Q I was listening to the radio yesterday morning and I heard an interview with you about your It Gets Better campaign. I was saddened and frustrated with your comments regarding people of faith and their perpetuation of bullying. As someone who loves the Lord and does not support gay marriage, I was heartbroken to […]
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Mary Wile gets angry
At Tuesday’s council meeting, councillor Mary Wile took exception to a new policy discouraging the use of bottled water in City Hall, because the policy includes a suggestion that people be asked to carry their own reusable coffee mugs. Listen here: Wile on coffee mugs
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Making it get better
Q My husband has a cuckold fetish, which we have indulged through two drunken threesomes with two of his best friends. The first time, he really had to talk me into it. The second time, he steered me in that direction and I took the wheel. I now have had sex alone with Friend Two […]
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Responding to Darrell Dexter
[image-1] In this week’s Letters to the Editor section, premier Darrell Dexter says that in my coverage of his intervention on the Bridge Terminal issue I was “factually incorrect” and that I misrepresented his position. He references two blog posts I wrote, here and here. In the first blog post, I reported that in 1995, when he was a Dartmouth city councillor, Dexter voted to move the Bridge Terminal onto its present site next to the Dartmouth Sportsplex, which I claim is on the Dartmouth Common. Dexter disputes this, saying, “the land belonging to the Dartmouth Sportsplex had long been
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Steve Streatch discusses traditional farming methods
[image-1] Last week Halifax city council updated its various bylaws related to fire regulation. There wasn’t much too controversial there, but the conversation went off in some odd directions. For instance, councillor Steve Streatch had some problems with the part of the fire code outlawing the burning of tires and petroleum products in open air fires. Listen to his take on that here.
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Gamma Gamma Rays’ goodbye
It’s odd to see a record release show also promoted as a band’s last gig before “a pretty indefinite hiatus.” But for Halifax’s Gamma Gamma Rays, the mixed messages aren’t just a marketing ploy. Friday’s wet/dry show at the Bus Stop Theatre not only celebrates the completion of their first LP, Beeps, but will likely […]
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Your dog won’t give you herpes
Q I lost my virginity last night. I’m a straight male in my early 30s, so it was about time. It wasn’t awkward, and we had a good time. However, I didn’t climax during sex, which is a result of years of death-grip masturbation. (Thanks for the warning, Dan, I’m sorry I didn’t heed it.) […]
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Fall music preview
SEPTEMBER The Baketones, Unite (Baketones Music) Sixteen garage rock tracks recorded mostly live off the floor. And because you’re swell, the band’s releasing a free 15-track cover album, The Cover Up, with one three-song EP every two weeks. Download the cover EPs at thebaketones.com. August 31 Christina Martin, I Can Too (Come Undone/EMI) Look for […]
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Vaginotional penistration
Q My boyfriend and I are straight college students, and he’s always wanting to try new things. Recently, he asked to put a finger in my ass while we were having sex. Someone did that to me before, but it felt uncomfortable and it kinda hurt. I told my boyfriend that he could do it […]
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“No more than 10 times a day”
Q Longtime reader, first-time mailer. A long while ago, you wrote an incredible piece of general advice for teenage boys. The advice was so excellent that I clipped it out to keep in case I ever had a son. Well, years later, I have a son. But I have since moved a gazillion times and […]
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Porn stashes are not in the garage
Q My boyfriend and I have “history.” We dated casually and weren’t ready to stop seeing other people, so we had an open relationship. This phase was awful: lots of fights, a couple of minor breakups and eventually I called it quits for good, cutting off all contact. A month later, we started talking again […]
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Free pass for porn! For all!
Q Ever since hearing you say on your podcast that all men use porn, I have had a burning question: What about us women? If all men get a pass to have this whole other sex life, which is (mostly) external to their partnerships and is sexually satisfying, then I think all women should have […]