I was having a shitty day to begin with, and then I'm crossing the street on Grafton and a man decides he wants to look at my tattoos. No big deal, I'm a heavily tattooed woman, I'm used to it. I've started telling people they can look but don't touch me as they don't see with their hands. Anyway, this dude wants to look at my arm, puts his hand out and I said "Don't touch me, but you can look at it." So he decides it's okay to go against my wishes, grabs me by the wrist anyway—tightly might I add—and licks his thumb. I am assuming his plan was to try and rub off my tattoos. I immediately pulled my arm out of his grasp and said "They're fucking real dude, don't fucking touch me," and he started laughing and talking shit as I hurriedly walked away. This little interaction completely ruined my day. How dare you touch a woman who voices that she doesn't want to be touched, and then what was your plan? To rub your spit on my fucking arm? What is fucking wrong with you? Don't touch women, period. Don't touch women who say they do not want you touching them. Don't try to lick off my tattoos. You're fucked man. I don't know how any part of your body thought that any of that was ok. I hope you see this and you never touch another woman like that again, and I hope you know you made me feel incredibly violated. Fuck you. —All Tattooed Women

Love the Lebanese festival, hate its late-night noise pollution. —Sincerely, Crying Off Cunard

Telling everyone else their opinions don't matter while you sit in your ivory tower spewing platitudes doesn't make you an activist, honey, it makes you an asshole. Let's see you get in front of a cause before it's "cool" and socially acceptable to do so. Like maybe two weeks ago. I hope you choke on your own hipster bullshit. —Forrest Grump

What the heck is going on with that awful mess just around the bend that goes up up Fenwood dr ? The huge retaining wall that had a lovely mural on it of some halifax seascape , let loose months ago in a rain storm. The building that sits above it looks like it is awfully close to the edge of the bluff. Plus, it just plain looks unsafe. It's a big old mess. Why is it just sitting there , being ignored? Where are the engineers to look at this? —mudpieguy

Today I watched a guy cross at a crosswalk, there was no traffic close by when he entered. His right hand was stretched completely out and he was carrying a feather in it as he walked across. A car approached and didn't even slow down coming within inches of this guy's feather carrying hand. What the fuck? Anyway, Florida plates, so you can't blame the local assholes on this one. —Cranky

So I go into your convenience store today and you are on the phone behind the counter. Instead of lowering your phone to say 'just a second' or 'I'll be right with you' you go on talking and avoid eye contact with me while I stand awkwardly at the counter. It takes more of your energy in that moment to ignore me than to acknowledge my existence in your store. It was almost ten minutes before you could wrap up your personal time and serve me, and the thing is I wouldn't have minded the wait if you'd been human about it. —what happened to manners?

If I have to read another goddamn LTWWB published here from some over entitled, unwarrented self worth loving, piece of shit girl power motherfucker whining about how `Men only sleep with them` or `The only dates I get on POF are men that sleep with me` or `I sleep with all these men and none of them stick around`; or the most recent; `You only brought me three beers and I am obviously an alcoholic so only caught a mild buzz and got so mad I wrote a diatribe against you in the local rag`... I`ve been on POF FOR TWO GODDAMN YEARS; and haven`t had a SINGLE FUCKING DATE; and you know what? I literally JUST WANT TO HANG OUT AND NOT TRY TO FUCK YOU... IF YOU FUCK ME, I WON'T DITCH YOU LIKE A USED TISSUE EITHER... So way to go Women of Halifax; you put out for all the creeps and scum of the city; and refuse to talk to anyone who knows how to act like a human fucking being while giving it up to the dogs. On that note; this city is so full of male/female sluts that I'm almost convinced cutting my dick and balls off is the safest thing I can possibly do to protect myself from your oozing, toxic genitalia. —Fucking going Amish

A tire manufacture is planning to leave Nova Scotia. But only after sucking all the tax dollars they can from the province with blackmail of leaving. After NS gave said tire company 7 million dollars to create 50 new jobs in Waterville. They eliminated 500 jobs in Pictou. My math isn't the best but tax payers paying 7 million dollars to lose 450 jobs seems mind boggling to me. The media loves to cover the press releases of 50 new jobs but fail to see the loss of 500 months later.
Where did those jobs go you say? Well said company built a plant in India that makes the same tires we make here in Nova Scotia. And just to add salt to the open wound. They brought dozens of Indian workers here to train them on our machines. (But be nice to them they aren't taking your jobs) Well BOOM 450 jobs are gone in less then 12 months.
If you think that's low and dirty just wait. Now they just announced to build a plant in Mexico that will cost over 1 Billion dollars Canadian. Their reason: To go where the demand for our tires is. Sounds fishy, your right. This companies' tires are premium tires and usually the most expensive tires on the market. How rich is Mexico....? Answer, not very. GM and Ford to name a few all up and moved production to Mexico from Canada and the US for cheep labour and no environmental rules ( just like India ) Said company has known these plans for years and still blackmails the government for tax dollars to keep jobs here. That 7 million Nova Scotia tax payers gave said company wasn't for jobs it was for them to be able to pack up the machines inside the plants here and ship them to Mexico and India.
So when you see a better way forward advertisements talking about community and commitment know its all your tax dollars paying to ship your jobs away from Nova Scotia. Free trade deals made it possible for your jobs to be taken from you and freely moved to 3rd world countries and then have slave labour build shit and sell it back to the same people who now are jobless. When you hear free trade it really means your labour is to expensive and we are freely moving your jobs away —TP

Look after a crow (and your addictions), but abandon your kids. Nice. You know who you are, 'K? —Sick of hypocrites

Let's say your friend's band-that's-actually-pretty-good finally gets a real paying gig at a real bar. To show support, you and your pals head down to said bar to ensure Ellen James' Tongue (that's the name of your friend's band) has an audience. That's real nice! Keep in mind, though, that your friend's band needs more than your attendance if they're to survive past their honeymoon stage. The bar owner doesn't give a dick about how edgy and talented Dorien and the guys are. The owner likely hates them. And one doesn't pay rent solely by charging cover. So when you and the rest of the fan club switch to water after ordering one glass of the bar's cheapest beer, your friend's band is very unlikely to be booked there again. Great work, gang! You've ruined your friend's chance of getting a regular gig at one of the few bars left in town that pays bands! All this applies to anyone claiming to support live music. Make an investment if you give a shit. Not by simply attending, but by spending. Show bars that good bands are worth hiring. Otherwise you'll find it harder and harder to see a decent show in a bar. Because it's less costly to pay a guy with a cool shirt and a laptop than a group of of skilled workers. —These Are Dark Times