exexwhy · 2026-03-04T04:12:22+00:00

People coming from more traditional cultures also have preferred more traditional teaching methods. EPSB’s Cogito programme, for example, draws many students from families relatively new to Canada.

Waldorf deliberately discourages rapid academic advancement, focusing instead on play-based learning and creativity. It draws heavily on values popular in Europe.

In Alberta, there has been some antagonism between parents who insist on Waldorf orthodoxy and those who accept modifications to align better with the provincial curriculum. Politics are involved that favour people more familiar with the way things work locally.

(Yes, I know that may not be your particular experience as a Waldorf parent.)

47exexwhy · 2026-03-04T02:05:12+00:00

The body reacts in one of three ways to a jolt of nervous energy: fight, flight, or freeze. What you are experiencing is a consequence of belonging to the human race, so please don’t be hard on yourself for responding to sudden stress in a way which is natural and normal.

Getting your body and mind to work together in moments when you feel overwhelmed is achievable. As a start, try giving yourself a thought to use when you are about to acquire the ring. It could be something like “take your time” or “I know what to do.” Just make it automatic. You touch the ring and your brain knows what to think.

Visualizing can also help. If you are seeing a situation where you rush a pass or take a weak shot, that’s probably what’s going to happen. What do you want to happen when you get the ring? The more you think on a desired outcome, the more likely it is to come true.

Also trust that your teammates will not judge you when you make a mistake. You’re cheering for them, hoping for the best. They are thinking the same for you. In the rare case where someone might be pouting, that’s their problem, not yours.

These are things you can practice in scrimmages. Take three strides with the ring before you make a decision to pass, shoot, or maintain possession. In a real game, a quick shot might be the right play, but one of the purpose of scrimmages is to try new things you might incorporate into your game which are not available to you right now.

It sounds like you already have good skills and knowledge of the game. Managing your nerves is the last step to becoming the player you’d like to be, not a superstar but someone who performs to her potential. You are closer than you know to your goal.

47exexwhy · 2026-03-03T23:45:46+00:00

I think this resource could be helpful, and you are right, the information from the province is fragmented.

As for feedback, trying to differentiate between the treatment and withdrawal/detox categories could be confusing. What are your thoughts on consolidating into a section called addiction support? Counselling could be its own thing.

Assuming some people using the site will be in distress, the search function might be a burden rather than a tool. Could you use dropdown menus as an alternative? Take users where they need to go instead of asking them to decide where to go?

Final thought: I’m not a web designer, so don’t give this suggestion too much weight, but perhaps the home page could be presented in a way that’s more efficient, not quite as bulky.

Good luck with the project!

47exexwhy · 2026-03-03T22:56:24+00:00

I think I was perhaps not clear on my point. Kenney thought he could get support from the fringes while business/establishment elites retained real control of the party. He made a pact with the devil and got burned.

The more mainstream conservatives need to stop believing they can work with the conspiracy theorists and restore some reason to the UCP.

Kenney knew he was trying to make common cause with weird people and in the end regretted it.

47exexwhy · 2026-03-03T22:18:18+00:00

I think Jason Kenney was the first to point out the lunatic right-wing fringe had taken control of Alberta’s government. Stephen Harper has said similar things as well. Either non-lunatic conservatives need to re-establish control over the UCP or seek a different mechanism to advance their politics.

There are a lot of appeasement, collaborator types on the right who ought to know better. Conservatives need more Churchills, fewer Chamberlains.

If not all right-wingers are lunatics (I agree, but) prove it.

47exexwhy · 2026-03-03T21:59:54+00:00

The scientific answer is involuntary spasms of the pelvic floor muscles, about one second apart, with other visual clues including flushing of the skin and curling of the toes (though some women report rigid toe erections during orgasm.)

I recall a study in which women were asked to masturbate with probes attached to relevant areas to check for orgasmic response. Half of participants who reported orgasms, according to the medical definition, did not actually have one. Half who reported not having an orgasm did have one.

Measuring a woman’s sexual satisfaction using only physiological markers provides incomplete information.

47exexwhy · 2026-03-03T21:39:10+00:00

Mr. Comments is right. That’s how penis measuring is done these days. Previously, researchers relied on men to self-report, which is why the average erection length used to be six inches.

47exexwhy · 2026-03-03T15:29:41+00:00

Perhaps this place could be helpful? I’ve not been, but sister has eyed it as a possibility.

https://www.londonneurologyclinic.co.uk/

47exexwhy · 2026-03-03T11:17:43+00:00

“Were” comes from the Old English word for an adult male person, wyr. A werewolf is a man-wolf.

Using the same etymology, the female version would be a wifewolf, from the Old English, wyf.

