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...read moreFriday Random Ten – The Coolness Self-Audit Edition, Delayed
The King Of Listmaking has given us a new assignment for the Friday Random Ten, and I quite like it. In light of the Music Queen’s inability to fulfill her regal duties this week, it’s time to take the random music thing in a new direction. As opposed to most of the other times I [...]
...read moreThe Next SCOTUS Abortion Case?
A decision by the Fourth Circuit on Friday may set the stage for the next test in the Supreme Court of the constitutionality of laws that ban so-called “partial birth” abortions. By a 2-1 vote, the Circuit Court nullified Virginia’s 2003 law seeking to outlaw that form of medical practice for terminating pregnancy. A strongly [...]
...read moreWow
Just wow. Roxanne wowed me with an ignorant reaction (of someone else’s) to the Koran “urine splashing” story that was confirmed tonight by the Pentagon. Newsweek ought to have its apology.
...read moreTake Back the Language of Empowerment
This is actually a real advertisement: Take Back Your Saturday Morning This spring and summer, Mr. Clean MagicReach™ is empowering women across America to free themselves from the tiresome task of household cleaning with the plea to Take Back Your Saturday Morning! Mr. Clean MagicReach is a new and innovative tool from Mr. Clean® that [...]
...read moreGlasses
It’s finally time. After years of gazing at the computer screen, 1 1/2 years of knitting, and realizing that I can’t read anything five feet away from my face, I absolutely have to get glasses. In fact, the problem is so bad that I need them today. Today. I’m tired of the headaches and the [...]
...read moreSo Sad, But Not
Alas, there will be no kitty blogging or music blogging this Friday, though Doug would be proud of his kibble-hunting pictures and Pablo has a great deal of vomit to show off. My computer is in the shop. Soon I’ll be able to access all my programs and files and burn CDs again. Oh, glorious [...]
...read moreDon’t Mince Your Words Or Anything
Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid lets it all hang out in the upcoming Rolling Stone interview. RS: You’ve called Bush a loser. HR: And a liar. RS: You apologized for the loser comment. HR: But never for the liar, have I? Catty, catty.
...read moreAnti-Suffragist H-Y-P-O-C-R-I-T-E
Meet Phyllis Schafly II: I think the 19th Amendment, while it’s not an evil in and of itself, is a symptom of something I don’t approve of. The 19th Amendment is around because men weren’t doing their jobs, and I think that’s sad. I believe the man should be the head of the family. The [...]
...read moreBuy Ford
Why? Because the AFA is boycotting them. The AFA, the nonprofit group run by the Rev. Donald Wildmon, criticized Ford for donating money to gay-rights organizations (Ford offers to give up to $1,000 to the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Discrimination for every Jaguar and Land Rover it sells to a member of GLAAD, the [...]
...read moreThursday Round-Up
Educe Me: You Don’t Know Me On anonymity and teaching blogs. Aldahlia: Teens, Purity, and Money On teen pregnancy, punishment for lack of “purity,” and the reality of becoming pregnant when you yourself are a child. Culture Kitchen: Lawrence Lessig : from molested choirboy to American hero An interesting story on the god of the [...]
...read moreFriday Dog Blogging, and a farewell (for now)
Today will be my last Friday Dog Blog in a while, as tomorrow I depart for Sardinia, Italy, and little Ferris cannot come with me. And yes, I know that it is not Friday. But since I will be on an airplane on Friday, I thought I’d get this in a bit early. This also [...]
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