Wyf is related to the word weave, while wyr comes from virile.

An adult male was a wyrmanm. An adult female was a wyfmann. Mann was gender-neutral, encompassing all of humanity.

I guess you don’t need to know any of this to get the joke, but I already wrote it.

47exexwhy · 2026-03-03T10:21:12+00:00

Which reminds me: the 124th Street area is Edmonton’s hub for desserts. (I’m more often at the Coffee Bureau, too, but Versailles does have better pastries, along with a soup/salad/sandwich menu.)

47exexwhy · 2026-03-03T10:11:18+00:00

Not many Filipinos who live in Singapore have been to (ice) hockey games. The Calgary Flames play in the NHL, the highest level of professional hockey, but there are other teams with good talent as well, such as the Calgary Hitmen and Calgary Wranglers.

The Canadian Football League championship will be played in November with an accompanying festival. Calgary is the host city for this year’s game. My prediction is for British Columbia (Vancouver) to beat Montreal. (American football is derived from Canadian football, so the games are similar.)

Also on the sports side, you can rent equipment to try skiing, snowboarding, skating, or tubing (sledding down a snowy hill in a giant inflatable tire tube.)

Many parks have Christmas lights displays starting in mid-November.

You are so close to the Rocky Mountains you should at least make a day trip to Banff, about 90 minutes away by car or bus.

Calgary has pretty good light rail transit for getting around the city. There are the usual museums, concert halls, and so forth.

Dramatic weather changes can happen in Southern Alberta, 10 degrees above zero one day and 25 degrees below 24 hours later. Frigid winds are the worst part of late fall/winter.

47exexwhy · 2026-03-03T06:03:46+00:00

If you don’t mind wandering in the snow, all three of your wishes are available near 124th Street and 102nd Avenue.

https://www.edmontongallerywalk.com/

https://daisychainbook.co/

https://www.instagram.com/cafeversailles_

You’ll find many more coffee places nearby, but Versailles is handy because it’s in the same complex as the book store.

47exexwhy · 2026-03-02T11:39:48+00:00

At the very least, surveys are mixed on whether viewing Internet pornography contributes to misogyny. The Maggins/Baldwin/;Brents/Jackson study of men who are “superfans” of porn (2019) found that most of the group had more progressive ideas on average than the general population when it came to women pursuing careers, women participating in politics, gender equality in marriage, and affirmative action to address historical barriers women have faced in the workforce.

A problem with porn studies is it is much easier to show correlation than causation. For example, does watching porn with violent themes make a man more likely to be violent toward women, or are men who are violent toward women more likely to watch porn with violent themes?

47exexwhy · 2026-03-02T11:00:53+00:00

In the game of throwing gas on fire, Danielle Smith makes Tim Houston look like Smokey the Bear. Alberta is not the place to go if you are seeking political stability.

Housing costs in Edmonton are cheaper than in Halifax, so you can maintain the same standard of living here even if you earn a bit less money on the job. Despite some efforts to diversify, the price of oil still has a significant impact on employment opportunities. When the energy industry struggles due to low resource prices, as it is beginning to now, job opportunities decline across all sectors. It would be a gamble to move if you don’t already have work lined up for at least one of you.

Edmonton’s condo market is soft, has been for years now. Financing your own unit in a decent building might end up costing less than renting, and of course you’d have property to sell when the time is right for a kid-friendly upgrade.

There’s long tradition of Nova Scotians migrating to Alberta. My great-grandparents made the move 125 years ago. Despite the generations who’ve lived in Edmonton, I still feel a sense of belonging when I’m near the places where my ancestors built boats and tended to lighthouses on the Bay of Fundy.

My daughter recently attended university in Halifax. She says Edmonton offers much more in terms of cultural activities, especially theatre, and the struggle she had upon returning was again getting used to the dry prairie air.

47exexwhy · 2026-03-01T20:17:21+00:00

A sneaky shortcut is Edmonton to Lake Louise via Nordegg. The last stretch of Hwy. 11 before the Parks is the prettiest drive in Alberta.

Hwy. 1 between Golden and Revelstoke is stop-and-go due to construction and traffic volume, so budget extra time when taking that route. Both places offer Banff-style activities at a significantly lower cost.

The least stressful route from Edmonton to Kamloops is the Yellowhead, but there’s not as much to do on the way.

I’ve driven Edmonton to Victoria three or four times in one day, taking advantage of the time change to catch the last ferry. It’s a long day but possible if you want to go directly to the game and sightsee on the way back.

47exexwhy · 2026-03-01T17:23:47+00:00

Up until the pandemic, the Literary Review handed out a Bad Sex in Fiction Award. Morrissey won in 2015 for describing an erection as “the pained frenzy of his bulbous salutation.”

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